Recently our current administration Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) has asked for the publics input in help identifying waste, fraud and abuse at the federal agencies level.  If you know or heard of any of this you can contact DOGE directly using the DM function on the official DOGE X accounts by agencies. Here is your chance from the side of the trucking industry to point out waste, fraud and abuse. Here is a short list of agencies they are looking for input on a...

Meet Mr. DeBlank, everybody knows him as Phil. Everyone sees Phil. Everyone wonders about Phil, but Phil N. DeBlank seems to wonder about nothing....

Connections Recently, I was invited to join a ladies Bible study group. Now, before you start rolling your eyes thinking that I’m going to get all religious on you just hear me out. I believe that all of the ladies in the group are truck drivers; however, I cannot say for certain. All of the ladies that I know who are in the group are truck drivers. Being invited into this group got me to thinking about how truck drivers (both men and women) form connections in such an isol...

Love What You Do Last week many celebrated Valentine’s Day with those that they love. At least that is what I hope they did! We were home so we did what we do best… we went out to dinner. The holiday of Love got me to thinking about the old saying, “Do what you love and you will never work a day in your life.” How many of you have worked at a J-O-B that barely paid the bills but you went in every day despite the fact that you really did not enjoy the work at all? I’...

Over the years, I’ve engaged with many truck drivers attempting to make the jump from company driver to independent contractor. And if you didn’t already know, the world of expedite trucking is vastly different from your typical truck driving career. Instead of a driver’s income being determined by the number of miles run, such as in truckload, expedite is based on more of a pay-per-load structure and mentality. Also, in such cases with expedite, most drivers are consid...

We get information for all different kinds and places.  One of those is from the company that prepares our taxes and helps us with dealing with business questions, problems, etc.  They send us an email about once a month with multiple articles that pertain to a wide range of topics that have to do with business, taxes, growth, etc.  One of those articles we found to be particularly interesting.  We will include the link to it at the end of this blog. The article had a lon...

What to do, what to do? Well, if an OEM sleeper does not have the option to have a sink, what to do, what to do? Build and install one yourself !...

Driving Hazards How many times have you been driving along, minding your own business, when you come across a stream of red lights, debris on the road or a four wheeler brake checking you? How do you handle these situations? Do you sit back and take it as it comes or do you get a little pang of road rage in your soul? There have been times when I react calmly while in other cases I just want to get even. Being a professional truck driver stops me from doing something stupid. ...

Career truck drivers tend to prefer the solitude of the open road. But really, who wouldn’t? I mean, you get to take your work with you and make money wherever you go. No one to answer to (other than perhaps dispatch and the Department of Transportation), and you’re touring the countryside while getting paid to do it. So, what’s not to like about that? However, as gratifying as driving solo can be, it’s often accompanied by the risk of losing out on some extra cash by...

Having a CB radio in your truck is not only handy, but is also ideal as an added safety feature. Not only can you communicate with other drivers to warn them about traffic backups or weather situations, but you can also call out to find out if there’s a parking spot at the truck stop. Even in this era of cell phones and e-mail, radio communication is still a viable means of communicating on the open road. When there’s a backup on the Interstate, you can find out about the...