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Just finished going through Michigan, Indiana and Illinois. Three states that have different speed limits for trucks than cars. Why someone thinks that making only trucks go 10 to 15 mph slower than the rest of the traffic is a safe solution escapes me.

Or as I like to say, (in a nice way) Old Farts. A lot of these old drivers have been around trucking for 20 or 30 years. A lot of them will complain about the “new breed” of matchbook driving school grads sitting around the counter of a truck stop drinking coffee and smoking [...]

The other day I had a trip that took me over 450 miles of two lane road. No interstates at all. I would much rather drive small two lane country roads than the boring interstates any day. But the pay structure the way it is and the timeliness of the job demands driving the interstate [...]

More truckers killed on the job than any other occupation. According to the U.S. Labor Department. A total of 5,915 fatal work injuries were recorded in 2000, down 2 percent from 1999. 70 percent of them were killed in a highway collision, 2 percent by homicide. Behind trucking, rates of fatal injury were highest in [...]

Truckers have long had a couple of late night talk shows on the AM dial. The Truckin’ Bozo, Dave Nemo and Bill Mack. I admit I don’t listen very much to any of these shows.
For one, it’s not my taste in music, they play mostly old style country and old trucking songs. Between songs most [...]

Usually I pickup and deliver from smaller or specialized customers, electronics, stage productions, trade shows, new store or casino fixtures or slot machines. Special stuff. Not just stuff put on a pallet and forklifted into the truck.
But once in awhile I still have to get whatever fits to keep rolling. And I forget (from pulling [...]