Heavy-duty truck and trailer equipment is very robust, because it has to be. The average transport truck covers more miles in a week than most automobiles travel in months. Quality engineering, combined with careful maintenance make them the most reliable vehicles on the road. Still, breakdowns happen. When they do, repairs are more complicated than [...]
*Guest Post By Cindy Derricks. Driver: “Ah, finally a day off.” Wife: “Hunny, the sink is clogged, the toilets running, oh and can you help me with the errands.” Kids: “Daddy’s Home! Daddy’s Home! Daddy! Daddy! Daddy!” This is a typical homecoming scenario in many households, especially for families who are just beginning to adjust [...]
Summer is a great time to be a truck driver. We go to some of the most beautiful and scenic places. We don’t have to deal with the ice, snow, and cold of winter. Summer does present challenging and severe weather such as tornadoes, flash floods and hurricanes; which can be dangerous and even lethal. [...]
Thunder storms consist of lightning, rain, and high winds. If you’ve been in Oklahoma or Nebraska during a storm with a lot of lightning you know it’s quite a sight. Flat plains and a lot of sky make a lightning display an amazing light show. Lightning is also one of the most underrated severe weather [...]
By now we’ve all seen the devastation from the tornado outside of Oklahoma City. While writing this, the death toll is around 24 and over 200 injured. Professional truck drivers travel to all parts of North America. The various regions offer varying weather and climate year round and all regions have severe weather. It’s important [...]
The Professional Truck Driving Championship returns June 15, 2013 at Peterbilt Manitoba - 1895 Brookside Blvd., Winnipeg,MB. This event showcases the skills of professional drivers and what we really do out there. The competition tests professional truck drivers skills with written tests, trip inspection station and a driving track! If your interested in trucking or [...]
Career truck drivers are professionals. We are subject to training, licensing, and medical restrictions as stringent as those found in any profession, with the possible exception of the aviation industry. We understand and observe strict legislation governing our hours of service, and as a group we are consistently among the safest drivers on the road. [...]
As you've seen throughout our blogs and social media postings, Len Dubois Trucking is about more than just shipping freight between Winnipeg and the ascribed destinations. We stand by a belief that our strength lies our people, and as such we pay special attention to the lives and safety of our drivers. Get a special [...]
While it only takes one person to drive a truck, taking the plunge into being an Owner/Operator in the trucking industry can be a real team effort. Your truck isn’t just a vehicle when you’re an Owner/Operator. It’s your business. It’s the tool you use to produce revenue, and undoubtedly your biggest expense, and it [...]
Most people who choose to enter the trucking business as Owner/Operators do so because of the high level of freedom the arrangement offers. As an Owner/Operator, you are a small business, leasing your equipment (and yourself) out to a carrier in return for a percentage of total earnings instead of an hourly or per-mile wage. [...]