YRC worldwide PR stunt
Media reports stirred in May that troubled trucking company YRC Worldwide Inc. would ask for $1 billion in aid from the federal bailout fund, officially known as the Troubled Asset Relief Program, or TARP. While many trucking industry bloggers wrote about this I stayed away from it because I new something was smelling like [...]
Ice Road Trucker Hugh on: hookers (IRT mockumentery)
Ice Road Trucker Hugh on: hookers (IRT mockumentary)
Is homage to the history channels show ice road truckers. I would suggest watching the history channels original trailer and compare it to my trailer.
I would like to do all the characters on the show, if any of you are interested in playing a part let me know, [...]
Trucker Bombs
By now I’m sure most of you have heard of trucker bombs?
Just in case you have not a trucker bomb is; A plastic bottle that serves to contain human waste products, and that, through long exposure to intense sunlight, has swelled with vaporized liquids, particularly ammonia from the urine. Once a Trucker Bomb is driven [...]
Minnesota Checklist Fatigue
A national trucker drivers’ association is suing the Minnesota State Patrol, contending that it is illegally taking rigs out of service based on a secret interrogation checklist that officers use in the hopes of catching operators who are too tired to be on the road.
The lawsuit was filed Wednesday (5/13/9) in U.S. District Court in [...]
Reliable trucking
Reliable transportation is by sure one of the finest fleets on the road, most would agree. There is a line ten miles long to get on with them. I hate to post this picture but I have to, it made me laugh on the inside.
The recession and future of trucking
One of the reasons people get into trucking is the chance to travel all over America. Maybe you are from a small town or city and have not been many places. Or maybe you have just been stuck in the same city all of your life, working a dead end day to day job. Well, [...]
