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Jan 02, 2026
🚛 Truck Show Season: Rigs, Revenue, and Real Road Strategy
Truck show season is back — but it ain’t just about shiny chrome and polish so bright you can shave in it. This year, it's strategy season. We’re talking
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Jan 02, 2026
TCA’s Discounted Registration for the 2026 Orlando Truckload Convention: Smart Move or Just Another Industry Circle-Jerk?
Introduction: Early-Bird Deals Always Sound Good — But Let’s Talk Value The Truckload Carriers Association (TCA) just announced discounted early registration
Jan 02, 2026
Will Trump’s $2,000 “Tariff Dividend” Create a Trucking Boom — or Just Another Freight Head Fake?
Introduction: A Check Sounds Nice… But Truckers Know Better Anytime a politician floats the idea of a $2,000 check, people perk up. Truckers especially
Jan 02, 2026
Duffy vs. California: CDL Extension Drama Puts Truckers in the Middle
Introduction: When Politicians Fight, Drivers Pay the Price If there’s one thing truckers don’t need, it’s political finger-pointing over their livelihoods.
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Jan 02, 2026
The Great Massachusetts Lobster Heist: When Hackers and Cargo Thieves Went Surf & Turf
Introduction – Lobsters, Laptops, and Larceny? Picture this: You’re a hardworking trucker, haulin’ freight up and down I-95, dodging potholes and low-paying
Jan 02, 2026
CDL Shortcut or Safety Risk? FMCSA Gives Martha’s Vineyard Truckers a Break (Sorta)
Title: Massachusetts CDL Loophole or Lifesaver? What the FMCSA Just Approved Introduction: Wait... You Can Get a CDL Without Doing Lane Changes? If you’re
Jan 02, 2026
Truck Show Season Is Back: Illinois and Florida Kick Off a New Year on the Road
Introduction: When the Polish Comes Out, You Know It’s Time You don’t need a calendar to know truck show season is close. You can smell it. Drivers start
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Jan 01, 2026
Mexico's New Border Trucking Rules: Efficiency Versus Reality
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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Jan 01, 2026
🐄 New Trucking Rules Rattle the Livestock Market
*When Hours of Service meet herds of cattle, somebody’s gonna get squeezed.* 📦 Introduction – Livestock Hauling Just Got a Lot Hairier If you're a livestock
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Jan 01, 2026
🚛 DJI Spinoff ZYT Enters the Autonomous Trucking Arena – With Drone DNA
*From flying drones to driving freight: Can ZYT’s tech really handle 80,000 pounds of real-world chaos?* 🧠 Introduction – “Wait… DJI Does WHAT Now?” If
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Jan 01, 2026
Drug Smugglers Are Using Trucking Routes... And That Ain’t Just a Border Problem
Intro: Welcome to the New Freight Battlefield You’d think hauling freight would be tough enough — long hours, low rates, dispatch games. But now there’s
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Jan 01, 2026
🚨 Should CLP Holders Drive Solo? One Trucking Company Thinks So
*The FMCSA's getting a bold request—and it could change how new truckers hit the road.* 👀 Introduction – Let the Learners Loose? A major trucking company
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Jan 01, 2026
🚨 17,000 CDL Drivers in Limbo: California Puts License Revocations on Hold
*Legal Fight, Political Drama, and 17,000 Truckers Caught in the Middle* 🛑 Introduction – The DMV Showdown Nobody Asked For Imagine waking up and finding
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Jan 01, 2026
Mexico Just Made It Easier for Truckers to Haul Legally — But Is It Too Good to Be True?
Intro: South of the Border, Red Tape Gets a Haircut Truckers who’ve ever dealt with cross-border hauls, Mexican permits, or federal paperwork south of
Dec 29, 2025
🚛 Tesla Trucks, Bankrupt Fleets & Freight Mayhem: What It Really Means for Truckers
https://youtu.be/7Ved3Pp8VmQ?si=woF65hbN53mtOmRd This week in trucking is a buffet of wild headlines — from electric semis hitting the road to old-school
Dec 29, 2025
Tesla Semi Joins DHL’s California Fleet: Big News or Big Hype?
Intro – A New Kind of Truck Just Rolled into Cali Well, it’s official: DHL has added the Tesla Semi to its California operations. That’s right — the
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Dec 29, 2025
Northbound Lanes of I-25 Closed at 120th Due to Crash — Another Wake-Up Call for Truckers
Intro – Another Highway Turns Into a Headache If you were rolling through Denver, Colorado this morning, chances are your GPS lit up like a Christmas
Dec 29, 2025
Laredo Trucking Firm Files Chapter 11: Texas International Enterprises Goes Down with 280 Trucks, 600 Drivers
Intro – Another One Bites the Dust Another major player just jackknifed off the highway. Texas International Enterprises (TIE) — based in Laredo, Texas
Dec 29, 2025
Why I Bought My Own Dashcam: Trucker Pulled Over After Car Crash He Didn’t Cause
Intro – Cops, Chaos, and One Game-Changing Camera You ever get blamed for something you know dang well you didn’t do — but had no proof? That’s exactly
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Dec 29, 2025
Winter Storm Ezra Chokes North American Freight as Winds Top 70 MPH
Intro – Freight’s Frozen in Its Tracks Well, if you were wondering whether winter was serious this year… wonder no more. Winter Storm Ezra just came stomping
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Dec 29, 2025
And Then There Was One: Nikola’s Truckin’ Workforce Down to a Single Employee
Intro – Wait, What? Nikola's Down to One Employee? If you thought trucking startups were all electrified glory and Elon-level innovation, this latest
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Dec 29, 2025
Highway Heists & Hidden Dangers: What Every Trucker Needs to Know
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 28, 2025
20,000 Sikh Truckers vs. California: Licenses Yanked, Lawsuit Launched
When your paperwork is questioned, your paycheck disappears What would you do if the state canceled your CDL with no warning, no hearing, and no crime
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Dec 28, 2025
Teamsters Finally Get Their Pensions — 17 Years Later
They gave their lives to trucking. Then the system bailed on them. Now it’s finally paying up. Imagine putting in 30 years behind the wheel. Rain, snow,
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Dec 28, 2025
Cargo Theft Is Booming — And Truckers Are Paying the Price
From lobsters to electronics: If it rolls, it's a target You thought catalytic converter thieves were bold? Now they’re jacking entire truckloads of freight
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Dec 28, 2025
When Feds Say “Yes” But States Say “No” – The Compliance Tug-of-War Truckers Are Caught In
You're legal in one state, illegal in another — welcome to trucking in America Ever been pulled into a scale house in one state and slapped with a violation
Dec 28, 2025
Emergency Trucking Waivers Extended: What It Really Means for You
Why propane matters more than paperwork this winter The U.S. government just extended emergency trucking waivers to deal with winter storms and energy
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Dec 28, 2025
Why So Many Truckers Are Falling Asleep in Texas — And What Nobody’s Saying About It
Is It the heat? The highways? Or just plain burnout? A new safety study just ranked Texas #3 in the nation for fatal crashes involving drowsy truck drivers.
Dec 25, 2025
Verizon’s Digital Freight Play: Game-Changer or Job Killer?
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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