Trucking Answers

The AARP wants Pedestrian Automated Emergency Braking on trucks in the future because of “vulnerable road users”. What a load of garbage that is. This AEB that they already have doesn’t even work half the time. I think the current system should be banned and I encourage all drivers to disable the system because it … Continue reading Sunday Rant Follow Up | AARP | #162 →

I hear more griping about how much money brokers make. If there is so much money to be made, why not just become a broker? I hear they do nothing and make money. That sounds like a great way to make money! So, why don’t more owner operators and small trucking company owners do it? … Continue reading If brokers make so much money why don’t people just become a broker? | #161 →

Are you watching Survive the Raft? It is on Discovery. I discuss the show and how it does actually mirror society today. [email protected]

On my YouTube Sunday rant I talked about a trailer I had to pick up. I do mostly drop and hook and these are some of the problems you get when doing that. How drivers can leave a problem like this I have no idea. Also, I go into another problem the trailer had that … Continue reading More about my YouTube Sunday Rant | #159 →

I am finding a new hybrid pay system in trucking. This is where we as the driver get a guarantee for up to a certain number of miles and then get mileage past that amount. What do you think? I like hourly but this solves many of the same problems. Drivers have an incentive to … Continue reading New hybrid pay system taking over trucking | #158 →

They persist buy they are myths! Don’t agree? Show me in the green book! I go through a few of these myths that I get asked about all the time. The first one is can you drive barefoot? Also, I discuss the white sheet myth. Finally I talk about holding your breath when you pass … Continue reading A few common trucking urban myths debunked | #157 →

A call to the Dave Ramsey show prompted this podcast.  With no high school diploma, felonies and never having driven a stick shift car you can become a truck driver and get your family out of poverty.  It doesn’t matter what color you are, if you are a man or a woman, fat or thin, … Continue reading Trucking is the best anti-poverty program in the country | #156 →

There is advertised for sale a Toyota Murai in Ohio of all places.  With 36000 miles it is only $11000!  Should you buy it?  We take a detour off the trucking road to discuss this in light of people being taken advantage of in the market for a car or a trucking job.  Everything is … Continue reading Should you buy a Toyota Murai in Ohio? | #155 →

A recent article says yet another driver is stuck in the Notch.  The driver himself says, in another language, that he cannot read the signs and therefore did not heed the signs.  That rhymes!  Everyone in the United States, except tourists, should speak and read ENGLISH.  Period.  Don’t like that?  Tough.  LEARN ENGLISH. Plus, it … Continue reading I am totally vindicated about my Smuggler’s Notch theory! | #154 →

Trans Am Trucking has an ad running right now that says they pay 31 cents a mile for a new driver!  Wow.  I got paid that in the 90s.  Also, they need a low-paid local driver in Kansas.  I think even the Scarecrow could figure out how bad that pay is without a brain.  It … Continue reading Get paid like it is 1999 | #153 →