There’s a mystery out here on the road that I’ve never been able to solve, and trust me, I’ve had plenty of hours behind the wheel to think about it. It’s not why shippers take three hours to load two pallets. It’s not why every receiver seems shocked that a truck actually showed up at the time they scheduled. No, the real puzzle is this:...

Due Diligence  How much due diligence do you do before taking a load? Some due diligence comes before a load is ever accepted. Some comes after accepting a load but before the load  is picked up. And finally there is due diligence during the entire trip. Before accepting any load there are several questions to ask. Because the cargo area on our truck is only 17 feet the first question is always, “how many pieces and what is the weight?” Our truck can fit 8 regular sized...

There was a time, not that long ago, when turn signals were considered a basic part of driving. You know, like the steering wheel, or the brake pedal, or the general idea that you shouldn’t just launch your vehicle into traffic like you’re testing the aerodynamics of a refrigerator. Turn signals were invented for one simple purpose, to indicate your intentions....

If you’ve been out on the road longer than five minutes, you already know diesel isn’t cheap and it’s not getting any cheaper. Every time you roll up to the pump, it feels like the numbers spin faster than your tach climbing a hill with a full load....

If you hang around this industry long enough, you start to notice something funny. For all the noise we make about horsepower, freight rates, and which truck stop has the least terrible parking after sunset, trucking is still a people business....

There’s a very specific kind of chaos that hangs over a school zone during morning drop off. If you’ve ever rolled through one, you know exactly what I mean. It’s like the universe decided to take every unpredictable thing it could find and cram it into a few hundred yards....

One Full Week Because of the type of freight we normally haul, we usually only do about two loads per week. This week, however, we are doing four loads. Mother Nature is making travel very interesting as well. With careful planning and solid communication the week should work out just fine. But what if all the planning and communication in the world cannot prepare us for a mechanical failure or weather that closes roads? What would we do then? Let’s talk about alternatives....

On The Road Again We are finally going back to work this week. After being off for nearly seven weeks it feels like we need to relearn how to be truck drivers again. In all seriousness, it was very nice to be able to take some time off but we are looking forward to getting back to work. We had an unexpected mechanical failure which delayed our return and forced us to have our truck towed right from our driveway. In all the years we have been driving, that was a first. The tru...

When it Rains it Pours While many of you have been working since the beginning of the year, Dave and I haven’t had work since before Christmas. We had every intention of starting 2026 strong; however, a power higher than us decided that working was not in the plans. We had a load that we were staged and ready to pick up when a family emergency changed our plans completely. We ended up coming home and have not left yet. The family emergency has been taken care of so that is ...

What to do when you know you have some downtime or maybe a 34 hour reset or a full weekend off duty while on the road? Some drivers like to kick back and watch TV or play video games. If that works for you, then by all means you can do that....