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28
Apr
6 Mistakes That Make a Driver Recruiter Terrible
If you have been in the trucking industry for longer than a hot minute and submitted an application, you have probably encountered a recruiter. If you’ve been in the industry for more than a year or two, you likely have […]
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25
Apr
Werner Teams With Aurora for Self-Driving Tractor-Trailers
We have heard the rumblings of the self-driving wave of semi-trucks for several years now. There have been limited tests that have proven successful and seem to be limited to non-metropolitan stretches of road. Werner recently teamed up with the […]
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21
Apr
3rd Party CDL Testers Rule Withdrawn by the FMCSA
Back on July 9th, 2019, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration had proposed a drastic new rule around CDL test taking for new drivers. The idea behind the new rule would be to allow each state to give third party […]
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19
Apr
Potential $7,500 Tax Refund for Class A CDL Holders?
The reality of the driver shortage across the US has been highlighted over the past two years with Covid, lockdowns, and new supply chain challenges. The industry has seen trucking companies take drivers for granted the past several decades which […]
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15
Apr
Driving Across Texas-Mexico Border? Prepare for Delays
The Texas governor, Greg Abbott, recently announced that he will be enacting some new plans that will definitely affect truck driver’s that run routes across the border. The goal of these regulations is to decrease illegal immigration across the Texas-Mexico […]
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11
Apr
It’s Windy Season for Semi Truck Drivers, Prepare with These 7 Tips
If you have been outside in the past two weeks, you know that we have officially hit the windy part of Spring. High winds can be an annoyance for most people but they can be deadly for truck drivers. We […]
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30
Jul
Trump Looking to End Mandatory Rest Periods for Truckers
On December 27, 2011, the Hours of Service of Drivers Final Rule was published. Effective February 27, 2012, and with a compliance date of July 1, 2013. Drivers were given a 30-minute mandatory break with the intention of fighting drowsiness. […]
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22
Feb
Trucking Companies Finding New Ways To Pay Drivers
As we’ve noted in a previous article, most economic signals are indicating that larger amounts of freight are going to continue to increase an already finite amount of drivers available for hire. Some companies are starting to simply increase their […]
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16
Feb
Avoid Common Spring Time Trucking Issues
There can be a feeling as Winter begins to close out that a lot of the common hazards a driver can face lessen. Snow, sleet, and wintry mix start to go away and drivers begin to lessen their alertness to […]
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16
Feb
Health And The Trucking Life
We know that this blog subject is one that is completely tried and run through the wringer. We know that every blogger related to trucking has written about this subject. But we’re still going to do it. The reason why […]
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