Over The Road August Issue now online!

For many years I have attended trucking association events and the one I attend on a regular basis is the TCA (Truckload Carriers Association) annual meeting. I haven’t missed one for 26 years. Others I attend more sporadically are the OTA (Ontario Trucking Association) and ATA (American Trucking Associations’) annual conventions. In this industry one…

Trucker Buddy International has selected Will Moon and Delia Moon Meier, as well as all the employees for the Iowa 80 Group, to receive the 2016 Gary King Memorial Award. Each year at the Walcott Trucker’s Jamboree in Walcott, Iowa, the award is given to people who have had a positive impact on the trucking…

#1. Let them know you WANT to hire women. If your recruiting ad doesn’t include women or worse yet, excludes women, you won’t get their attention. Don’t always show a male driver in your ads and don’t assume that the only woman in your ad should be the wife at home. Go back and look…

Changes are coming to the trucking industry and drivers are afraid. It seems like every time we make changes in trucking, the driver gets the worst of it. Drivers always seem to be the ones who pay the price. Sometimes it is in the name of safety but always it results in a change of…

In the June issue of Over the Road, I talked about the pitfalls of expecting driver-instructors to teach new drivers when they are given little to no training to do so. When I discussed the article with my colleagues, we came to the conclusion that I made a good point of explaining the importance for…

Our industry has produced many reports that focus on the cost of turnover for carriers because without a doubt, turnover is expensive to everyone. However, the cost to an operator can be much more devastating. As an accountant for hundreds of independent operators I see the cost directly and indirectly every month and every season.…

I have had many changes since stepping aside from running a motor carrier. One of the rewarding parts has been the ability to set my own agenda. The flip side of that has been trying to stay focused on new challenges that I have taken on. You see, my new free time has created many…