Safety on shift is not a guarantee when you land your CDL. The vigilance you feel as you prepared for your license test will fade, and experience will build, however too often we become more comfortable than we should behind the wheel of our big rigs. If you’re used driving through congested cities, you might […]
Avoiding Collisions During Deer Season
As a child, seeing a deer along the road was exhilarating. A big, majestic creature, standing motionless, observing, listening, then with explosive power, bounding off into the woods. Incredible. As an adult, I still feel that same rush of adrenaline when out of the corner of my eye I spot a deer alongside the road […]
Best Places to Park When You Have No Choice
Now that the electronic logging mandate is in full effect and going nowhere fast, you might find you need to improve your outlook on trucker parking. Yes, it’s time to figure out the best places to park when you are out on the road and your digital companion tells you that you’ve run out of […]
Trucking on Your Own Authority? Here Are Some Helpful Insurance Tips for New Owner-Operators
Being your own boss as an independent owner-operator can be rewarding. Accepting jobs on your terms and managing your own time and resources can lead to significant opportunities and a higher level of satisfaction than working for others. To avoid the pitfalls of owning your own business, you, as an independent trucker, must understand each […]
Insuring Logistics Equipment – Who Covers You?
When you’re building a logistics network, particularly one that stitches to together a number of external players from your own organization, the issue liability will eventually come up, both for the shipping of goods as well as for the management and operation of the equipment doing the shipping and movement. The problem with the liability […]