Life on the Road - Trucking News Blog

Media, Movies and Images

Kathy Hagle — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 17:36:57 +0000

A new movie was released in October, and with it another issue that is hidden from view. As much as the public will proclaim that they support the truck driver, what is the real image that they have? What is it that people think of when the career choice of being a truck driver is [...]

Could it happen in trucking?

Marshall J. Gruskin — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 23:57:28 +0000

We’ve all heard about the tragedy that occurred in Ft. Hood yesterday – the worst shooting on a US military base in history. It is something, unfortunately, that will be talked about about for months and years to come. The reasons, motives, causes and solutions all to be debated ad nauseam. Dr. Phil is [...]

Rockslide in NC I40 Closure

Wayne Weisser — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 19:00:09 +0000

This happened last week and all of the trucking magazines have the info. We may not break the news, but I do try and find the interesting parts about the news. This video has more explosions than any other video as they blast some of the rock on the hill. Latest estimates I’ve seen has at [...]

The Home Office

Kathy Hagle — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 03:48:02 +0000

I have noticed it is hard to make sure that when you run a house as well as run on the roads that all things work in order. This can get crazy, making sure payments are made for the truck as well as the house. If confusion happens bills can be forgotten, late payments stack [...]

Dan Rather Reports About Trucking Schools

Wayne Weisser — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 07:40:38 +0000

In case you haven’t seen, we’re now on Twitter at @lotrtnb (Life on the Road Trucking News Blog) Twitter is where I found this gem. Any driver that has been trucking less then 15 years has had to go through some sort of trucking school, mine was 6weeks at the Vo-Tech. When my wife went it [...]

Driver Retention

Wayne Weisser — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 16:59:19 +0000

I found this while scanning the news – It’s a site that has webinars (seminars on the web) and the older ones are archived or as a PDF. This is good if you want a big picture view of trucking and what “experts” are saying and predicting about the industry. Boring, because I feel most [...]

Another Truck Driver Appreciation Week

Wayne Weisser — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 21:43:51 +0000

Truck Driver Appreciation Week 2009 starts Sunday and runs through Nov 7. TDAW is like Christmas, the attitude of appreciating drivers should be year-round, not just one time during the year. Things have changed over the years, before TDAW was the best week to be driving. One company I was at had a huge BBQ, [...]

It’s our Livelihood.

Everitt Mickey — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 19:03:05 +0000

Thursday morning I woke up in Pennsylvania and immediately started..waiting. Waiting for a Virgina permit. We’d ordered it the day before and it wasn’t in yet. It wasn’t like this was a difficult load or anything. I was twelve and a half foot wide, about eighty foot long and only a hundred and twenty five [...]

Google Apps Business

Wayne Weisser — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 04:28:51 +0000

You could help in Google’s takeover of the world while saving money at the same time. If you are using Microsoft Exchange in your office, you could save a ton of money switching to Google Apps for Business. Google Apps includes Gmail for email, Google Docs for document, spreadsheet and presentation sharing and a Google [...]

The Broker and The Balloon…

Marshall J. Gruskin — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 22:08:15 +0000

Reporting from Pueblo Colorado – that’s way South of Fort Collins where a 6 year old boy – Falcon Heene – is still missing after “allegedly” floating for two hours at/about 7000 feet in a “homemade” weather balloon. As I was crusin’ along I-25 today I, unfortunately, saw no sign of the airborne balloon [...]