Love’s Travel Stops & Country Stores has opened new travel stops in Greenville, Virginia; Watonga, Oklahoma; and Flowers, Mississippi. These three truck stops will add a total of 229 truck parking spots for truckers who are looking for a place to stop. The Virginia stop will have 85 truck parking…
Johnny Blaze, Marvel’s Ghost Rider, is seen in Marvels X #1 driving a semi-truck. Dave, the only person on the dystopian Earth without powers, is picked up by a trucker who reveals his real identity as the Ghost Rider later down the road. The exploding head with a flaming skull…
The toll at Gantry 4 at the Oxford Street Bridge on I-95 in Providence, Rhode Island, will go from $2.25 to $4.50 starting March 5. Comments can be submitted to Dot.BridgeRepairTolls@dot.ri.gov until March 1. The increase comes from eliminating a toll location which would have been collecting that amount if…
When you are out on the road and away from those you love, sometimes a small treat is all you need to remind you of home. At the South Ridge Travel Plaza in Sioux Center, Iowa, you will find some tasty homemade goods made by Shelly Brenneman. For over a…
Oregon’s trucking industry has objected to renewing a tax on heavy-duty trucks, but the city council of Portland is going through with it. The original tax started in 2016 with a 2.8% surcharge to the weight-mile tax for drivers of heavy-duty vehicles and will now, if voted on, be at…
For 30 years, Shipper’s Choice in Virginia has been training new truckers for their CDL. The four-week 160-hour course teaches the pre-trip inspection, backing the vehicle, and driving it on the road. Yet, there have been some concerns from students who have stated that they don’t feel like they are…
There is a lot of competition out there in the trucking world when it comes to finding and keeping drivers so we need to find new ways of accomplishing this goal. There are more women truckers out there than there has ever been before. There are also companies who are…
For the 2021 fiscal year, President Trump is requesting $1 trillion for infrastructure which includes a good chunk of change for more truck parking. With every budget comes increases and decreases. The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration will get a slight increase and the Department of Transportation will get a…
The Surry Community College in Dobson, North Carolina, has had its largest graduating class of truckers. Last December, 20 new truckers graduated and joined the trucking industry. The Truck Driver Training Program offered at SCC teaches new drivers the ins and outs of being a successful and safe truck driver….
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…