Owners, Dispatchers- Friend or Foe

I wanted to write a little about my own experiences about going the extra mile, or doing little favors for owners and dispatchers.
Just about every company I ever worked for, I became friends with the owners or the dispatchers. Some places you work at, this is the only way to get ahead, and to continue to stay out in front. [...]

To Haul or Not To Haul – Overweights

Can a company fire an employee for refusing to haul an overweight load?
Can the company make me haul a load that is overweight?
Can the dispatcher make me drive in bad weather?
Can the company make me pull an unsafe trailer or drive a truck that is not safe?
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Things to know before Trucking School and your first year

It seems with the last segment that Dan Rather shot called “Mind Your Loan Business” an article might be in order for prospective people wanting to go to truck driving school.
Truck driving is NOT for everyone even though you see people from seems like every walks in life doing it. It is more than just holding [...]

School Scams, Sexual Harassment, Reported Abuse, and Success (Part 2)

In my last post I talked about Trucking School Scams, and Sexual Harassment, and reported abuse in general, and asked why wasn’t anything being said about the successful stories from drivers. I want to go back to the supposedly “trucking school scams,” part and do some “thinking out loud.”
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Arrow employees Class action suit Charles A. Ercole filed Dec. 29

Dec. 22nd 2009 Arrow Trucking a Tulsa, Oklahoma based trucking company “suspended operations” stranding drivers all over the US, without a way for them to get home or even telling them. Charles A. Ercole an attorney with Klehr Harrison Harvey Branzburg LLP located in Philadelphia, PA. filed the suit on behalf of employees at Arrow Trucking.
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Truck Drivers come together like a Family

On Tuesday December 22, 2009 hundreds of truck drivers found themselves on their own. The trucking company they gave their all to just up and shut down the operations, and left a message for the drivers.
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Arrow Trucking Company calls it quits overnight

Well, it looks as if Oklahoma based Arrow Trucking has suspended operations overnight.
In the report seen on a news site, an announcement will be made this afternoon. The way they suspended operations is really going to put some of their drivers in a big bind, with the holidays just around the corner.
It was reported that Arrow shut [...]

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 [...]

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