From the Len Dubois Trucking yard in Winnipeg, Manitoba to the brilliant lights of Las Vegas our driving team has been capturing some great photos. Here are the favorites from September just incase you missed them. [...]
When you first get your Class 1 (or CDL equivalent), and start looking for your first trucking job, you will likely be searching the internet for some opinions of various trucking companies. What you'll find is a lot negativity about almost every company. Actually this scenario can play out at any point of your trucking [...]
This week is the CVSA’s Operation Air Brake/Brake Safety Week September 8-14, 2013. According to the CVSA website this week is an educational campaign to promote brake safety in North America. The activities this week will consist of: CVSA-certified inspectors conduct roadside inspections of commercial vehicles and their drivers with an emphasis on braking systems. [...]
Jack Meet Jack, an OTR driver. It's morning just before he wakes for a busy day. He's 3 days into his run. He went from Winnipeg, MB out west to Seattle, WA. Today he has two deliveries then he needs to get to Oregon for a reload tomorrow morning. His alarm goes off at 8am; [...]
This week we celebrate National Trucking Week. The goal is to acknowledge the important contributions by the 400,000+ men & woman in the Canadian trucking industry. This is a fast moving industry with safety & regulatory challenges. The dedicated professionals in the Canadian trucking industry are amongst the worlds best & safest at what they [...]
Sorry, this is a bit late. On August 17, 2013 Len Dubois Trucking entered a team into the 2013 Dirty Donkey Mud Run in Winnipeg Manitoba. Our team, The Dirty Truckers, was made up of Jason, Melanie, Devon, Nyx & Jeremy. Jason & Jeremy were outfitted with GoPro cameras to roll video of the 5K [...]
We asked our drivers for trucking photos and pictures from the road to share on Facebook and they didn’t disappoint. Here are some more of the photos Len Dubois Trucking has shared on Facebook. We can call this part three. Check out part one and part two. Feel free to send us your photos to [...]
"Show me the money!" That famous statement sums up one of the your primary concerns as an owner operator. There are many things to consider when signing on with a company; percentages, average revenue to the truck, specific lanes, costs (insurance etc), relations with dispatch, and the list goes on. All these thing come back [...]
Jason, Dev, Jeremy, Mel and Nyx sure lived up to their team name, The Filthy Truckers, this weekend at the second annual Dirty Donkey Mud Run. The Len Dubois Trucking team gave it their all as they ran, climbed, crawled, pulled and slithered through the 5k track complete with some very muddy obstacles.The team would [...]
Over the years cities have developed nicknames that truck drivers often use. Let's test your knowledge of trucker slang. We'll give you the nickname and you answer by choosing the correct city name from the list. [poll id="8"] [poll id="9"] [poll id="10"] [poll id="11"] [poll id="13"] Answers New York, NY received this nickname in the [...]