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Apr 29, 2025
🛑 Trucker English Mandate Sparks Heated Debate Across the Industry
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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Apr 29, 2025
Trump Signs Executive Order Requiring English for Truckers – What It Really Means
Title: Speak English or Park It? Trump’s Trucking Order Has Drivers Divided Introduction: In a bold move shaking up the trucking industry, former President
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Apr 29, 2025
Kingsley Trucking Shuts Down: $6.7 Million Mistake or Industry Wake-Up Call?
Title: Kingsley Trucking Folds – $6.7 Million Later, Here's the Lesson Introduction: Another one gone. Canadian-based Kingsley Trucking just slammed the
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Apr 29, 2025
Western Star’s 'Star Nation Experience': New Rigs or Just Another Recruiting Gimmick?
Title: Star Nation or Star Nonsense? Western Star’s Bold Play to Lure New Drivers Introduction: Western Star just fired up something they’re calling the
Apr 29, 2025
Why You Need a Side Hustle Before the Freight Dries Up
Introduction: The load board is looking thin again… If you’ve been paying attention, you already know — **freight’s slowing down.** Rates are dropping,
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Apr 29, 2025
The $100K Trucker Fantasy: Real or Just Recruiting Hype?
Introduction: You’ve Seen the Ads… “MAKE $100,000 YOUR FIRST YEAR!” If you’ve been within 100 feet of a CDL school, YouTube ad, or trucking company recruiter,
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Apr 29, 2025
Why Most Truckers Struggle Financially — And How to Break the Cycle
Introduction: The paycheck illusion that keeps truckers trapped You work 60–70 hours a week. Your 18-wheeler eats highways for breakfast. Yet somehow,
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Apr 29, 2025
Trucking in 2025: What Every Driver Needs to Know
This blog post breaks down key takeaways from a deep-dive video that pulled together insights from multiple important trucking articles. Each section
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Apr 28, 2025
FMCSA Drops New Regulations for 2025: What Drivers Need to Know (Before They Get Burned)
Introduction You feel that rumble? That’s not just potholes on I-80 — that’s the FMCSA rollin' out a fresh batch of new regulations for 2025. 🚛💥 This time,
Apr 28, 2025
Top 10 Best Trucking Companies to Work For in 2025
Introduction Finding the best trucking company in 2025 ain't just about who pays the most miles — it’s about who treats you like family, respects your
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Apr 28, 2025
Independent Movers, Listen Up: ATA’s Got Some Big Talks for 2025
Introduction Independent movers, this one’s for y’all hauling couches, kitchen tables, and everything Uncle Bob forgot to box up. 📦🚛 The American Trucking
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Apr 28, 2025
Recession Red Alert: How New Tariffs Could Wreck Trucking in 2025
Introduction Well, butter my biscuits and hide the fuel cards... 🚛💥 We’ve got a real economic thunderstorm brewin’! Axios PM’s April 28, 2025 newsletter
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Apr 28, 2025
5 Trucking Trends That Will Change the Road Forever (2025 and Beyond)
Introduction Truckin' ain’t what it used to be — and that’s not just an old-timer grumbling at the fuel pump. 🚛 2025 is bringing changes that’ll make even
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Apr 28, 2025
Is Trucking Still Worth It in 2025? Brutal Truth You Gotta Hear
Introduction Is trucking still a solid way to make a living in 2025, or has it become just another burnout job with pretty chrome? Ask five drivers, and
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Apr 27, 2025
Latest Trucking News You Gotta Know: FMCSA Shuts Down 17-Year-Old Permits, Driverless Trucks Hit Texas, and More!
1. FMCSA Shuts Down 17-Year-Old Trucker Permits: Safety First The FMCSA officially denied a proposal to let 17-year-olds get commercial learner’s permits.
Apr 27, 2025
FMCSA Says No to Learner’s Permits for 17-Year-Olds — Here's Why It Matters
Introduction Another day, another debate in trucking. This time, a high school in Washington tried convincing the feds to let 17-year-olds get learner’s
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Apr 27, 2025
Driverless Trucks Hit Texas Highways — Are We Ready for the Future?
Introduction It’s official, folks — the future we’ve been talkin’ about for years just showed up on I-45. Aurora’s autonomous semi-trucks are now running
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Apr 27, 2025
Truck Rollover at Stone Church Cemetery Leaves a Big Mess and a Bigger Cleanup
Introduction Now here’s a headline you don’t see every day... A commercial truck didn’t just roll over on the road — it plowed right into Stone Church
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Apr 27, 2025
Ceva Logistics Expands Again: $400 Million Deal Snags Turkish 3PL
Introduction Well, well, well — looks like Ceva Logistics ain’t just sittin' around waitin' for the global supply chain to fix itself. They’re throwin'
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Apr 27, 2025
State and Local Police Gear Up for Aggressive Driving Crackdown in Pennsylvania
Introduction If you’re rollin' through Pennsylvania anytime soon, you might wanna ease up off that lead foot. 🚨 From March 28 to April 27, 2025, police
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Apr 27, 2025
Daimler Puts the Brakes on Diesel Truck Sales in Oregon: What's Goin' On?
Introduction Well folks, the rumble you’re hearing ain’t just another convoy passin' through. Daimler Truck North America just made a big-time move: They're
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Apr 24, 2025
🔍 The Only Trucking News Recap You Need This Week
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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Apr 24, 2025
Avoid Rookie Trucker Regrets: What No One Tells You (Until It’s Too Late)
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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Apr 24, 2025
UPS Just Dropped $2.2 Billion on a Healthcare Haul. Here’s Why It Matters
Introduction When a company like UPS writes a $2.2 billion check, it ain’t on a whim. This week, the shipping giant announced it’s buying Andlauer Healthcare
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Apr 24, 2025
Container Traffic Down at the Port of L.A.—Here’s Why That Matters for Truckers
Introduction The Port of Los Angeles is often called “America’s gateway to the Pacific.” But right now? That gateway is lookin’ mighty quiet. Container
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Apr 24, 2025
Flatbeds Are Boomin’—Thanks to a Pre-Tariff Freight Frenzy
Flatbeds Are Boomin’—Thanks to a Pre-Tariff Freight Frenzy Introduction You ever notice how freight patterns start acting funny right before the government
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Apr 24, 2025
Universal Logistics Is Moving to Nevada – But Not for the Weather
Introduction It’s not every day a trucking giant like Universal Logistics Holdings makes headlines for packing up its corporate paperwork and heading west.
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Apr 24, 2025
Love’s Just Dropped 121 Reasons to Smile in Belmont, Ohio
Introduction Let’s get one thing straight—truck parking is rough out here. You’re clocking out with 5 minutes left on your ELD, crossing your fingers,
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Apr 24, 2025
Barrel Monsters Are on Patrol – And Truckers Better Pay Attention
Introduction You ever be rollin’ through a work zone and feel like every cone, barrel, and sign just blurs together into an orange nightmare? Yeah—same.
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