Shopping Guide For The New CDL Truck Driver
Well the training wheels are off and now its time to really start your career as CDL truck driver and also the time to stock your new truck so I provided a bit of a shopping guide to give you an idea of what you are going to need in order to get yourself rolling […]
Trucker Stories – My 3 Incidents While Truck Driving
As I have mentioned many times in this particular website I have held my CDL since 2015 and since that time I have been involved in three incidents while truck driving. The first one I was completely to blame and the other two had basically nothing to do with me. So lets take a look […]
Home Daily CDL Driver – How Bidding Works
Well you have decided that Over The Road (OTR) is not that its cracked up to be and you start looking at the positions for home daily CDL driver and the ad talks about bidding? What the heck is bidding? After seven years of OTR I moved on to a home daily CDL driver position […]
A Guide To Route Planning For CDL Drivers
Well you have made it through new driver orientation and the time spent with a trainer is over so its time to hit the open road. Now hopefully the trainer gave you some useful tips on how to route plan or trip plan however if they did not then here are some tips that will […]
Reasons Why Truck Drivers Leave Trucking Companies
There is this myth surrounding the trucking industry that there is a shortage of CDL drivers however the real problem is driver retention. The turnover rate at some companies, especially megas, is extremely high and its not uncommon for a CDL driver to work for multiple companies in a short time frame. Now this particular […]
Over The Road With A Trainer
The next step in your CDL career is spent with a trainer in their truck. The time spent with a trainer will differ from company to company. There are companies that want a specified number of hours, days or even miles. Unfortunately there are companies who will also use this period for an extended time […]