‘Road Rage’ and Trucking

In any type of vehicle “road rage” is a bad idea, especially a tractor trailer. According to Wikipedia -road rage is described as aggressive or angry behavior by a driver of an automobile or other motor vehicle.
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Meeting the Ohio DOT

When I first started driving back in 96, it must have been starting to change or was just about changed over. My first real trucking job was pulling a coal bucket here in Kentucky. Of course we didn’t haul much coal, until wintertime, but I did haul my fair share of rock, sand, mulch, salt, etc. just [...]

Trip Planning – back to the basics

Thanks to Jami Jones (@shewhoknowstruk on Twitter), senior editor at Land Line Magazine, for bringing this topic up.
I’ll bet a lot of new drivers have never really heard of this before.
It really amazes me, or used to amaze me to hear other drivers ask on the CB radio, how to get somewhere.
I mean come on, use [...]

GOAL – Do you do it?

This is a term, I think I will never forget. It’s even a good thing to do if you are driving any vehicle.
GOAL – or Get Out And Look, is a term used in the trucking industry.
If you look closely at a tractor and trailers mirrors, especially the drivers side one.
I bet [...]

Top 10 items you need on a truck as a Truck Driver?

I have been wanting to add a list of thing’s in no particular order, that are needed on a truck for a while now. I have just not got around to doing it until today! I see this question pop up quite often, at the many forums I visit. I know this list is not the perfect list, so I [...]

Texting and Driving part II

Welcome back for part II, of the distracted driving summit. Again I will ask what does Jason’s Law have to do with distracted driving? Today ended a two day summit with Ray Lahood making an announcement at the end, that Obama had in fact signed into affect a ban on texting behind the wheel for Federal workers. A [...]

What is the best CB Radio, Antenna that I should buy

I have been driving a tractor trailer for about 10+ years. I am a member to many CB Radio Forums, also a lot of Truck Driver Forums.
I see and get this question all the time, so I thought I would try and answer it here.
You made it through truck driving school, now you need a CB Radio? OK, [...]

Brotherhood of Truck Drivers

The last few days, I have seen these words pop up in several places all over the web. What do they mean? 1. Answer: Brotherhood – the whole body of persons engaged in a business or profession.
2. Answer: Truck – to exchange commodities
3. Answer: Drivers – one that drives
This is what I found for the answer. I do [...]

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