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After you’ve been on the road for hours, a stop at the gas station usually involves perusing the shelves of the convenience store for a quick snack. But what’s readily available isn’t usually very healthy. So if you’re looking for […]

If it’s your first trucking job, here’s a simple list of essential items you should bring on every trip.

Between 2016 and 2017, 4,657 large trucks were involved in fatal crashes — an increase of 10% from the previous year. Driver safety should remain a priority for drivers long after they’ve completed truck driving school. Here are a few […]

Just because you’re leaving home for a while, doesn’t mean you can’t bring your kitchen with you — or at least part of it. Here are seven appliances you can bring with you to serve up homemade-quality meals.

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By law, truck drivers are required to record how they spend their hours on the road and comply with Hours of Service (HOS) requirements. In “historic” times, truck drivers used paper logbooks to record their hours. However, after the “Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century” bill, or the MAP-21, was passed in 2012, ELDs replaced the paper logbook. 

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