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…
This week has been a relatively crazy week here on TalkCDL, we have talked about some very fused topics, primarily touching some newly discovered information on Autonomous  Trucks. We have been speaking about these trucks for about a month now, following the updates, and then the crew here at TalkCDL debates on if this new…
Ask yourself, how happy are you when you are out and about, maybe on a family trip to a theme park, or out to dinner at a fancy restaurant. You would be if you didn't just hit evening traffic, then on-top of that a car bumped another car ahead so now there is a standstill…
Truck drivers just love waking up on a Monday morning and getting in their trucks, turning that key over and listening to that baby roar! The smell of that diesel exhaust pouring out them stacks is something to remember. What is your Monday morning ritual? How do you start off your week and what do…
Of course truckers, it is our favorite day of the week! Friday! It is the day we just hang out with our fellow truckers who dont make it home for the weekend, give some tips and advice on how to spend your weekend out on the road. We will be giving these 3rd party recruiters our…
