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Experience the truckers life if you dare to adventure!


Is trucking life going to be a part of your future?

Here are short cut links to information for your research to become a successful trucker!

Minimum Qualifications for life as a Trucker
Becoming a Trucker
Types of Truck Driving Jobs
Truck Driving Schools

Using Trucking as a Tool for Creating Wealth
Make extra money and learn about trucking


A truckers life can only truly be completely appreciated by becoming a trucker and jumping in one of these big rigs and hitting the road as a driver.

The next best way to experience the thrill of life as a trucker is to do what you are doing right now, research trucking life!

Browse around the site as I take you with me through pictures and stories for a journey of life as a big truck driver, while revealing some of the things I have learned from trucking professionally 1.2 million miles and counting. The good, the bad, and the ugly! Sit back and enjoy the ride!

Help us Change the Face of the Trucking Industry.

Casting Call For Trucker About Trucking Life

Truckers Life - Free Class About Trucking

Advice for truckers and wives on relationships and parenting

Life as a Trucker will entertain, educate, inform, motivate, and inspire

You will get answers to questions you've always had and
thoughts you've always wondered.

AND . . .
insight to help you be make better driving decisions around trucks.

With these tips you will be able to show off to your friends in the car by throwing out information they don't have!

Ok I will show you what I mean. . .

TIP You can stop being afraid to pass the white trucks with the word Swift on it, the only reason its going 62 or 65mph is because the trucks are governed (computer regulated) not to exceed that speed! It's not because they got word of a smokey (police) up ahead on the CB! Keep it moving!

Purpose of Life as a Trucker

My purpose of Life-as-a-trucker.com is to. . .

1. Create a place for truckers and 4wheelers to mingle and interact leading to better understanding each other's highway habits and life as a trucker. Which will make driving safer for us all by increasing efficiency and decreasing road rage and middle finger hand waving!

2. Educate the person who is thinking about becoming a truck driver so that he or she will know what to expect. This will bring better quality drivers to the industry because they will have the information about transportation logistics and life on the road to make informed decision before getting on the road

3. To provide a place for professional drivers to unite with each other. Sharing information in the truckers forum and other places on the site. (Information such as good trucking companies, and truck stops to visit to get value service, best brokers to use, etc)

Ride with me!

Becoming a Trucker
Trucking Families In Need Of Prayer

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Using Trucking as a Tool for Creating Wealth


Becoming A Trucker
Becoming a trucker may be a great decision for you if you are the type of person suitable for the lifestyle.

Trucking CDs
Trucking cds from lifeasatrucker.com for learning about trucking or getting motivation as a trucker over the big road.

Qualify For CDLs
This page will list resources to help you determine if you qualify for cdls.

Types of Truck Driving Jobs
There are many types of truck driving jobs know what each type requires of you helps you choose the best type for you.

Truck Driving Schools
The 3 main types of truck driving schools that provide CDL A training (free, company sponsored, public schools) all have advantages and disadvantages. Get the info. Also local truck driving schools

Truck Driving Jobs
Best truck driving jobs by the drivers themselves

Choosing A Company
choosing a company means asking drivers about their satisfaction where they are

Local Truck Driving Schools
Local truck driving schools that meets acceptable standards of teaching will be the most cost effect for you. Search here to find the closest school in your area.

CDL Training Videos and General Knowledge Test
There are many online cdl training courses. Here are some cdl training videos and general knowledge to help you study for the truck driving school or online cdl training.

Company Drivers
company drivers compared to owner operatore what do they make

Owner Operators
what you need to know about owner operators and what does an owner operator make

Trucking Jobs for Felons
Trucking jobs for felons may be a little harder to come by especially is you have more than one charge but don't throw in the towel with out calling a lot of trucking companies first

Trucker Interviews
Trucker Interviews with interesting truckers and other peope while out on the road

Advantages Of Becoming A Truck Driver
There are priceless benefits for most and useful benefits to all

Disadvantages of Becoming a Truck Driver
disadvantages of becoming a truck driver

Ask A Trucker
ask a trucker question you have alway wondered

A Truckers Life
No truckers life is boring. Everyday is a slightly different adventure. These videos and pictures help to you experience trucking life over the road.

Trucking Information: Words of Wisdom from Jimmy
Trucking information and words of wisdom from jimmy about the trucking industry, starting a trucking company, life as a trucker and more. A retired trucker with 32 yrs 3 million miles experience.

How to Get Trucking Experience as New CDL School Graduates
Learn how to get trucking experience need to start their career. Don't let the all the faile attempts get you discouraged.

Trucking Tips For New Drivers
Trucking tips for new drivers to help make life as a trucker a little less painful and a lot more productive. This will be your shortcut to success as you gain from my mistakes or the ones I've seen.

Defensive Driving Tips
defensive driving tips for winter driving, driving safety, holiday travel and driving test preparation

Truckstop Tips
Here are some truckstop tips to give you a little insight while your trucking across the country

Achieving Better Health As A Trucker
Making better choices can help you achieve better health as a trucker. The lifestyle at most trucking companies is pretty sedentary as a driver. Here is some advice for better health

Life As A Trucker Comments
Life as a trucker comments page. What people have to say about the website.

Easy Trucking Recipes
These trucking recipes make quick food for the road. Trucking can get expensive eating at truckstops. Jennifer has put together some easy fixers to fuel your bodies while you fuel your truck

Trucker gear
Trucker Gear

Truck Stop
Online truck stop for the truckers and four wheelers with directory, diesel fuel prices and directions with plenty of parking

The Economy And Trucking
The economy and trucking as I see it, past, present and future and how it effects the trucking industry and more.

Advice For Truckers And Truckers Wives
Life as a trucker presents Jennifer and Julie the perfect combination of education and experience to give advise for truckers and truckers wives about relationships, family, and more.

Trucker Terms and CB Talk
Trucker terms and cb talk on the cb radio

Truckers Forums
Truckers forums is where you vent, discuss, ask questions or just mingle. Get it of your chest at life-as-a-trucker.com

Truckers Wives
Truckers wives play an important role in the trucking lifestyle. The wife of a trucker must be strong, compasionate and understanding to support her trucker husband.

Becoming A Trucker DVD Feedback
Becoming a Trucker dvd feedback should give you the information you need to determine if the Becoming a Trucker DVD is worth the $29.

Impact Of Trucking On The Family
The impact of trucking on the family can be devastating. Following these suggestions should help you out.

Member Profiles
Life as a trucker profiles are people who share the passion to improve the image of the trucking industry. Profiles allow us to create a warmer environment to share with and learn from each other.

Used Trucks For Sale
Used trucks for sale by owners. These big trucks

Used Trucking Equipment For Sale
used trucking equipment for sale by drivers themselves. This is where you will find deals. Feel free to post your equipment.

Power of the Mind
The power of the mind is an incredible thing. It is as underated as the professional trucker.

Trucking with Collin
Trucking with collin is a close up of his adventures as he transitions from a career in printing into a truck driving job.

Driver Recommended
Driver recommended companies are the best trucking companies to work for

Women In Trucking
The number of women in trucking is steadily increasing. Some companies now makes extra efforts to recruit women to be truck drivers. Are they ready for a truckers life?

Dating and Relationship Information
This dating and relationship information might save you a lot of headaches if you plan on becoming a truck driver. Actually, it would probably help you out no matter what you plan to do.

Good Parenting Skills
Good parenting skills is necessary for truckers and their spouses who is partime single parenting

Changing Bad Habits
Changing bad habits will help keep you from developing new ones.

2008 Iowa 80 Jamboree Truck Show
The 20 Iowa 80 Jamboree Truck Show is a great place to discover new products for trucks and meet truckers. You will also find many vendors of familiar new products and trucking companies and network.

Motivation to change bad habits
Motivation to change bad habits

Crazy Trucker Stories
Crazy Trucker Stories

Trucking Blog
Trucking blog is the A-B-Cs of my trucking life. A-Trucking questions and answers. B-New content and endeavors of Lifeasatrucker.com C-Some adventures I encounter as an over the road driver.

Big Truck Burnouts
big trucks burnouts

Show Trucks
peterbuilt show trucks, truck shows

Drivers Lounge
The drivers lounge is the place where truckers come to relax watch video play game and meet people and share secrets of the road

Truckstop Theatre
Looking for the truckstop you will find it here plus the drivers lounge with truckstop theatre room with the best shows

The Truckers Spotlight
Truckers Spotlight show the talents truckers have other that driving big trucks

Truck Stop Store
Truck stop store with truckers gear, equipment and other goodies

Truck Stop Games
Truck stop games that take your mind off the same old stressful routine

Truckers Videos
truckers videos

Reality of Trucking
The realities of trucking are sometimes taken for granted. These are disadvantages of becoming a trucker that can't be ignored.

Cost of Driving Over The Road
The cost of driving over the road can be minimize with these simple tips.

Life of a Trucker
This poem will summarize the life of a trucker for you in 2 words. Very Colorful. I will explain why if you really want to know about the life of a trucker before you decide to become one.

Drop And Hook Video
drop-and-hook video that illustrates the trucker slang drop and hook

Depression In Trucking
How could there not be depression in trucking. Relax it won't last, that is if you follow my suggestions.

Coping With Loneliness
Things to consider when coping with loneliness

Anti-Social-Behavior
A lot of society feels truckers have anti-social-behavior which is far from true about most truckers. It is possible to display some of the systems though from not interacting with people consistantl

Coping With Stress
Coping with stress doesn't have to cost an arm and a leg. Just do this.

Get Paid To Travel
Where else can you get paid to travel. Eating is your only expense and you can cut corners on that too.

Recommended Diesel Mechanics
Recommended diesel mechanics that care about driver satisfaction, quality of work and good reputation.

Freedom At Work
Freedom at the workplace for me means that the boss is not hoovering over your every move micro-managing your tasks. As a trucker you escape the shackled life

Dallas truckstops
Dallas truckstop seems to add conveinence to a truckers life. In a 2 mile radius 5 truckstops

Knoxville Truckstop and CB Shop
This Knoxville trucksop and cb shop gets my approval. This is one of the cleanest T/A you will find. The CB Shop is run by whiplash an ex-driver.

Driver Recommended Truck Wash
driver recommended truck wash for those who want to get their money's worth without the doubt

Galaxy Truck Wash
Galaxy Truck Wash Dallas Texas know for hand washing trucks at good prices. Good location too. Prices listed

Used Freightliner Trucks
Used freightliner trucks sold by the owners themselves. Cutting out the middle man should be a better deal for the owner and the buyer of used freightliner trucks.

Used Peterbuilts For Sale
used peterbuilts for sale by owner

Used Volvo Trucks For Sale
used volvo trucks without the hassle of the middle man. Giving the buyer and seller a better deal.

Jobs good for creating wealth
Jobs in these ares are good for creating wealth. They should endure any challenges from the economy.

Big Truck Sleepers
Big truck sleepers are equipped to bring comfort to a truckers life. Take a look inside to see the possibilites of these bedrooms on 18-wheels. Big truck sleepers come standard or fully customized.

Inside A Big Rig
See inside a big rig. Each manufacturer is a little different but share a lot of similar concepts.

Impact On The Marriage
The impact of trucking on the marriage depends on several things.

After the storm in Texas
After the storm in Texas the night ended as beautiful as the day began.

How Do You Start Creating Wealth
How do you start creating wealth ?You feed your mind to unleash creative thinking. Save money you make and build your credit. Meanwhile you learn where to invest to make you money grow exponentially

American Truck Historical Society
American Truck Historical Society

Jim Hubler
Jim Hubler is a singer, songwriter, author who is an ex-truck driver. Heshares valuable information about how to be successful in trucking.

Don't Panic Just Prepare For a Weak Economy
Panic in these times won't help your situation do what you can to prepare for a weak economy

Making It trucking In Today's Economy
Choosing a trucking company in today's economy is not far from should be done during any other time. Almost.

How is The Economy Affecting The Trucking Industry
It affects everything but trucking will never screech to a halt.

Trucking News
Trucking news about topics related to the trucking industry as reported by you or our moderators.

The Future Looking Back On 2008
How I see the future as we look back on 2008

How To Keep A Recession From Happening Again
this is my opinion on how to keep a recession from happening again.

Marriage Advice For Truckers or Truckers Wives
Marriage advice for truckers or truckers wives from a males perspective

Modern Day Racism
Modern day racism does not present the challenge to the extent it once did in society. In trucking I have not complaints of being directly, outright victimized. This issue should be discussed.

Answer to Changing Professions to Truck Driving
Changing professions to truck driving is a group of anwers to a person thing of changing careers from nursing to trucking

Guestbook
Come sign the life as a trucker guestbook. Represent where you are from.

DAC Report Information
Your DAC report can have all types of information about your work commercial driving history. It can also have incorrect information. Here's how to get a free DAC report.

Jennifer's Blog
Jennifer's blog on lifeasatrucker.com

Trucking And The D.O.T./Highway Patrol
Trucking any length of time will bring you in contact with the DOT or Highway Patrol, here is some important information to consider to prepare for those encounters.

Abuse-of-authority
Abuse of authority happens every now and then, we must remember that the officer has the leverage. Best to act like you have some sense and be tactful in your response. Report incidents here.

Winter Driving Safety Tips
Winter driving safety tips to help you make it through the snow and ice with the hopes of avoiding skids and sliding off into the ditch. Get mentally prepared for winter driving read these safety tips

Oilfield Trucking Jobs
Oilfields provides all types of trucking opportunities. They tend to pay more than a regular dry van trucking job just as most specialty trucking jobs. Take a look at life as an oilfield trucker..

Heavy Equipment Hauling
Heavy equipment hauling is trucking for tru professionals. There is little room for mistakes. Life as a heavy hauler requires high level of responsibility. That's why these guys get paid big money.

Is Trucking a Recession Proof Career
Is trucking a recession proof career? Well do you mean literally or figuritively speaking? Trucking is the last to scale down and the first to recover in a recession so there you have it.

Dating Truckers Advice
Dating truckers can be fun or disaster. This relationship advice will help you not just in trucking relationships but in all relationships for a happy life of love and compansionship.

Answer to trucking questions about comments on rip off report
Websites like ripoff report is a tremendous value but the reader may still have questions about the comments and complaints. Here is some insight about the information you see at such websites.

Newbie Truckers Profiles
Newbie truckers profiles on life as a trucker.com is for drivers with less than one year experience.

Privacy Statement
Privacy Statement

I Don't Trust My Trucker Husband
I don't trust my trucker husband. Is this you? Is there a reason that you shouldn't trust him. Just because he is trucking doesn't mean he will elope with a lot lizard.

Changing The Face Of The Trucking Industry
Changing trucking industry perceptions is not easy to do. We all must put forth an effort if there is any hope for truckers to be seen in a more positive light.

Parenting Tips For A Truckers Wife
Here are some parenting tips for a truckers wife. These are not just trucking families parenting tips though, you may also want to pass them on to your loved one as food for thought from Jennifer S.

Understanding Your Trucker
What is a relationship? Understanding the difference between the way a man and a woman thinks might help you in understanding your trucker.

Drive My Truck Part Time
Looking for someone to drive my truck part time so we both can spend more time at home with the family or doing other things. Thats the mindset. Drivers wanting part time trucking jobs and owner ops

Ex Truckers Getting Back Into Trucking Need Experience
Many ex truckers trying to get back into trucking find themselves either facing low starting salaries or trouble getting hired without recent driving experience. Let's cut through that red tape here.

Find Teen Advice and Forums
Find teen advice and forums online about drugs, relationships, sex, teen camp advice, career advice and more. Plus important video message to teens. For trucker's youth needing good teen advice.

Current Us Weather Map
Here is a current us weather map. A useful tool for planning your trip or routing to your trip whether it's to Atlanta or to Yazoo City

Trucking Job Listing
These are trucking jobs and trucking industry jobs pulled from a database of jobsites across the internet. You can all types of truck driving jobs from heavy hauling jobs to cattle to grain hauling, local and regional trucking jobs and more. You can also post your jobs to show here and on job boards on other sites.

Company Sponsored CDL Training
Company sponsored CDL Training is ok for a last alternative to get your CDL license. Make sure you ask questions to drivers about the company your deciding to go with.

CSA 2010
Information and videos explaining the CSA 2010 regulations and the impact it could have on the trucking industry including drivers and tips about how to prepare.

Trucking Resources for Trucker
These are trucking resources to help make truckers lives easier out here on the road. More will be added as time goes on.

Lady Truckers Trucking It Up
Lady truckers give advice about trucking life and sharing the road with four wheelers.

Big Truck Driver
Break down of the good big truck driver and bad big truck driver and the ugly in the industry.

Local Trucking Information
The local trucking information distributors listed on this page is authorized to sell you copies of lifeasatrucker or the crazy trucker CDs and DVDs. This is quicker for you and saves you money.

Becoming A Trucker DVD
Becoming A Trucker DVD is the information you need to determine if the big road is for you. Trucking is a great recession proof career with benefits, job security and great pay. It's not for every1.

Chaining Up For Winter Driving
In some places you are required to chain up, put snow chains on tires when the D.O.T. gives the word. After a certain time of year you must carry them in the truck.


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