Everyone has their own reasons for getting into expediting. These are some of the reasons we feel expediting is so great....

As the hotter months are approaching we always worry about being out of the truck & leaving our dogs for long periods of time. Even though we have an APU to run the AC for them you never know when it or the AC could stop running. We recently purchased a Temp Stick to monitor the temperature inside the truck that will alert us if the temp gets above a certain point. Temp Stick we have: https://amzn.to/2kTF5zB...

So much has happened in autonomous vehicle development since Google put its first self-driving Prius on the roads in 2008. And industry consensus is that we'll start seeing highly automated vehicles hit the market legally in 2021-which is only three years from now. But there are still many questions-beyond the technology's capabilities-that government, industry, and citizens must answer before robots will rule the roads. Those questions can be boiled down into these three "h...

Reaching the summit of your business goals is often challenging. There are many peaks and valleys along the way....

We have a winner for the Plantronics Voyager 104 Trucking Headset!! Congratulations to Edgar Gonzalez & thank you to everyone who entered to win....

With the rollout of any new rule, you can expect some unintended consequences. And that appears to be the case with the electronic logging device (ELD) mandate that went into full effect on April 1, after about a three-month grace period. The regulation was finalized in 2015 with the best of intentions: "to help create a safer work environment for drivers, and make it easier and faster to accurately track, manage, and share records of duty status (RODS) data. An ELD synchroni...

Review of the Plantronics Voyager 104 Trucking Headset. Giveaway open from May 14, 2018 to May 18, 2018. Winner will be announced on May 19, 2018. To enter you must LIKE the video & leave a comment of why you want the headset. Plantronics Website: https://www.plantronics.com/us/en/product/voyager-104...

We always enjoy getting out of the truck & finding things to do when we have time between loads. Since we had a few days before our next load picked up we checked out some things around Minot North Dakota. We enjoyed the scenery & drive around Upper Souris National Wildlife Refuge & Lake Darling. Then we played a fun round of glow in the dark miniature golf at The Putt District in downtown Minot....

A family member passes away unexpectedly. Your partner gets sick or injured. Your truck breaks down. When there's an emergency, what's your next move? The time to think about that is now-before something happens. That's because when you're in the moment, you're emotionally distraught, unable to think clearly and act decisively. What should you think about as you put together your emergency plan-to minimize the impact that crisis could have on your business? Here are three ti...

Protecting sensitive information is another important part of our job as drivers. Think twice before posting what may be sensitive information to social media or online. A good rule of thumb is, if it's questionable don't post it....