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Oct 17, 2025
10 Ways Truckers Can Make Extra Money (Without Leaving the Cab)
💠Tired of Living Check to Check Behind the Wheel? Let’s be honest — trucking used to be that “freedom job.” Now it feels more like you’re trapped in
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Oct 16, 2025
Trucker English Rules & California Funding Fight: What’s Really Goin’ On?
This blog post breaks down key takeaways from a video that pulls together tips from six trucking news stories. Each section links to the full article
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Oct 16, 2025
Platform Science Teams Up with Anderson Trucking — Tech Upgrade or Driver Overload?
Introduction: When a trucking company says they’re doing a “technology transformation,” drivers usually hear one thing: “More screens, more apps, more
Oct 16, 2025
DOT’s New Rule Has Non-Domiciled CDL Drivers Crying Foul – Civil Rights or Borderline B.S.?
Introduction: You ever get the feeling that the rules are made by people who’ve never sat behind a wheel? Well buckle up, because the Department of Transportation
Oct 16, 2025
Arkansas DOT Adds AI to Checkpoints – Faster Inspections or Robo-Hassle?
Introduction: If you thought weigh stations were already a headache, buckle up. The Arkansas Department of Transportation (ARDOT) just announced a rollout
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Oct 16, 2025
Nebraska Trucking Company Forced to Rethink Sick Leave — Is This a Win for Drivers or Just Damage Control?
Introduction: The “no days off” culture in trucking just hit a legal wall. Thanks to a new sick leave mandate in Nebraska, one local trucking company had
Oct 16, 2025
RoadFlex + NCR + Virginia = Easier Fueling for Fleets or Just Another Log-In?
Introduction: Fuelin’ up just got a little less frustrating—maybe. RoadFlex, NCR Voyix, and the state of Virginia are teaming up to give commercial fleets
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Oct 16, 2025
Trump Withholds $40.6M from California Over Trucker English Rules – But Is It Fair?
Introduction: Here we go again – California and the Feds butting heads. But this time, it ain’t about smog checks or taxes... it’s about how well truckers
Oct 15, 2025
🚛 What's Really Going On in Trucking? 6 Stories You Might’ve Missed
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 can
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Oct 15, 2025
FleetWorks Raises $17M — But Will It Really Help Truckers Get Paid Faster?
Or is it just another app that helps brokers get rich while drivers get ghosted? Intro: Can Money Really Fix the Freight Mess? Tech startups love to
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Oct 15, 2025
Senate Republicans Say “Speak English!” – Target Obama-Era Trucking Rule With New Bill
Intro: English Only? Or Just Another Political Load Shift? Just when you thought D.C. had enough drama, a new bill hits the table like a pothole on I-95.
Oct 15, 2025
Driving Real Change: How ZM Trucks Is Building the Future of Zero-Emission Trucking
Intro: Is the Future of Trucking Silent and Clean? Diesel has been the heartbeat of trucking for decades — loud, powerful, and sometimes downright stinky.
Oct 15, 2025
🛡️ Why Trucking Companies Should Consider Accounts Receivable Insurance – Fleet Management
Can’t Collect? Can’t Survive: Why Accounts Receivable Insurance Might Just Save Your Trucking Business Intro: Haulin’ Freight, Not Broken Promises You
Oct 15, 2025
Trucker Path’s New Division: Real Help or Just Another App Update?
Intro: Trucker Path’s New Play — But Who’s It Really For? You ever open an app, hope it makes your life easier, then end up more confused than a dispatcher
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Oct 15, 2025
Prepaid Fuel Cards for Trucking: Pros, Cons & Best Options
Intro: Fuel Costs Got You Bleedin'? There’s a Card for That… Look, ain’t nobody in trucking excited about paying for fuel these days. Between pump price
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Oct 14, 2025
đź“° This Week in Trucking: 6 Stories That Actually Matter
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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Oct 14, 2025
Trucking Company Closure to Affect Nearly 800 Jobs — When Freight Falls Off a Cliff
Introduction — When Wheels Stop, Lives Do, Too One moment you're hauling freight, the next you’re dialing HR and telling your crew: “It’s over.” That’s
Oct 14, 2025
UCM Professor: I‑70 Expansion Could Shift Missouri’s Economic Map
Introduction — When a Highway Becomes a Growth Engine A highway is more than asphalt and overpasses — it’s commerce, opportunity, and future bets. That’s
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Oct 14, 2025
Texas Reform Group Backs Crackdown on “Illegal Alien Truckers” — What It Really Means for the Industry
Introduction — When Politics Intrudes on Freight Imagine being told which driver you can hire based on birthplace, not credentials. That’s exactly where
Oct 14, 2025
Company Breaks Ground on $75 Million Project That Could Help Transform U.S. Trucking Industry
Introduction — A New Dawn on the Highway Every once in a while, you see a headline in trucking that feels like more than just another press release. This
Oct 14, 2025
What Dispatchers Don’t Want You to Know About Rate Cuts
Introduction – The Lie Beneath the Load You ever feel like your dispatcher’s calculator is broken, or they’re suddenly “trying their best” while your
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Oct 14, 2025
Why October is a Bad Month for Flatbed Haulers (And What You Can Do About It)
Introduction – The Leaves Drop, and So Do the Loads October might be pumpkin spice season for the rest of the world, but for flatbed haulers? It’s more
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Oct 13, 2025
🛑 Driver Monitoring Systems Could Be the Final Straw for Small Fleets
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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Oct 13, 2025
Truckers Are Ready to Embrace Battery Power TODAY — But It’s Not What You Think
Intro – The Battery Revolution You Didn’t See Coming When you hear “battery power” and “trucking” in the same sentence, most folks picture shiny new electric
Oct 13, 2025
GM Ends Hydrogen Program – What That Means for Trucking’s “Clean Energy” Future
Introduction – The Hydrogen Hype Train Just Derailed For years, the talk was that hydrogen fuel cells were the future of trucking. “Zero emissions,” “refuel
Oct 13, 2025
Is a DMS Ruling Coming? What This Could Mean for Small Fleets in 2026
Introduction – A New Rule Rolling Down the Hill You thought ELDs were bad? Wait until you hear about the DMS — “Driver Monitoring System.” That’s right.
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Oct 13, 2025
Steel Coil Goes Rogue: When One Mistake Costs Everything
Introduction – When Cargo Becomes a Cannonball You ever pass a flatbed with a massive steel coil and wonder, “What happens if that thing comes loose?”
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Oct 13, 2025
CDL Catfish? Woman Caught Running Wild Disguise Scam in New York
Intro – You Can’t Make This Stuff Up You ever hear a story and think, “That had to be a Netflix show”? Well buckle up, because this one’s got identity
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Oct 13, 2025
America’s Trucking Industry Is in Deep Trouble – But Why, Really?
Intro – Trouble in the Rearview Mirror? You’ve probably heard the headlines: “Trucking is collapsing!” Freight’s down. Companies are folding. Drivers
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