COOKING IN A TRUCK | Buffalo Cauliflower Bites

By: The Crafty Trucker
Posted: Apr 13th 2018 5:32PM
If you like cauliflower & buffalo wings you will love this easy to make buffalo cauliflower bites recipe. Recipe used: https://www.galonamission.com/healthy-buffalo-cauliflower-bites/...

WHAT IS EXPEDITING?

By: The Crafty Trucker
Posted: Apr 6th 2018 5:51PM
When people hear expediting they often have a lot of questions as to what it is. In this video we answer some of the more common questions we get about expediting. Greg Huggins did an excellent Blog post on Expediters Online titled "Expediting is trucking. Expediting is not just trucking" which has a lot of good info about what expediting is. Check it out here: https://www.expeditersonline.com/trucking-blogs/four-wheeling/expediting-is-trucking-expediting-is-not-just-truckin...

How to Keep Your Marriage Together When You're Driving Together

By: Sean M. Lyden - Staff Writer
Posted: Apr 2nd 2018 12:17PM
Earn more income. Spend more quality time with your partner. Travel the country on someone else's dime. These are just a few reasons why you and your spouse might have gotten interested in driving together in the expedited trucking business. But then, within days--or perhaps hours--of getting on the road together, reality hits. "We went from a large, three-bedroom ranch-style house on seven acres to an OEM sleeper, and we were bosses in our previous jobs," says Linda Caffee,...

PALFINGER LIFTGATE & HYDRAULIC JACK STANDS | Model ILT 40

By: The Crafty Trucker
Posted: Mar 30th 2018 4:27PM
We are excited to show & tell you all about our newest addition to the truck. We added a Palfinger ILT 40 liftgate with hydraulic jack stands. Palfinger Website: https://www.palfinger.com/en-US/usa/products/lift-gates...

Fleet Owner Strategies for Recruiting and Retaining Good Drivers

By: Sean M. Lyden - Staff Writer
Posted: Mar 26th 2018 11:08AM
Talk with fleet owners and most of them will tell you that their biggest challenge is finding-and keeping-good, dependable drivers. That makes senses. There's a major driver shortage with a lot at stake for fleet owners. Just one truck that sits because there isn't a driver can be a significant cash drain for an owner. So what can fleet owners do to buck the trend and keep all their trucks on the road making money? EO recently spoke with Susan Medlin, an expedite fleet owner...

TRUCK PARKING

By: The Crafty Trucker
Posted: Mar 23rd 2018 4:01PM
Finding truck parking can be challenging at times & seems to be getting harder to find with the new ELD mandate....

BETTER VISIBILITY AT NIGHT | Replacing Stock Headlight Bulbs | Freightliner M2 112

By: The Crafty Trucker
Posted: Mar 16th 2018 7:08PM
Good visibility at night is a must & having good headlights help. We changed out the stock headlight bulbs on our Freightliner M2 112 to the Sylvania SilverStar zXe bulbs and they make night time visibility much better. *Sylvania SilverStar zXe Bulbs: High Beams - 9006XS http://amzn.to/2Dm5oFr Low Beams - 9005XS http://amzn.to/2GoWASb *Frieghtliner manual (see section 14 for headlights adjustment) https://secure.freightliner.com/newbulletins/techmanuals/DM-MM_Web/English/fre...

Fleet Owner Conversations: Tom and Tina Evans

By: Sean M. Lyden - Staff Writer
Posted: Mar 12th 2018 12:39PM
Meet Tom and Tina Evans who bought their first truck to become expedite owner-operators in early 2002. At the time, the retail industry was experiencing a steep market downturn, and the couple saw the writing on the wall when it came to their job security. So they decided to make a career change together. Tina stepped down from her management position at a shoe retailer; Tom left his job at a family-owned furniture store. For the next 11 years, Tom and Tina built their exped...

COOKING IN THE TRUCK | Unstuffed Peppers | Instant Pot

By: The Crafty Trucker
Posted: Mar 10th 2018 10:51AM
Unstuffed Peppers is another easy meal you can make in the Instant Pot. Recipe Used: https://www.thecentsableshoppin.com/instant-pot-unstuffed-peppers/...

15-Year Anniversary: The Story of Expedite Now Magazine

By: Sean M. Lyden - Staff Writer
Posted: Mar 5th 2018 12:19PM
It was a chance encounter at a Cincinnati mall parking lot in the early 1990's that sparked Lawrence McCord's interest in expedited trucking. "I saw an expediter in a cargo van who was laid over at that parking lot," McCord recalls. "And I saw this bubble on top of the van and asked him, 'What is that thing on top?' He said, 'It's a satellite." I said, 'A satellite? And then you can know where you are?' He said, "I know exactly where I'm at.' I'm like, 'That's just amazing!'...

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