Trucking is a hard job. The hours are long and the stress of fighting traffic all day will wear out the best drivers. After spending a tremendous amount of time behind the wheel of a semi-truck I have found the following items helpful in making each trip a little more comfortable. Steering Wheel Cover One…
So, you finally landed your CDL after a lot of studying and driving practice with your instructor. Congratulations! You may now be wondering what type of trucking jobs are out there for you. What is a Dry Van? A dry van trailer is a large box like trailer that does not have temperature control and…
Last year I had one of the best trucking jobs you could ever imagine, and it was hauling flatbed freight. Everything about it was almost perfect including being assigned a brand-new Mack Anthem truck. The lanes were also out of this world where I ran from the Ohio valley all the way to the Pacific…
Many people come out of CDL-A school with the desire to land a local truck driving job. The reality is most companies will not take you as an inexperienced driver to work local. What this means is you will have to go over the road and gain some valuable experience before landing that dream driving…
Last year I took on a new over the road position that had me run lanes all the way out west to California. My pickups were usually in Ohio or Indiana and the surrounding area. My deliveries were in the San Francisco or Los Angeles regions. I got to run all of the major interstates…
If you are wondering what it is like to be a Southeast regional truck driver you are in luck. I drove in all of the south-eastern lanes for over 2 years as a professional truck driver. I am going to go over the pros and cons of what a SE regional driver is likely to…
One of the most often overlooked items for creature comfort in your truck is your bunk. As a trucker you will be spending a lot of time in your bunk. Just as much or even more than you do in your bed at home. Why is that? It is simple. Truckers have to take a…
One of the hardest challenges I had while trucking aside from the actual job was being able to eat the foods that I wanted to. At home I regularly cooked my meals and had easy access to fresh groceries but once you are over the road and living in a truck it changes everything. Truck…
Trucking requires many skills but one of the more important ones is being a good navigator. As a truck driver you are going to be required to go from point A to point B and most of the time the route is going to be left up to you. You cannot just fire up Google…
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…