“I want a divorce, I can’t handle feeling like a single mother all the time even tho I’m married.” my wife screamed into her cell phone at me. Growing up as a third generation trucker I knew how she felt, I was reminded all to often by my mother who would cry herself to sleep [...]
Maybe you have considered training truck drivers?
Nearly a decade ago I started my journey of teaching entry level truck drivers. I have traveled all over the world and never had to leave the cab of my truck. Some of the stories that have been shared with me and the friendships I have made are really [...]
Have you ever seen a truck this big?
On one of my recent trips out to Florida I pulled into the Tiger Truck Stop in Gross Tete, LA to partake in their fine cuisine when I spotted one hell of a beast and I’m not referring to the tiger that makes his home at the truck [...]
Not a day goes by that I don’t hear “we need to improve highway safety” and tho trucking is at its safest point in history I would think that the constant pressure to make improvement plays a big part in that success. I personally believe that the current pay system in the trucking industry contributes [...]
I have traveled many miles across this great nation of ours meeting many great men and women along the way. However I’m not going to sit here and try to paint this pretty picture about trucking like all the men and women are great because the fact of the matter is there are many, many [...]
I thought I was one tough trucker.
The American Trucker is often seen as the last American mountain man, a nomad of sorts traveling across America through some of the worst of conditions to deliver his freight. A way of life for most, a job for others but one thing is for certain. We’re a tough [...]
