COOKING IN A TRUCK | Cauliflower Fried Rice

By: The Crafty Trucker
Posted: Aug 31st 2018 4:14PM
Fried rice is one of our favorites. Here is an easy, lower carb way to make it substituting regular rice with riced cauliflower. I also show you how I make regular rice in the Instant Pot. Recipes Referenced: https://therecipecritic.com/cauliflower-fried-rice/ https://www.gimmesomeoven.com/fried-rice-recipe/ *NOTE: I combined steps out of both recipes to make this version to our liking*...

Fleet Owner Conversations: Patrick Lee

By: Sean M. Lyden
Posted: Aug 27th 2018 11:28AM
Meet Patrick Lee. Patrick is a former freelance sound and video production technician who worked with headliner acts such as Miley Cyrus, Blake Shelton, and Charlie Daniels. He got into expedited trucking in 2012 as a team driver for a fleet owner with his business partner Eric Hyfield. About six months later, they bought their first truck to become owner-operators. Then, in 2014, they took the plunge into fleet ownership by purchasing their second truck. And today, only fou...

Develop a Business Mindset

By: Sean M. Lyden - Staff Writer
Posted: Aug 20th 2018 11:05AM
If you attended the educational workshops at Expedite Expo in July, you likely noticed a common theme that emerged in many of those classes: To succeed in expedited trucking, you must develop a business mindset. That's because whether you're a contract driver, owner-operator, or fleet owner, you're in business for yourself. But if you have spent most of your career working for someone else, you've likely developed the habit of thinking like an employee-where you look to a bo...

CARRIER COMFORT PRO APU OVERHEATING

By: The Crafty Trucker
Posted: Aug 17th 2018 7:29PM
If you have a Carrier Comfort Pro APU and it is shutting down giving an overheat code be sure to check this....

How to Strengthen Your Credit to Buy Your First Truck

By: Sean M. Lyden - Staff Writer
Posted: Aug 13th 2018 11:03AM
Your credit score not only impacts whether or not you get approved for financing to buy your first truck but also several other factors tied to the cost of vehicle ownership, including the required down payment, interest rate (and, thus, monthly payment), and insurance costs. In other words, even if you could qualify to buy truck with a below average credit score, it could still cost you hundreds of dollars (or more) per month, making it much more difficult to make money wit...

CUSTOM TRUCK SLEEPER ORGANIZATION

By: The Crafty Trucker
Posted: Aug 10th 2018 5:02PM
Finding ways to maximize the space in your sleeper or any can be challenging & something we are constantly working on. In this video I show you what we keep in our sleeper & how it's organized for the space that we have. ...

Fleet Ownership: Getting Started

By: Sean M. Lyden - Staff Writer
Posted: Aug 6th 2018 11:31AM
As fleet owners take on a more prominent role in expedited trucking, there's been a growing interest among owner-operators and contract drivers to learn how they, too, can make the jump to fleet ownership. And that interest was evident by a packed classroom at the 8 a.m. session that kicked off Expedite Expo 2018 in Lexington, Ky. on July 20. The session titled "Fleet Ownership: Getting Started" featured fleet owners John Kelsh with Cyclone Expediting, Eric Escobar with Fudp...

COOKING IN A TRUCK | Low Carb Mozzarella Sticks

By: The Crafty Trucker
Posted: Aug 3rd 2018 5:10PM
If you love fried cheese sticks but want to eat low carb/keto this is an easy & tasty way to make them. See the full recipe here - http://www.tryketowith.me/2015/09/09/easy-keto-mozzarella-sticks/...

WE SOLD EVERYTHING FOR A LIFE ON THE ROAD

By: The Crafty Trucker
Posted: Jul 13th 2018 5:32PM
We get asked a lot if we live in our truck full time. Here is our journey from selling almost everything we owned when we decided to get out on the road up until now....

HOW TO SAVE THE MOST MONEY ON FUEL

By: The Crafty Trucker
Posted: Jul 6th 2018 6:47PM
With fuel being one of the highest expenses we have in trucking, knowing how get the best price & save the most money on fuel is key. Jason explains understanding how fuel tax or IFTA impacts how much you actually spend per gallon & shares an app that will simplify figuring it out. Greg Huggins Blog: https://www.expeditersonline.com/trucking-blogs/fuel-for-thought/ Fuel Tax Maps: http://h.fanapp.mobi/fueltaxmap IFTA Video Referenced: https://youtu.be/oMcgzs3vb-w...

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