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There’s No More Diesel Left Time To Panic Oct 30, 2022

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There's No More Diesel Left Time To Panic. The United States of America uses 128 million gallons of diesel fuel per day or just over 3 million barrels. Experts are telling us we have only enough to cover the next 25 days. How did this happen? How much trouble are we really in? Blame is being cast on the Russian/Ukraine war and of course the past couple years worth of covid problems. These two issues alone have hurt the world supply chain and its not getting better fast enough. Last year alone we consumed over 1.1 billion barrels of fuel and we are on track for another billion plus. Tune into this weeks podcast and hear our take on this. A new trend in the trucking industry Truck drivers are using carriers to catch a ride to a destination they need to reach. The new scam goes like this. A driver gets hired in some distant city in the country. The new carrier does not offer a free ride to orientation. They tell the driver, he needs to fine his own way to his new job. The driver then applies with another carrier in the same area of the desired carrier. Once approved by the second carrier, the driver is offered a plane ticket to come to the new companies orientation. Once the driver lands in that city, he calls the original carrier and goes to work. Meanwhile screwing the new carrier that paid for his plane ticket. Carriers are fighting back. Some carriers are now reporting a driver to DAC or other agencies for "theft by deception of company funds". Meaning they now have to explain to any future companies why a carrier has put them down as a thief on record. This of course will hinder a driver from future jobs. Drivewyze allows you to bypass weigh stations using only an ap on your phoneNational Carriers is hiring students, solos, teams and lease purchase driverDriving tests.org for solos and Driving tests.org for corporate guarantees you will pass your Class A Kamions FREE Break Even Calculator Click HereCarriers Not To Work For There's No More Diesel Left Time To Panic

Truckers Make The Best Husbands Oct 23, 2022

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Truckers Make The Best Husbands. The national average for divorced people in the United States, is, almost 50%. Yuk, right? Almost half of everyone that gets married, will get a divorce. If you get married a 2nd time, there is a 60% chance this marriage will fail. A 3rd time getting married? 3 times and you are out. 73% of people that get married a 3rd time, end in divorce. So how do truckers fair out? Truckers are at 19.14%! What? Did I just say that? The answer is "heck yeah". Truckers don't even come close to the national average when it comes to splitting ties with your spouse. In fact, truckers make the best husbands. They are loyal, romantic and go the extra "mile" to keep their significant others, till death due us part. You would think, long distant relationships would not work, but some how some way, the American trucker has found a way, whether it be through the case of love or what not, they found a way to out last the average married couple. Does absence make the heart grow fonder? It appears so. Perhaps the time away from each other keeps the fire going, but either way ladies, if you are looking for a loyal, loving partner, maybe you should try the local truck stop. Accident reports "Post" Eld ever since the ELD Madame kicked in, experts thought it would make for a safer result, when it comes to wrecks. Not according to the latest results. reports are showing just the opposite. The ELD Madame was suppose to be a step in the right direct, but it seems the direction the industry is headed towards, is more unsafe than previously planned. Tune in and hear the results on TalkCDL trucking Podcast. Drivewyze allows you to bypass weigh stations using only an ap on your phoneNational Carriers is hiring students, solos, teams and lease purchase driverDriving tests.org for solos and Driving tests.org for corporate guarantees you will pass your Class A Kamions FREE Break Even Calculator Click HereCarriers Not To Work For

Vengeance On The Road Oct 16, 2022

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Vengeance On The Road. Recently a trucker took out his own vengeance on a trucking company. A driver started burning semi trucks that belonged to Swift transportation. In all, 25 semi trucks were torched. Im not sure what this 64 year old trucker was thinking but he was on a roll. You would think that there was cameras watching. Sometimes a criminal is beyond thinking. Tune in to this weeks podcast and hear how this irate truck driver was caught. AB5 uses a test called "the ABC" test (A) The work is done without the direction and control of the employer (B) The work is performed outside the usual course of the employers business (C)The work is done by someone who hastier own, independent business or trade doing that kind of work These three factors, decide whether a person is an employee or an independent contractor. The "B" portion of the test is where most employers are in violation of the AB5 or the Pro-act proposal. Tune in and hear the end result on this weeks episode. Drivewyze allows you to bypass weigh stations using only an ap on your phoneNational Carriers is hiring students, solos, teams and lease purchase driverDriving tests.org for solos and Driving tests.org for corporate guarantees you will pass your Class A Kamions FREE Break Even Calculator Click HereCarriers Not To Work For TalkCDL Trucking Podcast We are looking for more people to interview on the show. If you have a story or something that is related to the trucking industry, contact us at Ruthann@TalkCDL.com or Troy@TalkCDL.com. We are always looking for new and exciting stories. 77% of all truckers are looking for company positions Thats right, a new study shows that only 23% of truck drivers are looking for a lease purchase. Only 23% are still willing to lease a truck. The numbers have changed drastically since this time last year. A year ago, truck drivers were seeking to be owners and not employees. This has drastically changed since the price of fuel has risen. Vengeance On The Road

Drive Monkey Drive Oct 09, 2022

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Drive Monkey Drive. Autonomous maker Locomotion is teaming up with Stevens Trucking of Oklahoma. Steven has plans to acquire up to 500 autonomous rigs. Although fully autonomous vehicles will not be out for a few years to come. Stevens allegedly will have a pilot program some time in 2023. The Autonomous Relay Convoy or ARC systems allows two vehicles to operate together at the same time.This is done by tethering the vehicles together. What this means is, a lead driver inside truck number one, will be awake and in the drivers seat. The lead truck will be controlling the trailing vehicle. This will allow the driver in truck number 2, to get sleep, awaiting his turn to drive. I don't know about you but taking a nap, inside a vehicle that no one is driving. Doesn't sound like the safest way to travel. I believe my sleep could possibly be interrupted by the nightmare of crashing, due to, maybe, a recall on the chip thats controlling the rig. Im just not convinced that most drivers can even get well deserved rest while another machine is controlling the vehicle Im suppose to be sleeping in, while it is in an entire different vehicle. Good luck finding this many drivers to be the test monkeys. Drivewyze allows you to bypass weigh stations using only an ap on your phoneNational Carriers is hiring students, solos, teams and lease purchase driverDriving tests.org for solos and Driving tests.org for corporate guarantees you will pass your Class A Kamions FREE Break Even Calculator Click HereCarriers Not To Work For Drive Monkey Drive

When team Driving Ends Bad Oct 02, 2022

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When team Driving Ends Bad. Recently a team driver, shot his co-driver while in Texas. The victim then called 911 and reported the incident. Can you only imagine how that relationship must have been? This, many times, a team ends bad. Not necessarily with one of the team members shot but relationships don't end unless they are bad. So the perpetrator got into a police chase and ultimately ended up in a shoot out with police. That's right, I said a trucker was in a shoot out on the side of a road, with police. The trucker in question pulled his big rig to the side of the road and exited the semi with gins a blazing. He did not survive. After all, if you shoot at ten policemen, you should not have too guess how it is going to end. Team driving can be a nightmare. Many times when traveling inside a tiny space, living together in a sense, 24/7/ nerves can be tried and patience can be tested. Most teams in a tractor trailer, know one another. Many time over, a team consists of a husband and wife or a brother and brother or even a friend and a friend. These teams tend to last longer than a team, that is made up of two strangers. There are companies that with team two people up, that have never met prior to orientation. This can be a disaster when the two have nothing in common. For example, one might like it warm in the truck and the other, cold. One might want to smoke and the other, not. There are many issues that can set off a war inside a semi. All issues should be taken into consideration before teaming tow people up. When team Driving Ends Bad Drivewyze allows you to bypass the weigh stations with a just an on your phoneNational Carriers Is hiring Teams, Students and experienced Class A CDL DriverDriving tests.org for solos and Driving tests.org for corporate guarantees you will pass your Class A CDL or Class B CDLKamions FREE Break Even Calculator Click HereCarriers Not To Work For When team Driving Ends Bad TalkCDL Trucking Podcast wants you to join the show. Write to us at Troy@TalkCDL.com and let us tell your trucking story on the show.

Stop Pleading Guilty To Traffic Violations Sep 25, 2022

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Stop Pleading Guilty To Traffic Violations. Why do truckers and the general public keep agreeing with the police? When you get a ticket, you are still innocent till proven guilty in the USA! So why do you just pay the ticket and go about your business? I'll tell you why. Because it is convenient to just get it over with. Plus you feel you can't win in court. Especially against an officer of the law, right? Wrong! Did you know that, in the long run you suffer more when you plead guilty? Did you know that certain tickets can cost you a great job in the future? So why are you just giving up so easy? Look, the easy way is to just send the state money and admit to your guilt and the hard way is to fight it. Time is money right? You can't see yourself pleading not guilty and then showing up in court to fight, can you? Then you have to hire a Lawer and pay him also, right? SO what if you do lose? At least you gave yourself a fighting chance, right? Have you ever heard of, throwing yourself on the mercy of the court? In most cases, even if you lose, a judge will reduce the violation for you. If you receive the following tickets, Speeding 15mph or more above the speed limit, Following to close, Improper or unsafe lane change, Using a hand held device, reckless or careless or any other major ticket driving, you should fight them all the way. Tune into this weeks podcast Stop Pleading Guilty To Traffic Violations DriveWyze is a company that makes it east for drivers to bypass weigh stations. They are AP based which makes the process of signing up, easy.National Carriers is a trucking company located in Dallas TX. They are hiring students, solo’s and team drivers.Driving tests . ORG and Driving Tests .ORG Corporate is a company that strives to help you pass your Commercial drivers Lisence.KAMIONS Break Even Calculator For Owner Operators, Lease Purchase and small fleets and its FREECarrier Not To Work For

6 Trucker Myths Sep 18, 2022

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6 Trucker Myths. There are many myths about different professions and truckers are no different when it comes to having false legends about them. Tune in this week and hear some of the many things, people have wrongly claimed about truckers. TalkCDL Trucking Podcast Write to us is you are wanting to appear on the show. Tell us what you would like to talk about in your email. Make sure you leave your phone number. Our contact information is as follows. Troy@TalkCDL.com or Ruthan@TalkCDL.com Please visit our sponsors at the following addresses. Drivewyze for iPhone is a company that makes it east for drivers to bypass weigh stations. They are AP based which makes the process of signing up, easy. National Carriers is a trucking company located in Dallas TX. They are hiring students, solo's and team drivers. Driving-Test.org and driving-tests for corporate users is a company that strives to help you pass your Commercial drivers Lisence. Kamions free break even calculator is for everyone that drives a truck. Check out the free download and tell us how it worked for you. Carriers Not To Work For is an episode that will give you strong advice on how to go about choosing your next job.

2022 Winter Forecast + Drivers Feel Disrespected Sep 11, 2022

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2022 Winter Forecast + Drivers Feel Disrespected

Worst Trucker plus A Story to Make You Cry Sep 04, 2022

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Worst Trucker plus A Story to Make You Cry. We recently sat down with, possibly the worst trucker ever. What we mean by "worst trucker", we mean worst attitude. Troy say and talked with an entitled driver, that thinks everyone owes him something. A driver called in on one of the show lines recently to rant about dispatchers and carriers. He went on to express discontent for most trucking companies. He then revealed what Troy thought was the real reason for the call. He said "no one will hire him because he has an abandonment on his record. He then told us how other carriers are blackballing him. He mentioned two carriers that Troy knows personally. So of course, Troy volunteered to call the companies and find out why these carriers are saying bad things about this disgruntled driver. So long behold, we got ahold of both of these companies. The first company told us the story behind the bad reference. This reference by the way, is for all carriers that inquire about his driver reference. They went on to tell us how, the driver took his first dispatch, after orientation. Went home with a full load and sat for a week in his home town visiting friends. They then revealed to us how the driver was in an accident while bobtailing around town. This of course added another week to the truck sitting. Not to mention the customer that was waiting for their freight. At this point the driver was asked to bring a new load straight back to the terminal. I believe the driver figured out the company was most likely going to fire him. So, of course this is where the abandonment came from. Boom, there ya go! A horror story from a trafficked victim A story came out of TAT (Truckers Against Trafficking) this week. A woman wrote how she was a victim but not like the kind most think of. She was victimized by her very own daddy. Thats right, her own parent was pimping her out as far back to when she was 5 years old. Tune in and hear this heart breaking story and more. DriveWyze for iPhonesDrivewyze for Android Carter Lumber Hiring Local Class A and Class B DriverNational Carriers hiring Student DriversGuaranteed to Pass Your CDL for individuals Guaranteed to Pass a CDL for CorperateFree Break Even CalculatorCarriers Not To Work For Worst Trucker plus A Story to Make You Cry

Trucking Scams & Sleep Apnea Explained Aug 28, 2022

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Trucking Scams & Sleep Apnea Explained. Have you ever heard of, Padding the Fuel Bill? Here is how it works. A driver and someone at the fuel desk conspire to ripoff the drivers employer. This involves fuel receipts and cash. It is not nice and eventually the driver gets caught. another scam, involves two drivers. Both at the fuel pump, and again, the driver that possesses the fuel card, is stealing from his employer. Tune into this weeks podcast and hear how these scams and more go on in the trucking industry every day. Experienced truck Drivers That Have Not Driving in a While If you are a driver, that has not driven in a while, say three years or more. You will want to hear this podcast. There are many drivers, as of late, are trying to get hired as a driver, but they have not been behind the wheel of a semi-truck in many years. The problem is, the insurance companies set the standard of, who we can hire. Tune in and hear the solutions to this problem many are having. The Sleep Apnea Issue is making a Comeback The last time we heard the FMCSA pushing for better Sleep Apnea standards, was 2017. They cited, not enough DATA to determine a good practice. Five years later, they are back with a vengeance. That's right, an article claims the standards are going to be tougher than prior. Before 2017, if you had a neck in measurement, larger than 17 inches, you were diagnosed to have sleep apnea. Which means you failed your DOT physical and were sent home. You then had to see a doctor and take part in a sleep study. Most if the times, resulting in the use of a CPAP machine for your nightly rest. There were other factors that determined whether you had sleep apnea or not, but it was rough on drivers that were overweight. Tune in and hear how this will affect the industry and how you can prevent becoming a victim. Drivewyze helps you bypass the weigh scales for iPhonesCarter Lumber Hiring Class a & Class B LOCAL DriversDrivewyze for Android UsersNational Carriers Drivers NeededDriving-Tests Guarantees You Will Pass Your CDL TESTKamions FREE Break Even Calculator http://talkcdl.com/trucking-companies-not-to-work-for/ Trucking Scams & Sleep Apnea Explained

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