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...

Going High Tech How many of you have some piece of technology in your truck? Most, I would figure, have a cell phone. Some might even have a television with either an antenna or a satellite dish of some sort. And still others might have some sort of hot spot to get internet on the road. Finally, some may have all or a combination of all that is listed above. We have cell phones, tablets, a laptop computer and a printer in our truck. We have two different hot spots for interne...

Referring to expedite as “the Band-Aid” to the trucking industry may have, at one time, been the best way to describe what it is and why it’s so important to logistics management. Or explaining to a career over-the-roader that the term “expedite” signals that the freight is time-sensitive, and it must be delivered with haste, was also often used in an attempt to drive the point home. When a driver has spent all, or the majority, of their career in an over-the-road c...

Baby, It’s Cold Outside! I am sitting in my living room at home watching the weather while outside it is 13 below zero with a wind chill of 30 below zero. Dave is running between the house and the semi loading up some last minute items to get us ready to get back to work. These temperatures got me to thinking… What do you do to keep yourself and your equipment warm when under extreme cold temperatures? How do you keep your truck warm to start it in cold weather? What type...

What can you say about someone who buys a brand new 2025 Freightliner Cascadia and within a month of purchase, they take an angle grinder with a cut-off wheel and deliberately cut a big hole in the sleeper roof?...

So, you’ve decided to become an owner operator. Okay, now what? In today’s society and job market, if you’ve been paying attention to what’s going on around you, you may have noticed a change in how people are making a living. Oh sure, the tried-and-true method of working a job for someone else in order to provide a living for yourself and/or your family still exists, and that model continues to thrive. But becoming a TikTok or YouTube sensation (social media influenc...

How much does fuel economy matter? Let’s look at some numbers (don’t worry, I will do the math for you)....

The statistics for small businesses are scary and disheartening to say the least....

Spare Time What do you all do when you are down for a day or more? Do you explore what’s around you? Do you look for new places to eat? This blog is going to talk about some of the things we do when we have nothing to do. Full disclosure, with a dog in the truck it does limit the amount of time that we can be gone from the truck. We have done a few things in the past but honestly, we do very little outside of the truck. If we do go somewhere, it is usually with other people...