Semi-Trucks - What the Public Don't Know! Semi-Trucks - What the Public Don't Know! Haha there are many things that the general public does not know about semi-trucks. Things that we truckers never stop to give second thought to. Things like how much an average semi-truck weighs. To us its second nature but to the…
Trucking-News with Ruthann 11-11 Trucking-News with Ruthann this week is about Hair Follicle testing and much more. Did you know that trucking companies could be forced to do random and pre employment drug screens via "hair follicle"? Thats right, the law is changing and truck drivers that smoke weed even in legal states could be…
Transporting a Child! Transporting a Child, Bad trucker! When anyone transports a child across state lines it becomes a federal offense and you will be in big trouble once you are caught. A Truck driver picked up a 14 year old girl at a truck stop and proceeded to transport the girl through several states…
Trucking-News with Ruthann There is Trucking-News you will want to hear this week! This week we talked about Carl on the television show :Survivor". Is Carl still on the show or did he get terminated? Survivor is a show on CBS that plays every Wednesday at 8PM Central time. Carl is the first Trucker to…
A trucker once told me he had Six Accidents/Incidents but what is an accident and what is an incident? Would six be considered many or a small amount? Getting a job once you are plagued with these annoying little warts can make getting a job very hard. Even though most of the incidents are not…
Trucking-News with Ruthann Carl the Trucker is a contestant on "Survivor" this year representing the Trucking Industry. Lets hope Carl makes it to the end. Wouldn't that be something if there we a dispatcher on the show also? Then we can pit Carl against the dispatcher. Imagine the grand finale with Carl the trucker facing…
Trucking-News with Ruthann, Oldest Trucking Company in America The oldest trucking company in America will surprise you and where they are from will too. Tune in on Trucking-News with Ruthann as she counts down old trucking companies. Hurricane Florence left devastation in North Carolina. Ruthann has information on how you can help. Wilmington needs volunteers…
CB Radio Old Codes and Lingo CB Radio codes have been long forgotten. Before just knowing the lingo a trucker had to know the cb codes i he was going to talk on the radio. When carrying a CB in your truck you lesson the chances of being robbed, beat up or worse yet killed.…
Peterbilt W900L Yeah Baby! Troy and Johnny Acid sat down to talk about basically nothing. In doing so they came up with a new concept, the Peterbilt W900L. Although a new idea but we hardly doubt the makers of the two rigs would be interested in building it. Peterbilt makes the model 379 and Kenworth…
Trucking News with Ruthann. In this weeks new, a few certified doctors were caught falsifying physicals and DOT drug screens. Also, Celadon is under the microscope. Plus Recalls. Peterbilt, Kenworth, Freight Liner and International all have recalls you should know about. https://www.automd.com/recall/peterbilt_m/ The company’s stock, which in recent days had been trading near a 14-year…
Protecting Your Class A CDL is something that many driver never take into consideration when out on the road. There are many  violations that a trucker can get that will sideline his/her career for many years. Even small tickets if too many will hurt a drivers MVR. TalkCDL recently sat down and discussed what is…
Weekly Wrap up with Ruthann. This week features a big shot who is going to prison for embezzlement at a large trucking company. Plus the rule of D.O.T. Medical cards, do we still have to carry them or did the F.M.C.S.A. get it together for the new system and rules? Woman in Trucking and statistics.…
