Mack Trucks has teamed up with Life is Good to help benefit the St. Christopher Truckers Relief Fund. Together, they have put out a limited-edition t-shirt featuring Jake, the Life is Good icon, driving a Mack MD Series truck with the #ThankaTrucker hashtag on it. The shirt is being sold…
The American Transportation Research Institute has put out a Compendium of Idling Regulations. This Compendium is a list of each state and some of its major cities informing us of what idling laws they enforce. At the bottom of each regulation is a clickable link back to where the information…
Rand McNally has released its 40th edition of the Motor Carriers’ Road Atlas. The 2021 trucking atlas has updated truck-accessible roads, fuel tax charts, and trucking regulations for states. This new edition comes in paperback form as well as a laminated edition that has a spiral binding so it can…
Keeping an eye on your brakes helps keep you on the road, and making sure your technician checks all the nooks and crannies within the brake system is key. A visual inspection is a good place to start and should cover a lot of ground. The mounting, brake hoses and…
Information is incredibly valuable these days, especially in the trucking industry where truck performance and safety are key. Everyday technology is changing and advancing so quickly it’s almost hard to keep up with but finding the right telematics service provider for your needs is important to how your business runs….
USA Carry has put out a handy dandy map that shows the concealed carry permit information for each of the 50 states. The states are colored-coded showing whether they are May Issue, Shall Issue, Right Denied, or Constitutional Carry. This website outlines and explains the concealed carry definitions used and…
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has given truck drivers the ability to renew their med cards and licenses by the end of September. The last update to this notice was for licenses to be renewed by June 30, 2020, but it has now been extended through September 30, 2020….
The temperatures are going up and the roads are busier with summer travelers. Here are some tips for truckers to help make it safely through the summer months. Hot roads and high speed are not a good combination for your tires so keep an eye on them and keep them…
Convoy has announced they have teamed up with Feeding America to deliver undeliverable food and beverages to food banks around the country. By using their Digital Freight Network and MealConnect technology they will be able to connect with truckers who have rejected shipments of food or beverages and find them…
The latest monthly summary put out by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s Drug & Alcohol Clearinghouse gives some good insight at how many in the trucking industry are signing up and what they have in their systems. According to the summary, 80% of the violations reported were positive drug…