The other day I made a delivery to a little town in Georgia. The welcome sign I saw when I entered the city limits stuck with me, not just the name of the town, but apparently it was the town motto that was included on the welcome sign....

In the trucking industry, it is quite common for people to hear about suing truck drivers for injuries or damages, but did you know there are lawyers who represent truckers for business interruption?...

Let me introduce myself. I'm Kelly Plumb and I have been driving trucks for the past 12 years with my husband and business partner Dave. More recently, we added our trucking doggo Rocky to the team. We started by transporting campers in a one ton Dodge dually. Within a very short period of time it became obvious that 2 people living in a pickup truck was not going to work. We bought a second pickup truck. We each drove one. After about a year of doing that, we upgraded to a m...

What do you do when the unexpected happens while under a load? For those who know us, they know the type of freight that we haul. For those that don’t know us, you might be able to figure it out. Let’s just say that the freight is very special. On one such load we had about 48 hours to drive over 2300 miles. It was tight. As we all know, we do what we have to do to get the job done. On this particular load we were trying to contact the delivery point for delivery hours an...

How many of you have taken a load based upon the information you were given only to find out that the freight will not fit on your truck? We are not novices to expediting. We have been in this business for nearly 10 years. Granted, some of you reading this may have many more years than that. Surely, many of us have encountered this situation at least once in our carriers.  Awhile back this happened to us for the first time. We were given dimensions that were tight but doable...

  Making the decision to lease your truck on with a company that will help provide the freight needed to turn a profit can be quite a harrowing undertaking. How do you know you’re making the right choice when deciding who provides you with the best freight opportunities? Perhaps the most important question you should be asking yourself is, what is best for me and my situation? The following considerations should be made as your process of choosing a carrier unfolds. Who’...

The decisions have been made. After months of debating over options, my new truck has been ordered....

Back in March at the Mid America Truck Show one of the booths we stopped by was Seafoam to discuss their products and give them feedback on the ones we use. During the conversation they showed us a product they have called Bugs B Gone.  So, after some back and forth and getting our questions answered we decided to give it a try.  The first thing we tried it on was our four wheels windshield.   We recently had made a 1500-mile trip in it and picked up a lot of “Suicide�...

For the past couple of years, we along with the Trucking Solutions Group (TSG) have been working with and supporting Hope Zvara the CEO of Mother Trucker Yoga (MTY). What is MTY you ask.  Well, it is health and fitness for truck drivers in just minutes a day all from the cab of your truck.  What is it that you can do in the cab of your truck or around your truck to help you be healthy and fit?  Follow along and you will see. Many of the movements she teaches can be done in...

Career truck drivers tend to prefer the solitude of the open road. Who wouldn’t? You get to take your work with you and make money wherever you go. No one to answer to (other than perhaps dispatch and the Department of Transportation), and you’re touring the countryside while getting paid to do it. What’s not to like about that? However, as gratifying as driving solo can be, it’s often accompanied by the risk of losing out on extra cash by limiting oneself in earning ...