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Lots of good news for trucking.
Durable goods are up (here), truck tonnage is up (here) and there is a “growing dearth of drivers”. Which I think is good news. Fleets may not, but if they paid drivers well enough, more people would choose trucking as a career. Their problem isn’t a shortage of drivers, [...]

If you saw this headline, where would you assume the article originated?
Bandits an ‘epidemic’ for truckers
“It’s become quite a problem. The biggest problem is when drivers are running up and down the road they’re talking on the CB, saying what they’re hauling. “They’re talking when they shouldn’t be talking.”

Have I ever mentioned I absolutely love my job? I’m pretty sure I have and I’m pretty happy with who I’m hauling for at the moment. After hauling slot machines into New Brunswick Canada we are at our Maine office before we pick up a load in Mass. Tomorrow we are going to use the [...]

Remember CW McCall and the song Convoy? The state of Colorado recruited Mr. Fries (CW’s real name) to narrate Crossing The Colorado Rockies On I-70 With C.W. McCall. Downloadable MP3’s, one for westbound and another for eastbound. Great information for driving the stretch between Denver and Vail, a lot of safety information, warnings of [...]

I was under the wrong impression that FMCSA was going to come out with completely new Hours of Service rule that stemmed from the court argument this year. After reading the entire boring page it’s only a list of arguments and medical findings that back up the rules they already put into place. This one [...]

Time asks Mr. Zollar about the economy
TIME.com: Road Warrior — Nov. 08, 2004
Big-rig truck drivers have never been in greater demand. There are 40,000 positions available today, by some estimates — a sign, perhaps, of a coming surge in the economy. Often the transportation industry is a leading indicator for other businesses, from manufacturing to [...]