On the road must-haves?
When driving is your job, what's the one thing you need at work to make sure that you've got a good day at the office? Is there something that is critical to your on the road kit that you need or else you know it's going to be a crappy day.
Trucking company hiring now with $30K sign-on bonus!
The trucking industry keeps on growing! The job outlook for truck drivers remains constant, and a high-paying salary is consistent across all types of trucking jobs. Is there one that’s right for you? This article can help you explore different types of truck driving job opportunities. If you're interested in "Over the road"(OTR) driving jobs, you can explore our OTR job search for any opportunities near you. Companies like U.S. Express offers $30,000 sign-on bonus to join their OTR team. Check it out or share your experience with other truck driving companies!
Question of the Week: What do you wish you knew before you started driving?
We all have the benefit of 20/20 hindsight when it comes to decisions that we've made in our work life. With that excellent hindsight, what do you wish you knew then that you know now when it comes to trucking? #wordsofadvice #trucking
This week is National Truck Driver Appreciation Week
I just found out that this week is a week where we should all be thanking our nation's truck drivers for the tireless work that they do each day needed to keep our economy humming along.
If you're a truck driver, have you found people to be extra king or nice to you this week while on the job?
If you're someone that relies on the industry (like every American Consumer) how have you showed your appreciation to truckers during this week?
Something I learned at #Schneider National ...
There's a rule spoken about in hushed whispers throughout the trucking community - if anything bad happens, no matter who, what, when, where, or why...it is your fault. Not only your fault, but you are taught to predict the unpredictable, which that alone is an oxymoron, but I digress.
I stopped trucking for Schneider National the same time I stopped trucking altogether, in the early months of 2019 - when I crashed and jackknifed in a ditch...but let's rewind a week prior. It was in the dead of winter and just like any other year around the same time, I was struck with a nasty sickness, and I was out cold for a week. This left Schneider none-to-happy with me, as I also had a full trailer that was just sitting there, far enough away from any other trucker that could deliver the load for me. So, while I sat out sick as a dog, it too, sat.
The day I felt better, I was getting ready to start my long days again, but outside, I noticed something - there was a blizzard, snow blowing so hard you couldn't even see the lines of the road, and this isn't an exaggeration or stretch of the imagination, it was so bad, nearly nobody was out on the road that day, but I was being pressured (rather heavily, might I mention) to deliver this load anyway. I've sat out long enough...so out I went, trying my best to follow the road, based on slightly-visible tire tracks left behind from a previous vehicle.
By some kind of miracle, I made it to the destination, and the trailer was unloaded. The next pickup comes through and it's over 100 miles out, and because I'm so far out, there's also not another truck stop for about 75 miles. The location I'm at won't let me stay, so off I go.
The snow had melted some, so I could see the road better now, but I was so uncomfortable that I decided the next gas station I find, I'll try to find a spot to park, this load will just have to wait, but before I could find that gas station, I had my accident. To be clear, I was going 20 miles below the speed limit, but I was also carrying an empty trailer, during a very windy winter day, while there was also black ice all over the road. A slight gust of wind hits the trailer, and it pushes me to the side, breaks don't really respond thanks to the ice, and the trailer jackknifes to the drivers side of the window, just inches away from taking me out - but I end up unscathed, and because everyone else was smarter than me, nobody was on the road that day, and so nobody was hurt, either.
At the end of the day, I was terminated because I should have known better than to go out that day...I of course...did know better, but as I mentioned before, I was also pressured to go out anyway. Trucking was an experience of a lifetime. I saw some beautiful things, learned some amazing things along the way, but I'll never go back to that lifestyle. They expected the impossible, and at the end of the day, what happened happened, but as it turns out..even when you predict the unpredictable, you're punished. #termination #terminated #trucking #truckdriving #SchneiderNational
Summer could see gas stations without gas
But it's not because there is a shortage of oil, less refineries, no Keystone pipeline or lack of gas overall. It's because there is a severe shortage of tanker drivers.
If you've got your CDL or thinking about it, trucking & tanker driving is going to be a boom time job this summer and beyond. Would this shortage in drivers have you considering commercial driving as a career?
One industry is bucking the employment trends and needs more hires
It looks like the trucking industry is still in need of many more drivers. With the sector adding an additional 7,300 jobs in December. The industry is also adding driver roles across the different types of rigs and deliveries.
Have you ever considered getting into the trucking industry as a driver? What questions would you have to enter it?
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DOT Announces Waiver of Trucker Regulations Due to COVID-19
If you have concerns about your medical examination and certification, and renewal of your license during coronavirus, read this link below (the bulleted items are the main part). Basically, in response to COVID-19, yesterday the DOT has waived some requirements for CDLs, CLPs, and non-CDLs from now June 30, 2020. Thank you for what you are doing and hopefully this gives you one less thing for concern.
Truck stops will stay open
"There's a patriotic obligation," he said. "This company is carrying on and supporting essential needs to truckers who, in turn, provide essentials to Americans." https://www.cnn.com/2020/03/21/cars/truck-stops-coronavirus/index.html #Trucking #deliverydriver
I wish i knew the endless opportunities and different career ways i could go. I would have jumped into this field years ago. People only spoke of OTR driving but never spoke about local work. You can make the same pay local just like a OTR driver, just have to find that lane. I see it first hand.