Over the years, I’ve engaged with many truck drivers attempting to make the jump from company driver to independent contractor. And if you didn’t already know, the world of expedite trucking is vastly different from your typical truck driving career. Instead of a driver’s income being determined by the number of miles run, such as in truckload, expedite is based on more of a pay-per-load structure and mentality. Also, in such cases with expedite, most drivers are consid...

We get information for all different kinds and places.  One of those is from the company that prepares our taxes and helps us with dealing with business questions, problems, etc.  They send us an email about once a month with multiple articles that pertain to a wide range of topics that have to do with business, taxes, growth, etc.  One of those articles we found to be particularly interesting.  We will include the link to it at the end of this blog. The article had a lon...

What to do, what to do? Well, if an OEM sleeper does not have the option to have a sink, what to do, what to do? Build and install one yourself !...

Driving Hazards How many times have you been driving along, minding your own business, when you come across a stream of red lights, debris on the road or a four wheeler brake checking you? How do you handle these situations? Do you sit back and take it as it comes or do you get a little pang of road rage in your soul? There have been times when I react calmly while in other cases I just want to get even. Being a professional truck driver stops me from doing something stupid. ...

Career truck drivers tend to prefer the solitude of the open road. But really, who wouldn’t? I mean, 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. So, 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 some extra cash by...

Having a CB radio in your truck is not only handy, but is also ideal as an added safety feature. Not only can you communicate with other drivers to warn them about traffic backups or weather situations, but you can also call out to find out if there’s a parking spot at the truck stop. Even in this era of cell phones and e-mail, radio communication is still a viable means of communicating on the open road. When there’s a backup on the Interstate, you can find out about the...

Going High Tech How many of you have some piece of technology in your truck? Most, I would figure, have a cell phone. Some might even have a television with either an antenna or a satellite dish of some sort. And still others might have some sort of hot spot to get internet on the road. Finally, some may have all or a combination of all that is listed above. We have cell phones, tablets, a laptop computer and a printer in our truck. We have two different hot spots for interne...

Referring to expedite as “the Band-Aid” to the trucking industry may have, at one time, been the best way to describe what it is and why it’s so important to logistics management. Or explaining to a career over-the-roader that the term “expedite” signals that the freight is time-sensitive, and it must be delivered with haste, was also often used in an attempt to drive the point home. When a driver has spent all, or the majority, of their career in an over-the-road c...

Baby, It’s Cold Outside! I am sitting in my living room at home watching the weather while outside it is 13 below zero with a wind chill of 30 below zero. Dave is running between the house and the semi loading up some last minute items to get us ready to get back to work. These temperatures got me to thinking… What do you do to keep yourself and your equipment warm when under extreme cold temperatures? How do you keep your truck warm to start it in cold weather? What type...

What can you say about someone who buys a brand new 2025 Freightliner Cascadia and within a month of purchase, they take an angle grinder with a cut-off wheel and deliberately cut a big hole in the sleeper roof?...