Financial Check Up This week our calendar is filled with special days marked to remind us what is coming up. One reminder tells us that it is Tax Day. This is also a great time to look back and see how the first quarter of this year has gone for us. Is this something that you do on a regular basis? How often do you analyze how your business is doing? Do you compare how things are going this year to years past? Let me just say that you should. Why? If you don't, how can you ma...

U.S. Representative Josh Brecheen of Oklahoma is once again challenging federal regulators over proposed speed limiter mandates on heavy commercial vehicles. His latest legislative effort, the Deregulating Restrictions on Interstate Vehicles and Eighteen-Wheelers (DRIVE) Act, seeks to prohibit the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) from requiring that trucks weighing over 26,000 pounds be equipped with speed limiting devices. "I'm Just a Bill" The now reintro...

After reading the title of this blog, some of you may have noticed that way back in the recesses of your mind, synapses started firing to recall the unmistakable sounds of the great Jimi Hendrix. Well Hey Joe, this is not about Purple Haze, that Foxy Lady or even if the Wind Cries Mary....

As an expediter, your business relies on staying on the move. When your cargo van, sprinter, or straight truck is taken off the road because of someone else's negligence, the consequences are immediate and costly. Lost loads, missed deadlines, and days without income can pile up quickly. The good news? You may be entitled to recover those losses....

Crazy Weather In the past, I have written about navigating the various weather conditions that we as truck drivers face throughout the year. I feel like this topic should be addressed again. While snow, high winds and tornadoes are relatively common, some new weather incidents have popped up recently. While driving I have seen signs along the highway giving instructions as to what to do in the case of a dust storm. Fortunately, we have never come across such a weather system....

What is an OTR truck driver? Someone that travels from place to place, sometimes for days, weeks or months at a time picking up and delivering freight along their trip and oftentimes living mostly in their trucks until returning home. What is an RV'er? Someone that travels from place to place, sometimes for days, weeks or months at a time, stopping here and there along the way, usually living in their RV until returning home....

As mentioned in a previous blog, The Hole Project was a success. Cutting a hole in the roof of my new truck and installing a rooftop heat pump went as planned. What was not planned well was the unit I installed on the roof of my mid roof sleeper....

Tax Time! Business taxes will be due in the next few days. Are you prepared? I have to admit that even after many years of having to prepare business taxes March 15th always catches me by surprise. I think the main reason for this is due to the fact that we want to stay out on the road working once the new year begins. Also, we have to wait for all the documents to arrive that need to be included with the tax return. Do you know what you need to either pass along to an accoun...

Year-in and year-out, I try to set goals (not resolutions) as I shift into each and every new phase of life. And as we're already closing the book on the first two months of 2025, it seems a good time to assess just where we each reside in terms of our own personal goals and the sights we might set on our future. We all have responsibilities. We all have hopes and dreams of our own. But sometimes, the outside world can beat us down and, unfortunately, it often seems like the ...

Every day truck drivers everywhere have to deal with any number of issues on the road. Everything from tailgaters to brake checkers. Merging traffic without regard for those already on the road to that one guy who just will not make the pass and just rides beside you for miles....