We touched on team trucking briefly in this post about retirees taking up trucking as a second career. But, spouses are finding team trucking a viable option at all stages of their careers.

There are an estimated 200,000 female truck drivers on the road today, and that number is only going to increase as companies try to satisfy a shortage of truck drivers and as the industry’s di

Commercial trucking traces its routes to 19^th Century Europe, but the U.S. commercial trucking industry owes much its existence to the expansion and improvement of the highway system in the post World War I period.

The more you work, the more you make. It’s a simple concept. But working too much can cause stress for you and family. Stress can lead to poor job performance and can cause or worsen certain medical conditions.

As they reach retirement age, some Baby Boomers are finding that they need or want to continue working — 32% of workers aged 55-64 plan to push back their retirement because of financial concerns, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Truck driver fatigue is one of the most serious safety issues facing the transportation industry today. Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration studies show that more than 750 fatalities and 20,000 injuries are caused by commercial driver fatigue each year.

April 22 is Earth Day—a day when we all stop for a moment to consider our impact on the environment. Earth Day organizers encourage us to use reusable grocery bags and to turn off unnecessary lights to conserve energy. But for truckers, being green has benefits above and beyond the environmental impact. By adopting environment-friendly strategies, we can not only help the environment, but also save money. And, let’s be honest, that’s the green that we really care about.

Trucking is a risky business. The one who knows this better than anyone else is the owner of a small trucking company. Equipment is expensive to acquire and maintain, revenue is elusive, (here one day; gone to a cheaper hauler the next), and the liability risk is astronomical with one’s drivers constantly one vehicle away from a lawsuit eleven hours a day. Added to this, anyone with a CDL and a few thousand dollars can be trucking in just a few weeks, regardless of his knowledge of the business of trucking.

Building success and wealth is a process; it is not based on luck, or being in the right place at the right time. Individuals who become successful and wealthy and remain so do it with a plan, no matter what business they enter. We’ve all seen the person who has the Midas touch—every business he goes into rockets to the stratosphere. If you sat down with such a person and asked what were the most important things he did to make each of those businesses successful, here is what he would answer:

With the difficult time many truckers and small motor carriers are having finding quality, decent-paying loads, it’s time to look at the one area in your operation that you can actually control. The value you provide your customers is a greater determiner of the hauling rate you can charge than any other single action available in your logistic arsenal.

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