This Week Belongs to the Driver
National Truck Driver Appreciation Week is September 13 through 19, and the useful version is to pay the driver.
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National Truck Driver Appreciation Week is September 13 through 19, and the useful version is to pay the driver.
The brake inspection week is August 23 through 29, and this round is the drum and the rotor.
A solo driver cannot make an appointment that was sold as a team run.
A tire that was marginal in the spring will fail on a hot June afternoon.
Inspectors spent May 12 through 14 checking driver files, including the Drug and Alcohol Clearinghouse.
Get the signed POD before the truck leaves the receiver's lot.
Do not plan a lane on a truck that has not been built.
When a state closes the interstate, the load stops with it.
If the driver is new to you, ask where they trained before you put them on a load.
The seal number on the bill has to match the seal on the trailer door.
The federal authority record moved to a new system in October, so a saved PDF is not the record.
A federal rule that took effect September 29 limits which commercial licenses a state can issue to a driver who does not live there.
A driver who cannot handle the roadside interview in English can be put out of service.
A carrier turns down a cheap rate when the truck payment, the driver, and the miles home do not fit.
Fleets that were buying battery trucks because a rule was pushing them have slowed down.
Monday is Memorial Day, and a closed receiver is not a delivery.
A certificate that expired in December is not insurance for a January load.
On November 20, FMCSA proposed changes to the rule that lets a carrier review the broker's record of a load.
Hurricane Helene washed out I-40 through the mountains between Tennessee and North Carolina.
A software update on July 19 shut off a lot of office computers, and the trucks still had to move.
If the dock holds your truck, write the time in and the time out on the bill.
The truck at the dock has to be the truck on the rate confirmation.
The roadside inspection blitz is May 14 through 16, so check the brake valves now.