Christmas-Themed Roadside Attractions Worth Stopping For
This season while you’re kind of acting like a real-life Santa Claus in a way, delivering all the presents to the stores this holiday season, make some time to enjoy some festive sights scattered across the country. So in the weeks leading up to Christmas, let’s pretend our rigs are reindeer-pulled sleighs and jingle ourselves all the way to some seriously Christmassy spots! A Christmas Story House & Museum...
7 Logistic Startups to Watch in 2016
The problem of calculating freight rates quickly may just be a thing of the past with some of the great apps available now for carriers. With just a few waves of your pointer-finger, you can optimize your transportation efforts in an ever-increasingly paperless world. And, the Silcon Valley has definitely started to notice. After all, arranging cargo shipments is a $160-billion-a-year industry….(and historically been a huge pain...
Let’s Be Thankful for Truck Drivers on Thanksgiving
With Thanksgiving only a few days away there seems to be never a dull moment as most of us scramble to pick out the plumpest last minute bird at the supermarket, clean our houses from top to bottom so Aunt Dorthy doesn’t judge us based on our housekeeping skills (or lack there of) and making sure that the DVR is already fired up and ready to record the parade. But with so much commotion going on for most people this time of year...
Lifehacks ALL Truckers Need to Know to Survive Winter
It might still be fall but before we know it, Old Man Winter will be contentiously knocking at our door. And with it, will come all those dreaded winter driving challenges. But, luckily, some of these pesky seasonal pitfalls can be made easier with some handy-dandy tricks that you can do with items you likely already have laying around. Fix the Fog on the Fly During colder months, fogged up windshields can become an extreme nuisance...
Fight Off the Flu on the Road: 5 tips for avoiding the Flu virus
Fall is in full bloom and winter is on the way. They say it’s the most wonderful time of the year; the weather is cooler, the leaves are filled with beautiful reds and oranges, the holidays are on their way, and – achoo! It’s Flu Season. Most people don’t think of the flu as more than miserable and inconvenient, but the Center for Disease Control estimates that about 200,000 people end up hospitalized with flu related symptoms...