PILE UPS AND A TRUCKER CHRISTMAS. Merry Christmas to all. We hope this season finds every driver and their family safe and healthy. We started this show off talking about a few Christmas memories for our family. One in particular where we find little Ruthann teasing our children by not allowing them to open they…
SEMI TRUCK THEFT & MURDERED TRUCKERS. Semi truck theft averages more than 20 stolen trailers per day just in the United States alone. California, Texas, Florida, Georgia and New Jersey lead the nation with the highest numbers of theft. California alone registers over 1700 stolen trailers a year. It coast tax payers in the billions…
AGGRESSIVE DRIVERS & COVID VACCINES FOR TRUCKERS. What would you do if you were driving along having a great day. Let's say you were in the middle of Montana, with your favorite drink and enjoying the scenery. Now let's say its almost a perfect morning, thats right I said its morning. There you are enjoying…
How insurance companies grade truckers. Did you know that insurance companies run the same reports as employers? Did you also know that having a bad PSP score could get a truck driver canceled on their insurance policy? We sat down with Gino from REV insurance and we were very surprised at some of the answers…
Bad Benny Killer In A Truck. Bad Benny Wilson grew up in Lavender WA, Population 6,606 people. Known for its lush landscapes and beautiful backdrops for taking pictures, it is a peaceful community, where everyone knows one another by first name. Benny fell in love with Ellie Jones back in grade school and the two of them…
Convoy and a Driver Survey. This week on TalkCDL we talked about the recent survey in the ATRI American Transportation Research Institute. The survey asked Truck Drivers and Motor Carriers what their most concerns are in trucking. Among the concerns of both sides were Driver pay, driver retention, ELD’s and driver training standards. The chart below shows the…
MEET MARVIN KELLER TRUCKING. Marvin Keller trucking is a dry van carrier based in Sullivan, IL . In 2015 Keller celebrated their 50th anniversary, so they have stood the test of time as a trucking company. Surviving two bad economies in the last 15 years, Marvin Keeler has proven the test of time. Keller has been…
ROCKS THROWN FROM BRIDGES & KW TRUCKS. It's happening again, rocks and other objects are being thrown from over passes. Truck drivers recently have reported being attacked by people throwing objects at moving vehicles including semi trucks and all automobiles. No suspect have been named as of yet but being the incidents have happened on…
IFDA'S TRUCKER RODEO AT DISNEY ORLANDO. International Foodservice Distributors http://www.ifdaonline.org is an organization compiled of many food distributing carriers. We sat down with Mark Allen the president and CEO of IFDA for a few minutes. IFDA has their very own "Truckers Hall of Fame". In order to be inducted into the HOF a truck driver…
Masking Truckers at the Pilot Truck stop. It's official, the Pilot Truck Stop is now requiring all people entering the store wear a mask. Many truckers are unhappy and are saying they will not wear one. With the ever growing businesses that are instilling this new rule, it is hard to find a business that…
Trucking Stuff. This week on the show we talked about a cat that traveled in a Peterbilt from Canada to North Dakota. The cat was a stowaway on board a truckers semi. When the truck driver conducted a daily inspection of his rig, he found the black cat named "spooky". Jack Shao an active trucker…
Meet the hosts of TalkCDL Trucking Podcast The brotherhood of trucking. This week on TalkCDL. We spoke about the brotherhood of trucking. The brotherhood exists if you are part of it. If you stop to help a trucker that needs you then you are part of the brotherhood. If you dont stop if you can,…
