Category: Trucking in general

Trucking Lessons from a truckers son

Trucking Lessons from a truckers son

Trucking has changed for the better, When will the truck drivers narrative catch up? Most truck drivers attempt to work their back end off running as many miles in their truck as they can so that they can get back home with money to pay the bills. Eat, sleep, shower, drive, repeat. a process done [...]

November 30, 2010 | 7 Comments More
5 tips to being happy for the long haul

5 tips to being happy for the long haul

“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 [...]

February 13, 2010 | 54 Comments More
Better Truck Driving Trainers – part 1

Better Truck Driving Trainers – part 1

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 [...]

February 4, 2010 | 13 Comments More
The biggest truck I’ve ever seen!!!

The biggest truck I’ve ever seen!!!

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 [...]

December 22, 2009 | 126 Comments More
trucking and money

Truckers pay, the real key to safer highways in America!

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 [...]

December 21, 2009 | 0 Comments More
Strip club trucker

Strip club trucker

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 [...]

December 3, 2009 | 8 Comments More