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Making Safe Deliveries to Service Stations – Webinar Event by NTTC

Getting from the loading rack to the delivery destination is the easiest part of the petroleum transport driver’s job. The challenges really start when the driver pulls into the service station or c-store. © 2011, Truck Drivers News Blog. All … Continue reading

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Frito-Lay Trailer Features Women In Trucking Graphic

Women In Trucking (WIT) and Frito-Lay North America continue to work together to encourage women to look at careers within the trucking industry. Now, this message will be seen on a trailer as it delivers Frito-Lay products to consumers across … Continue reading

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When God Made Truck Drivers

Truck drivers seem to always get the short end of the stick. They never get the respect that they all deserve. Truckers are the most regulated and least paid industry. Hardly ever is there anything telling the good that a … Continue reading

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Time to Explain the Myths about SETA – Heavier Weight for Tractor Trailers

This is beginning to really make me mad. These fools that are pushing the government to allow states to “raise” the legal weight limits for tractor-trailers – actually believe it will be safer and more fuel efficient. There is no-way … Continue reading

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Unfriendly States Cities – How are you going to get your Freight?

This is something that really gets my blood boiling. There are not many trucker friendly places left in the United States. Of course the Northeast has never been trucker friendly as far as getting around the different Cities in the … Continue reading

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