Corporate America is plenty worried about staying healthy while forced to sit behind a desk for 8 hours a day — but what about truckers who have to sit behind the wheel for up for 14 hours a day? Trucking… Read More
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The Dangers of Distracted Driving in the Trucking Industry
Operating a multi-ton heap of steel at highway speeds is dangerous enough. Doing it without your full attention to the road and your surroundings is even more so. Distracted driving is far and away the number one cause of all… Read More
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Trucking Safety Tips: Skid Control and Recovery
It might seem like we’re inundating this blog with winter trucking safety and maintenance tips lately, but it’s so much better to be safe than sorry in the freight truck world. This one is applicable year-round, even in the most… Read More
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Winter Trucking Preventative Maintenance to Keep You Running
Winter trucking can go one of two ways. One, you’re warm and dry inside your cabin, with all necessities on board and all preventative maintenance taken care of. Or two, you run into one problem after another after another, as… Read More
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Winter Truck Driving Safety Tips
Truck driving, especially in the icy parts of the United States, during the winter can be dangerous. However, if you keep these winter driving safety tips in mind, you’ll find winter truck driving to be not only safer, but more… Read More
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Increasing Fuel Efficiency With Smarter Tire Practices
As a truck driver, you’re constantly looking for ways to increase your fuel efficiency. The different ways to accomplish this goal are many, with varying degrees of success.
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Why Do Jackknife Accidents Occur and How are They Avoided?
Jackknife accidents are among the most hazardous, most frightening and most damaging accidents a truck driver can get into. Most jackknife accidents occur when a truck’s drive wheels lock as the truck approaches a slick spot. The trailer continues to… Read More
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Truck Driving Safety Tips for New Year’s Eve
It should come as absolutely no surprise to learn that the holidays – and New Year’s Eve, in particular – transform the already-dangerous job of being a truck driver into one fraught with peril at every turn. There’s a reason… Read More
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Tips for Driving A Truck in a City
Truck drivers are in a constant state of rushing to get products delivered from Point A to Point B as quickly as possible. This kind of pressure means that truck drivers must always be extra careful when they’re on the… Read More
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5 ways to have your holiday freight delivered on time
The holiday season can be stress for both consumers and business owners alike. Everyone wants to get gifts on time,to the right places. During the holidays, there is already enough to worry about and the last thing anyone needs is… Read More