Great Customer Service Includes the Truck Driver You, as the truck driver, are vital to quality customer service. Customer service is the key to success for any business, including trucking companies. In a way, you are a brand ambassador for your company. Many times clients have more interactions with drivers than with sales reps or [...]
In the trucking industry, we often hear stories about owner operators who have to spend three to four weeks away from home just make their business profitable. It really doesn’t have to be this way. At Len Dubois Trucking we believe in that old adage, “Work Smarter, Not Harder!” Working with the right trucking company [...]
It’s National Trucking Week and there are lots of appreciation and thank you’s to the truckers who are out on the roads every day to make a living. We’d like to thank the families of our drivers for everything they contribute to our team. Without your sacrifices, understanding and patience this industry, and economy, would [...]
Trucking is a fast paced industry. We thought we'd share some interesting things from around the web. TxDOT Driver Feedback TxDOT has set up a hotline to get feed back from truck drivers on the I-30 corridor. “Here are a few questions that TxDOT would like drivers to answer: Are there enough truck stops? [...]
Operation Safe Driver Week begins October 16th through the 22nd, 2016. This is the week law enforcement and the trucking industry, throughout North America, come together in heightened enforcement and education aimed to curb unsafe driving practices by commercial drivers and passenger vehicle drivers. Examples of unsafe driver behaviors that enforcement will be tracking throughout [...]
Recently, at an event, I spoke to several professional drivers who had been cited for speeding. One driver was driving through California in a pack of trucks going 62mph. Trucks in California are limited to 55mph. It’s hard to imagine highway patrol in California not pulling over a truck for driving 7mph over the posted [...]
Partner with experienced professionals who can help you build your business. Len Dubois Trucking has an opportunity for a Super Single Owner Operator Team. This position is for a dedicated run that goes from Winnipeg to Toronto to Texas back to Toronto and then Winnipeg. The run lasts 10 to 12 days and generally provides [...]
Long haul trucking as a career choice has numerous benefits: The trucking industry is stable with opportunities for long term employment; The trucking industry is a vital part of the economy; store shelves would be empty without trucks; The pay scales range from $40,000 to $60,000+ per year depending on experience; There is an ease [...]
Career truck drivers are professionals. Many of us have driven hundreds of thousands, or even millions, of very safe miles while on the job. We are safe because we are trained and experienced, after all, driving is what we do every day. Now that summer is on its way, truck drivers will be sharing the [...]
After the confusing beginning to our Manitoba spring, it appears that we are finally finished with snow, well . . . at least for now. Summer is quickly coming up on our heels and before we know it we’ll be, once again, complaining about the cold winter. Make the most of the next 5 months [...]
