Owner-operators are challenged daily with being a reliable driver and a competent business owner. For new owner-operators, owning your business and the managing the responsibilities that come with the business can be overwhelming. Take a moment to review our strategies for ...
The American Transportation Research Institute (ATRI), a part of the American Trucking Association (ATA), recently posted its 2016 survey of the most critical issues facing the trucking industry. In it, they present a list of 29 topics that “have been identified as the top i...
When we bought our Cascadia it was equipped with halogen headlamps. The light, as equipped, is bright and the beam well aimed. Along comes Truck-lite, with, what I believe, is the greatest thing to come to the trucking industry since air ride. LED headlamps are a great...
Words have consequences and nowhere are words and tone more apparent than to truck drivers every day when they are pulled over for a traffic stop or for an inspection. How you respond to law enforcement can have a lot to do with the outcome of your interaction with law enfor...
Every on highway four wheeled vehicle is required to have them. They are very easy to use. They turn themselves off when finished, (at least in most vehicles). Motorcycles have them also, but they are a little harder to use. Everyone knows how to use them, and when they should...
By properly maintaining your truck, you know that you can keep it on the road more and prevent costly breakdowns. However, if you have not taken the time to overhaul your preventative maintenance lately, you may not be saving quite as much time and money as you think that y...
Owner-operators often report higher revenues, better performance, and greater compliance by running their own trailers . When it comes to spec’ing a trailer, however, you’ve got to study up. Your trailer choices will affect your profitability—and possibly your federal Complia...
Every trucker has or will likely receive a traffic ticket sometime throughout their career. Whether they deserve it or not, that’s just the way it goes. The severity of the ticket depends upon how and why the ticket was written. Traffic tickets generally fall into three cate...
Many owner-operators, and Americans across the country, took on substantial debt during the recession. While many are still working to climb out of it, factors such as slow freight, switching carriers, increasing fuel costs or family emergencies can slow this process. For ow...
Roundabouts Roundabouts reduce fatalities by 52%. Yes, they are a pain in the hinder for us to drag our 53 foot trailers through. Deal with it. We have no choice. They are gaining in popularity. There is nothing we can do about that. But, I keep going back to tha...