Until recently, I’d never considered what forces may have drawn me into the trucking industry. My own introduction to the industry came after a headhunter found an opening with an ocean carrier who had their own in-house truckers. Twenty-two ...

At the end of a day of traveling, a truck driver, an engineer and a software programmer hopped into a rental car and headed up to the popular diner at the top of Mount Baldy. After chatting about each ...

Have a Heart? Yes you do, and because you do you need to take care of it. You see, your heart is a muscle that needs exercised and an organ that helps supply blood and oxygen to all parts of ...

Beam receives 2011 Highway Angel of the Year trophy for heroic feat By Brad Bentley “Take ...

In late November, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration formally banned commercial drivers from using handheld cell phones and other communication devices while driving. It went into effect Jan. 1.The U.S. Department of Transportation had already banned truckers from texting ...

I recall that old story of the guy standing out in his front yard, and a county dump truck is coming down the street with two guys in the back of the dump truck holding shovels. The truck stops ...

By Don Kirk What does a barefoot hillbilly living in the middle of Alabama know about ice fishing? It’s a fair question ...

By Jonathan Hubbard, co-founder and CEO, SpeedGauge Nothing frustrates a driver more than receiving speeding tickets, and nothing upsets a fleet owner more than preventable costs. Technology, however, has found a way to help drivers do a better job of ...

Any veteran of driving Michigan’s highways and surface roads can attest to the fact that extremely heavy (120,000 pounds and up) trucks can adversely affect roads and bridges, especially those that are out of date or built with substandard ...