Driving a semi-truck over a hundred thousand miles a year on the nation’s highways will naturally lead to close calls with your truck due to unexpected circumstances. What do I mean? Stuff happens out there on the road and some of it is next to impossible to plan for. It will just happen. In my…
Let’s talk about driver fatigue. This is an area that does not get enough attention in trucking. I have a spent a lot of time driving a big rig tired through the years. There are several contributing factors from my experience so let’s find out what they are. The 14-Hour Workday Yes, you heard that…
One topic that does not get talked about enough in trucking is having to deal with changing weather on a day-to-day basis while you are barreling down the highway at 70MPH surrounded by traffic and hauling up to 80,000 pounds. The Different Types of Weather Rain is the most common weather occurrence you will deal…