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Dec 22, 2025
The Logistics Paradox: Why Trucking's Still Holding the Brakes Despite Rising Rates
This blog post breaks down key takeaways from a video that pulls together tips from six in-depth articles on LifeAsATrucker.com. Each section covers
Dec 22, 2025
💣 U.S. Trucking Industry in Deep Trouble – Or Just a Wake-Up Call?
Intro – Newsweek Says We’re in Trouble… But Are We Surprised? According to a recent Newsweek report, the U.S. trucking industry is facing a perfect storm
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Dec 22, 2025
📈 Spot Market’s Perking Up — But Trailer Sales Are Still in the Ditch
“Freight Rates Up, Trailer Sales Down — What Are Fleets Not Telling Us?”** 🛣️ Spot Market Rebounds (Kinda), But It Ain’t Time to Party Yet If you’ve been
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Dec 22, 2025
🗣️ Trucking Testifies to Congress – But Will Washington Actually Listen?
Intro – Trucking Hit the Hill Recently, some of the biggest voices in trucking rolled up to Capitol Hill to speak to a Senate subcommittee. Topic? The
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Dec 22, 2025
⚖️ Louisiana Tort Reform Just Got Real — And Truckers Could Feel the Burn
“Louisiana Just Changed the Rules — And Truckers Might Be the First to Pay” 👀 From Talk to Reality: The Legal Shift Truckers Can’t Ignore You ever notice
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Dec 22, 2025
🚛 The Trucker Shortage Ain’t Just a Rumor — It’s a Retirement Wave
: “Where’d All the Drivers Go? Walmart's Hiring While Truckers Keep Hangin’ Up the Keys” 👴 A Graying Industry — and a Growing Problem America’s truck
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Dec 22, 2025
🚫 Feds Shut Down California’s CDL Plan for Immigrant Drivers – What It Really Means for Trucking
Intro – Wait… What Just Happened? Imagine being halfway through CDL school and suddenly the government pulls the rug out from under you. That’s what
Dec 21, 2025
🚛 Trucking Rate Rebellion: The High Cost of Concrete
This blog post breaks down key takeaways from a video that pulls together tips from multiple articles. Each section links to the full article so you
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Dec 21, 2025
Feds Snag 87 SoCal Truckers in Highway License Crackdown
But are all of them fraudsters — or is this a symptom of something bigger? Another day, another government sweep. This time, the feds rolled into Southern
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Dec 21, 2025
Truckers to Cement Giants: “Pay Up or Park It”
Owner-operators & fleets are done hauling for peanuts — here’s what went down at the table Truckers have been running loads for concrete companies since
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Dec 21, 2025
Gravel Storm: White Township Imports 1,700 Tons Before the Clampdown
When the dump trucks start rolling before the ink dries, you know something's up. In White Township, NJ, the gravel was dropping faster than the regulations
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Dec 21, 2025
$200K Cargo Theft Exposes the Rise of Fake Freight and Paper Pirates
It ain't just lock cutters and lot lurkers anymore. The scammers are getting slick. If you think cargo theft is just some shady dude cutting seals behind
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Dec 21, 2025
Oregon Fights ICE: No New Detention Center in Newport?
The battle for the soul of a coastal town — truckers, here’s why it matters While most truckers are out here dodging potholes and late dispatches, Oregon’s
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Dec 21, 2025
Truck Park Management Steps In to Fix the Truck Parking Nightmare
A decades-old problem finally gets a modern solution — but will it stick? Let’s be honest — finding safe, legal truck parking at the end of a 600-mile
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Dec 18, 2025
Trucking Headlines Breakdown: Real Change or More Roadblocks?
This blog post breaks down key takeaways from a roundup of trucking articles you need to know. Each section links to the full story so you can dive
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Dec 18, 2025
🚫🚬 ATA Pushes Back on Marijuana Reclassification: Safety or Stigma?
Intro: A New High... or a New Headache for Truckers? With all the talk about the federal government possibly reclassifying marijuana, most Americans are
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Dec 18, 2025
📬 USPS May Open Last-Mile Delivery to Bids – Freight Game-Changer or Chaos Incoming?
Intro: This Ain’t Just About Mailboxes You ever hear something and go, “Wait… say what now?” That’s what the logistics world did this week when the U.S.
Dec 18, 2025
🚛 Congress Just Launched a Trucking Caucus – But Will It Actually Help Drivers?
Introduction – A Seat at the Table or Just Lip Service? After years of drivers asking, yelling, and protesting for better treatment, Congress has finally
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Dec 18, 2025
Ford’s New Truck Game Plan: Real Innovation or Just More Hype?
Introduction Ford’s making waves again — this time saying they’re doubling down on trucks, hybrids, and battery storage while scaling back flashy electric
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Dec 18, 2025
Cargo Theft in 2026: Strategies Fleets Can’t Afford to Ignore
Introduction – Welcome to the New Wild West If you think cargo theft peaked during the pandemic... you ain’t been watching the truck stops lately. Here
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Dec 18, 2025
Immigrant Truckers Get a Second Chance: California’s CDL Flip-Flop Explained
Intro: What in the Regulatory Road Rage is Going On? Imagine busting your tail for years behind the wheel, dodging traffic, living out of truck stops,
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Dec 17, 2025
🚨 Rail Merger Madness: Is Big Business About to Steamroll Truckers (Again)?
Introduction – Another Day, Another Billion-Dollar Deal Look, we all know how the story goes: two massive companies shake hands in a backroom deal,
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Dec 17, 2025
PGT Just Bought a 67-Year-Old Kansas Carrier – What It Means for the Rest of Us
Another Old-School Fleet Gets Swallowed in the Name of “Expansion” PGT Trucking just made a big move — acquiring a 67-year-old Kansas-based trucking company
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Dec 17, 2025
Fuel Crisis or Cold Excuse? Hours-of-Service Waivers Hit the Northeast
Truckers Called In to Save the Day — Again Winter’s barely settled in, and already parts of the Northeast are cracking under the weight of the cold. So
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Dec 17, 2025
Self-Driving Truck Showdown: Aurora vs. the Teamsters Union
🤖 Introduction: No Driver, No Deal? In the latest twist on the road to automation, Aurora’s CEO just told the Teamsters: “No thanks.” The union had demanded
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Dec 17, 2025
New York’s “Hidden Toll Tax” – Why Truckers Are Sounding the Alarm on This 1% Fee
This Ain’t Just a New York Problem – It’s a Trucker Wake-Up Call You ever notice how government loves to slip in fees while nobody’s looking? Well, they
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Dec 17, 2025
Lawsuit Over EV Charging Funds Could Stall Trucking’s Electric Future
🔌 Introduction: When politics jams your charging station If you thought delays at the fuel island were bad, wait ‘til you hear this one. Sixteen states
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Dec 17, 2025
🚨 Teamsters vs. Titans: Why a $85 Billion Rail Merger Might Just Jack Up Trucking
Union Pacific + Norfolk Southern = Trouble? So here’s the setup: Two of the biggest freight rail giants — Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern — are trying
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Dec 16, 2025
The Fusable Advantage & 5 More Must-Know Trucking Updates (No Fluff)
This blog post breaks down key takeaways from a video that pulls together tips from multiple articles. Each section links to the full article so you
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Dec 16, 2025
🚨 FMCSA Plans to Flip the Script on Trucking Safety in 2026
Old School Safety Ain’t Cutting It Anymore – And FMCSA Knows It FMCSA Administrator Derek Barrs just put the industry on notice: the old way of doing
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