Issue #43 | February 8, 2013

Truck Drivers Money Saving Tips Email Newsletter

We provide real world tips that help professional truck drivers save hard-earned money and personal reporting about products and services for use on the road. We've developed our unique website as a place to share the tips we have learned through the years -- and where other professional drivers can do the same. In other words... Get and share great money saving tips for truck drivers at Truck-Drivers-Money-Saving-Tips.com

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Reader Submitted Content Truckers Savings News Reviews Questions Testimonials Articles Social Networking	Popular Sections of our Site Truckers' Savings Blog Truckers Savings Journalists Ask a Question Truck Driving Jobs Truck Operations Preventive Maintenance Tricks of the Trade Home Support Team Food and Recipes Meal Preparation Budgeting Free Downloads HTML Sitemap

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The 2013 Mid America Trucking Show (MATS) Vicki has already registered for the 2013 Mid America Trucking Show to research products and services designed to help professional truck drivers save money and/or time and/or both. Just as we did last year, we look forward to letting you know which exhibitors at this trucking show are giving away freebies and discounts to professional truck drivers this year. If you purchased a truck- or trucker-specific product or service as a result of an exhibit at a trucking show, please review it. You can even ...  Earn Money Through Our Truckers Savings Journalists Program The theme of our website focuses on professional truck drivers saving money. The more money truckers can earn, the more money they can save. It gives us joy to provide a program through which approved Truckers Savings Journalists can increase their income -- and increase their savings -- while at the same time helping other truckers save money. We think it's a win-win-win situation all the way around. To help folks better understand the Truckers Savings Journalists program on our site, we have created three videos: Truckers Savings Journalists Program Overview Write and Publish Truck Stop Formed Reviews Write and Publish Articles and Free-Form Reviews Truckers' Savings Blog Since our last email newsletter, we have posted over 100 article snippets, questions or announcements through our Truckers' Savings Blog (XML file) about how truckers can save money or are being forced to spend more money in their jobs. It takes a lot of time, but we are honored to serve you by doing the research and work so that you don't have to. Do You Like Our Content? Please Spread the Word. If you find value in the content on our website, through our social media outlets, in our news feed or in this email newsletter, we ask that you "like" us on Facebook, mention us on Twitter, or share us with your truck driver friends in whatever way works best for you. Thanks. Our Big Announcement Draws Closer In keeping with our commitment to helping professional truck drivers save money, we'll be announcing very soon the means by which their households can increase savings. If you're part of a trucker's home support team, you'll want to watch for this.

Reader Submitted Content Where to park when you are not homeless I enjoy your site very much, but the first thing my company has asked me is if I knew where I could park for the time that I was home. Assuming I'd be BigRigTravels I was reading your article, and you mentioned you cannot find any trucks with LIVE cameras. I run an entire website doing just that - broadcasting LIVE portable stove The stove cooks great but it has two places weak by design. So far in two years I had to purchase four of them one after another when they go bad. One New Drivers with Felonies First, I would like to thank and commend you on such an excellent resource as this web site. I have been searching everywhere for some straightforward

Truckers Savings News No entries this issue. If your business helps professional truck drivers save money, send us timely news through our Truckers Savings News page.

Reviews EnviroTabs: Reviews by Professional Truck Drivers What are EnviroTabs? What are they used for? How well do they work? Professional truck drivers review them... The Mud Flap Jack: Reviews by Professional Truck Drivers Tired of losing mud flaps when your truck is in reverse? That's what The Mud Flap Jack is designed to prevent. Professional truck drivers review the product... Homelink Diagnostics: Reviews by Professional Truck Drivers Homelink Diagnostics provides a program for obstructive sleep apnea, or OSA, diagnosis and treatment. How do professional truck drivers review it? We request your review of a product or service marketed and sold to professional truck drivers.

Questions By now, you probably know that we ask hard questions about how professional truck drivers can save money or are being forced to spend more money in their jobs. We asked the following through our site this month: Are truckers in the USA putting themselves at financial risk with cloud computing? Let the buyer beware. Source article: http://bit.ly/Z07EMV Are you as a trucker charged for document scanning services? If so, what service do you use and how much does it cost per scan or page? How much does it cost per mile to run a big truck? Owner-operators, please give your feedback: How much do you have to earn per mile to just pay your bills? How much would you have to charge per mile on a 2,500-mile week to clear, say, a $500 paycheck? Do fuel efficient tires have long life? Where's the sweet spot between saving money on fuel and replacing fuel efficient tires more often if indeed they don't last as long as regular truck tires? Source article: http://bit.ly/11Pdamf What effect will bio-diesel have on diesel-powered trucks? Ethanol damages some gas-powered engines. Will bio-diesel damage diesel-powered engines similarly? Source article: http://bit.ly/11Pawgf If you have answers to our questions, please contact us.

Testimonials From Mike (online) "I enjoy your site very much..." From an unnamed question asker (online) "First, I would like to thank and commend you on such an excellent resource as this web site. I have been searching everywhere for some 'straightforward' advice on becoming a trucker. ..." Allen and Donna Smith of AskTheTrucker.com, TruthAboutTrucking.com and TruckingSocialMedia.com were quoted in the Truck-Drivers-Money-Saving-Tips.com brochure that was available at the 2012 Truck Driver Social Media Convention. They said, "Mike and Vicki Simons have created an interactive website that is incredibly comprehensive and helpful to Students, New Drivers, and Veteran Drivers alike. They have taken their passion and desire to help people to a whole new level. We strongly urge all drivers to not just take a look, but to become a part of the expanding wealth of knowledge that Truck-Drivers-Money-Saving-Tips.com has to freely offer. It truly is the Wikipedia of saving money in trucking."

Articles Semi Truck Repair: Tips on Semi Repair for Frugal Truckers Whether planned or not, sometimes big rigs need semi truck repair. What do frugal truckers do when faced with semi repair? We provide tips... On Truckers Software: Costs to Upgrade Software and Alternatives When a function on your truckers software stops working, should you pay to upgrade software or try a different solution? We examined this... On a Folding Elliptical Trainer for Truck Drivers Before you buy and carry a folding elliptical trainer in your truck, truck drivers should answer the questions we pose... We have updated many articles on our site over the last few weeks -- so many, in fact, that we didn't dare list them all here. :-)

Social Networking Follow us on the following Social Networking sites: Facebook Twitter Truckers' Savings Blog YouTube Pinterest Linked In Our video summarizes what Truck-Drivers-Money-Saving-Tips.com is all about.

If you're a professional truck driver with a home support team, please don't forget to let the person or folks back home that you love them on a regular basis. Even on Valentine's Day, you can be loving but frugal. Please let us know of your truck driving financial successes and challenges so far this year. We're here to help. You can always ask a question. If you know of news that helps truckers save money -- or requires truckers to spend more money -- would you please let us know? We're only a tweet or Facebook post away. Thanks. To all of our readers who are professional truck drivers, we wish you safe travels and lots of money saving opportunities on the road! Best regards, Mike and Vicki Simons, Owners NKBJ InfoNet, LLC https://www.truck-drivers-money-saving-tips.com/ Copyright © 2013. All Rights Reserved. All information on this site and in this email newsletter is intended for informational and educational purposes. It neither substitutes for professional advice nor negates user responsibility to do due diligence.