How to Calculate Trucking Operating Cost Per Mile Understanding how to calculate cost per mile is essential for anyone in the trucking industry, especially for owner-operators and small trucking companies aiming to maximize profitability. Accurately tracking operating...
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Articles about Tips for Drivers
Welcome to our collection of articles offering tips for drivers. Here, you’ll find valuable advice and practical insights tailored specifically for professional drivers in the trucking industry. Our content covers a variety of topics, from safety practices and maintenance tips to health and wellness on the road. Whether you’re a new driver or a seasoned professional, our articles provide the information you need to enhance your skills, stay safe, and maintain a healthy work-life balance. Explore our expert guides, real-life experiences, and actionable advice to make your driving career as successful and fulfilling as possible.
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Tips for Reading a Load Board
Tips for Reading a Load Board Truck load boards are a crucial tool for any trucking company to get the loads they need for a successful business in the trucking industry. However, just knowing what a load board is not enough for you to make it as owner-operators. You...
How to Negotiate Freight Rates (8 Tips for Success)
How to Negotiate Freight Rates (8 Tips for Success) You found a load on a load board that meets your business requirements, but are you getting the best rates for your bottom line on that truckload? Don’t settle for a base rate and be willing to do some contract...
Top Winter Driving Tips for Truckers
Top Winter Driving Tips Summer can just never seem to stay long enough. With that, the winter months are always approaching with inclement weather on the horizon. Operating an 80,000lb truck can be a difficult task as is much less maneuvering your rig on the snow...
What is the Drug and Alcohol Clearinghouse?
What is the Drug and Alcohol Clearinghouse? Here we will be learning about the drug and alcohol clearinghouse within the trucking industry. Not to be confused with a drug consortium, which is an association of companies or groups of employers that join together, as a...
What to Include In Your Semi Truck Emergency Kit
What to Include In Your Semi Truck Emergency Kit Trucking can be rather unpredictable at times. You never know when you may be hit with an unexpected automotive situation in your trip; maybe even a weather-related incident. It is essential for DOT truck drivers to...
What is a Weigh Station?
What is a Weigh Station? All truck drivers become more familiar with weigh stations than they would probably like, however, weight stations are a vital part of safety enforcement on commercial vehicles on our roadways throughout the country. While regular drivers just...
Must Know Trucker Slang
Must Know Trucker Slang Okay, admit it, ever since shows Smokey and the Bandit you have wanted to be able to throw around some of that cool trucker lingo like a pro in your trucking company. The trucker slang we are talking about here is commonly used over a CB or...
20 Health Tips for Truck Drivers
20 Health Tips for Truck Drivers Health for truck drivers is a big deal that too often gets overlooked. With the majority of the options available to CDL drivers being that of fast food and truck stop options, an abundance of calories on a daily basis. Worse than the...
What is Team Truck Driving?
What is Team Truck Driving? If you just got out of truck driving school with your CDL you are probably looking for trucking jobs with great weekly pay. Well, we may have a great option for you. With all the limitations on trucking today it can make it tough to cover...
Truck Driving Tips For New and Experienced Truckers
Truck Driving Tips For New and Experienced Truckers Being a company truck driver or even an owner operator is not nearly as simple as just driving and watching for changing road conditions in bad weather, although many probably hold that assumption. In addition to...
Your Guide to CSA Points
Your Guide to CSA Points Getting points might sound positive, but CSA points are ones you don’t want! Let's take a closer look at what CSA points mean for truck drivers operating a commercial motor vehicle (CMV) and how these points can affect your standing in the...