Owning your own trucking business is a lot of work and each style of trucking company has a different set of goals to achieve. All goals hopefully lead to good things and making the right decisions can further lead to success. Your trucks are a top priority and making sure…
Companies are out there looking for drivers, and drivers are out there looking for companies that are hiring and most times the highest paying driver jobs require dangerous or tricky loads. With the right amount of experience and paperwork, you could find a well-paying trucking job within the industry. Having…
The Kansas Turnpike Authority is making room for large freight vehicles by raising the bridges that pass over the turnpike. The 236-mile turnpike includes parts of interstates 335, 35, 70, and 470 linking together Witchita, Topeka, and Kansas City. Raising the bridges to a height of 15 feet, 9 inches…
Everywhere you look people are adding some of their own personality to their vehicles, and truckers are no different. From fancy rims to impressive paint jobs all the way up to flames shooting out of various places, truckers like to show their style by modding their trucks. One trucker painted…
Revenue per truck per week is the total amount of linehaul and revenue generated by the company divided by the number of plated trucks, within a week’s time. Each truck is an asset and that asset should be making you revenue. This number will help you figure out what you…
People in the gig business are doing things differently than the rest of us and it is hurting truckers. Trucking customers used to have many factors to look at before hiring a company or a driver, now they have rates and stars for truckers who may have started last month…
Tires don’t just magically appear at the store, ready to be put on your truck and roll down the road. Engineers and developers put their heads together and dive into designing, developing, and testing new tires. When prototypes are made they are taken out to the Cooper test track and…
The Oregon Department of Transportation wants drivers to be aware of heavy truck traffic around the state on Thursday. There is a rally at the Oregon Capitol in Salem and truckers are putting together convoys to protest the ‘cap and trade” climate change legislation. The ODOT is alerting everyone in…
J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc., has pledged its support for the USDOT’s Transportation Leaders Against Human Trafficking initiative. This initiative urges those in the transportation industry to educate their employees about the signs of human trafficking and raise public awareness all around. At rest stops and truck stops, there are…
Freightliner Trucks and Mark Feldstein & Associations have signed an agreement to make a series of sound clocks. These clocks will recognize the history of Freightliner and its 77 years in the trucking industry. Product introduction will be early in the second quarter of this year and will include a…