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Truckers welcome to the one and only 2016 April fools TalkCDL episode! This day is truly one of the best days of the year! What is your favorite prank out there? We know truckers have some great ones! We will cover a bit on April Fools, and then Recap the weekly topic and conclude as…
This week on talkcdl we have been discussing a very heated debate on whether 18-20 year old should be trucking across our USA. What is the best way to implement this into the trucking industry? Younger men and women can be trained starting early in their high school career, practicing and learning safety. You know…
We are halfway through the last week of March and this week we have been talking about 18-20 years old legally being able to drive as OTR Truck drivers. We have been looking at some numbers and trying to figure out if this is a good or bad idea for law makers. Are 18-20 years…
There is a large debate out there if an 18-20 year old should be able to hold a Class A CDL and drive the street and interstates of our great U.S.A. A large group of people believe they are not responsible enough, and do not have near enough experience/skills in driving a motor vehicle. Others…
A lot of people do not realize how many mile a truck driver truly drive every single day, week, month, career. Some people complain about driving 100 miles to work every morning, that is a bait fish in a school of tuna to a truck driver. So how many miles do you average a week?…
As always Fridays is the Day TalkCDL recaps the week, and talks to those truckers who wont be making it home for the weekend! It is a holiday weekend and it is always hard to miss even the littlest holidays! For those truckers out there with little kids, they may miss those little ones searching…
There are truckers out there making great money, and that is because they dedicated time to looking for that great job. They where not picky and rude to companies when calling around, they simply knew what they wanted and put in their dues to get there. Do not fall into the trap that 50CPM companies…
It is the day of the week that all the truckers are checking their maps and making sure they get that load delivered before the weekend hits! Truckers getting paid to get those loads on time! TalkCDL has been discussing pay the last few days, if you missed the show you can listen to the…
Why is it that there is a whole lot of truck drivers out in the industry currently, that just want to be rebels? Why do driver think that everything is out there to suppress them and that some things are in place because of a very specific reason. Truly, It is very simple. SOMEONE DID…
Truck drivers pay is something that has changed drastically in the last 20 years. Some companies still try to hold on to low wages, but others have had great pay increases. But is this going to continue, or will we see a decline in truckers pay? There is a change in the trucking industry nearly…
Sleep Apnea has been a topic discussed the last couple days on TalkCDL, it has come to our attention that many out there in the trucking industry are wrapped up in this term, without fully understanding what it means. You hear how truckers are rejected from a company because they "could" have sleep apnea, and…
The age old question for those who do not understand the trucking industry, is what do truckers really do that makes a difference. We could survive without them right? All they do is transport everything that we need to get from one roadway to another. No biggie right? We could just have a bird deliver…
