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“The Ontario trucking industry is deeply concerned about the looming crisis facing our industry as a result of a shortage of drivers. Our driver workforce has been aging for some time because fewer and fewer young people have been choosing the trucking industry as a career or have been prevented from doing so [...]

In my opinion Swift is one of the root causes of where the trucking industry is today, they take advantage of new drivers in a big way, they’ve been known to black-list drivers that wanted to leave.

Company fined $14,450 for rig on bridge (phillyBurbs.com)
Swift Transportation Co. of Phoenix, Ariz., was fined $14,450 on Wednesday because [...]

Remember when I mentioned about shippers treating drivers like crap in the previous post? These two signs were at our latest pickup. Between the New York attitude and these signs it didn’t put me in a very good mood. Then when I was told I was responsible for the case count, my response was, “Nope”. [...]

I thought I had finally found news that the Capacity Crunch was affecting store shelves. But after some careful reading, it’s only another press release from the industry whining about how few drivers they have to abuse.
Trucker shortage could affect consumers.That’s bad news for an industry where driver turnover is growing, and the demand [...]

Truck Fridge.com Truck Refrigerators, I love this place. Last August (2004) I bought the model (CR130) that fit our 770. Worked great until about a month ago. I called them and they helped troubleshoot my fridge. Turns out the freon leaked.
We happened to get a trip to the Tampa area and decided to drop by [...]

Truckers protesting gas prices
Indianapolis, Nov. 1 – A lone truck horn in the pitch of night strikes a chord of hope, fear and mutual discontent all in the same moment.
“Hopefully we can get a lot more people out here and get our point across,” says truck driver Joe Edwards.
The point is found amidst the paralyzed [...]