Bye-Bye Stress, Hello Time Management! Find out how You can Achieve a Less Stress-filled Run Ah, stress. This is one emotion that truckers are very familiar with. Stress is just part of the job in trucking, from tight schedules, pressure from shippers and receivers, maintaining safety (for yourself and others) to environmental stressors like traffic, [...]
Driving Through Fog isn't Fun, but it can be Done You will almost certainly run into a few hazardous situations during your trucking career – specifically with Mother Nature. One of these situations is fog, which obviously makes the very visual job of driving difficult and unsafe. But sometimes, it just can’t be avoided. Check [...]
Safety is important. It’s an obvious statement, but one that cannot be said enough. So, what does safety entail? How can you prevent an accident? Whether you’re new to trucking or have been driving down the road for years, these tips are things you need to incorporate into your daily lives to become a better, [...]
When you’re a long-haul truck driver, you’re your boss, which is great! But that also means that you are responsible for time management, or in this case, trip planning. Before you leave the yard, you should know: Where you are going. How long will it take to get to your destination. Where you will fuel [...]
Fuel cost is the largest expense where drivers and fleets can make a difference. Drivers and fleets can save a significant amount of fuel through some planning and good habits.
Accurate and legal load weights are the responsibility of the truck driver, not the shipper. It is up to you, as a professional, to ensure that you don’t exceed the allowable weight limit for where you are. Know Your Limits in the U.S. For your average tandem tractor-trailer, your maximum gross vehicle weight is 80,000 [...]
The winter months bring more than just chilly temperatures and snow. Sometimes it's just downright windy, which causes it's own unique set of challenges. As always, when adverse weather strikes it is up to you to decide if it is safe to keep traveling down the road. Know Your Load A light or empty trailer [...]
The winter months present a new set of challenges for truck drivers. Icy roads, snow storms and freezing temperatures are added to the already large list of general risks drivers are exposed to on a daily basis. Don't make the winter months harder on yourself. Follow these Good Winter Practices to keep you out of, [...]
Parking is a daily issue for truck drivers. With freight traffic increasing on Canadian and U.S. roadways over the next couple of months, it is going to become more of a struggle for truck drivers to find safe and legal places to park. When parking spaces are not available at known rest areas or truck [...]
As the winter months quickly approach, truck drivers need to start preparing for the new driving challenges they will face. One of these include driving through Mountain States where the weather and road conditions in mountain passes can change on a dime. Len Dubois Trucking's company policy is that if chain up warnings go into [...]
