By TJ on May 12, 2010 in Trailer Types, Trucker Tips | 0 Comments
When it comes to your business the kind of trailer you have is just as important as the truck you drive. Wabash National is a manufacturer that produces some of the most durable and innovative platform, dry, and refrigerated trailers. Let’s take a look at how you can buy a Wabash trailer for a discount, [...]
By Truckin on Jan 4, 2010 in Trucker Tips | 0 Comments
Tuning a CB Radio Did you know that failing to tune your CB radio is associated not only with fuzzy audio, but also with fried CBs? That’s right, refrain from tuning and risk watching your CB go up in smoke. Although this sounds a little crazy at first, it’s no different than a ruined video [...]
By Truckin on Oct 27, 2009 in Featured, Trucker Tips, Uncategorized | 0 Comments
Winterizing a Trailer No matter what type of trailer you have, it’s important to keep it updated for the winter. Trailers that are not properly winterized are liable to receive damage and be unable to work properly. In addition, it may have a much shorter lifespan if you do not winterize. Book Mark it-> del.icio.us [...]
By Truckin on May 5, 2009 in Trucker Tips | 0 Comments
Starting a New Trucking Job Today, most people don’t work at the same place for decades at a time. Though some choose this option because of certain benefits, others prefer to see different things, and to have different experiences. Some choose trucking as a field to enter when they’ve been working in another field for [...]
By Truckin on Mar 11, 2009 in Trucker Tips | 0 Comments
How to Buy a Trailer Whether you have a light, medium, or heavy-duty truck, the decision to buy a trailer can significantly increase your truck’s uses and its worth to you. With a trailer, you will not only be able to do more with your truck in your personal life, but you’ll also have made an [...]
By Truckin on Feb 16, 2009 in Trucker Tips | 0 Comments
A Weight Distributing Hitch Professional truck drivers have more than the laws of the road to deal with. They have large, expensive, and dangerous vehicles as well as trailers and cargo, so driving down the road is much more difficult than just focusing on oncoming traffic, speed, and traffic signals. Truckers have to monitor their [...]
By Truckin on Jul 17, 2008 in Trucker Tips, Uncategorized | 0 Comments
Fuel Credit Cards Because truckers make up a large part of the United States’ economy, owning a company that caters to truckers is a lucrative business. But most businesses that cater to the trucking industry consider only the vehicle and trucker’s physical needs on the road. Companies manufacture tools for truckers who want to make [...]
By Truckin on Jul 11, 2008 in Featured, Trucker Tips | 0 Comments
The trucking industry is always looking for new recruits, and for a large portion of the United States’ workforce, a nine to five desk job no longer holds the appeal it once did. People want to be out on the road, seeing new sites every day and having new experiences, so many traditional workers are [...]
By Truckin on Jun 17, 2008 in Featured, Trucker Tips | 0 Comments
Why is it Important to Learn a Second Language ? For some, the word multitasking is about as frightening and ominous as the word audit. Some people just like to do one thing at a time, and as a trucker, you might like to concentrate on the road and the scenery with few distractions [...]
By Truckin on Jun 16, 2008 in Featured, Trucker Tips | 0 Comments
Contesting Speeding Tickets You obey the law. You don’t drink and drive, you’ve never stolen anything, and as uncomfortable as it is, you buckle your seat belt every time you fire up your engine whether you’re driving your personal vehicle or your semi-truck. But then one day it happens—you see flashing red and blue behind [...]