TD10: When Company Policy Overrides Common Sense
Anyone who has heard me speak of trucking knows that I always recommend the large national carriers to new drivers. I’ve got many reasons for doing so, but that still doesn’t mean that they’re...
View ArticleTD17: Truck Dispatchers
Okay. I admit. I promised a post on dispatchers a few weeks back. Then I promptly forgot. I’m getting forgetful in my old age. So before I forget again, here it is. A blog post on. . . what was it? Oh...
View ArticleTD38: Trucking “Roles”
Dispatchers catch a lot of hell. Sometimes they deserve it; sometimes not. However, more often, I’m thinking that it’s the Planners that deserve to be flogged in the town square; not the dispatchers....
View ArticleTD39: When Planners Don’t
To continue from last week; Planners are the big ugly Oz behind the curtain of mystery. If you’ve got a beef about a load you’ve been given, they are completely unattainable. You can’t reach them...
View ArticleTD49: Fear And Loathing Of Electronic Logs
First of all, I’d like to thank Jason, the brains and brawn behind Truck Driver News, for letting me guest post on his site as well as my blog. Forgive him, for he knows not what he does. As I sat at...
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