Category: Miscellaneous

What to Do If You’re Driving Near an Oversized Load

Oversized Trucking Loads

What is an oversize load? It’s a load that exceeds the standard/ordinary legal size and/or weight limits for a specific portion of road, highway or other infrastructure (such as a bridge or tunnel). What are some examples of oversize loads? Pre-built homes, containers, cranes, front loaders, backhoes, bridge beams, generators, windmill propellers, rocket stages and… Read more »

How Do Heavy Haul Truck Drivers Deal with The Challenges of the Job?

Heavy Haul Truck Drivers

Working as a heavy haul truck driver can be extremely challenging. There are myriad obstacles a heavy load hauler could potentially face. In order to overcome them, heavy haul truck drivers need to be prepared to problem-solve at the drop of a hat. Check out some of the ways they’re able to deal with the… Read more »

The Traits of a Reliable Truck Driver

Truck Driving Traits

If you don’t have an outstanding driving record, you’re probably not going to turn out to be a great truck driver. Truck drivers need to know all of the rules of the road, and more importantly, they need to be able to follow them. However, being a terrific driver isn’t the only attribute a truck… Read more »

The Importance of Trucking to Our Economy

Trucking and the Economy

If every truck driver decided to stop driving trucks, our economy would stop. Trucks are used to deliver goods for pretty much every industry. Without a trucking industry products wouldn’t get delivered. Imagine going to all the gas stations in town but none of them had any gas because no trucks delivered it. Or imagine… Read more »