Good ideas in Trucking fail why

With the recent business venture IdleAire Inc. failing, and going out of business it got me to thinking. Why do good ideas in trucking always seem to fail, or do fail period? We have all seen and heard the listening sessions the FMCSA has been holding recently, they want to change the HOS up, again. Why, must [...]

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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The Journey into the Trucking Industry Corruption

Tell me it “ain’t so,” the trucking industry being corrupt? I can’t hardly imagine this industry being “corrupt”, but if a two year veteran truck driver says it is, then I guess it must be. We have all heard the “stories” in the trucking industry, about some trucking companies hauling illegal loads for the “mob”. [...]

Trucking Schools, Students and Heavier Trucks

Student truck drivers. Are they ready to haul “heavy” loads? Are student truck drivers being properly trained to drive trucks?
What is the purpose of truck driving schools? And are trucking schools really preparing new drivers for the trucking industry?
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I know times are tough, but c’mon fix your trucks

I know times are tough for some companies, hell all these trucking companies are feeling the pinch today. But, come on now you have to keep these trucks up and running. I work for a crappy company as far as getting screwed on some thing’s I am asked to do in regards to pay. But, my company [...]

Renegade Trucking Companies Then and Now

I guess I need to clarify a few things, from a little small argument I was involved in on twitter today. I mentioned that I had done 6000 miles in a week, big deal. Now, it gets tweeted all over hell and creation that I am doing this now. 140 characters, it is pretty easy to get [...]