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How do you prepare for a radical lifestyle change? Your mind is made up that you want to be an expediter what now? Give yourself enough time to prepare and get your life in order so that you can be away from home for months at a time... READ MORE...

Speed limits. Time limits. Term limits. Limits are good for many things, but when you limit your business, it can have detrimental effects. Owner operators choose where they either like to run or where they are the most profitable, these two are not always mutually exclusive. We all have our...

We had an amazing vacation in the Florida Keys. Hope you enjoy a glimpse of the things we did while there. CLICK HERE to see more...

Sitting here under a lemon tree, beside our Cascadia, watching the sun come up in Arizona with our dog Texas at my feet ... We are parked at the Lazy Days KOA in Tucson, Arizona for the weekend. This KOA welcomes trucks and has a place to park your trailer if that is needed. The parking...

Yes and No. Sometimes the little things add up to costing you a lot of money.... Who doesn’t like saving money? Our lives revolve around money and owning our business means watching what we spend and saving for the future. Right now, freight is good but as we all know it will not stay that...

How often do we see people on the street corner with their hands held out asking for money? While in Arizona this street corner caught my eye and after seeing him in the same place the next day with a line of cars waiting to order I decided I needed to pay him a visit. He drives an older car...

Truckers have to take breaks. Sometimes it is just a thirty minute break, others are much longer. While some will use the 8/2 split sleeper berth to get their 10 hour breaks, most generally take 10 hour breaks all at once each day. Then there are the 34 hour restart breaks after a long week...

If you enjoy fried chicken but want to keep it low carb here is an easy & tasty way to make chicken tenders that taste a lot like the Chick-Fil-A chicken tenders. CLICK HERE to see more...

Taking loads into an area just affected by a hurricane can be tricky... Each hurricane is different, some have a lot of wind damage, others have water damage, and others can have both. Do your own research when going into the affected areas. Find the state road maps to see what roads are...

The other day I heard a comment “the rates are to low” and I wondered where they got their information? What information are the drivers following to determine what rates should be out of each area of the country? Who decides what rates should be for extra services or a specialized truck...

Are you lucky or skilled? To put it another way, do you seek opportunities or hope they find you? Do you rely on luck or work to create an atmosphere of success? Successful people will be determined to win. Luck has no part in it. Everyone has their own definition of success, but no matter how...

Replacing an airbag on your sleeper is something you can do yourself. We're going to show you how easy it is by replacing an airbag on our BOLT custom sleeper ourselves. CLICK HERE to see more...

The myth says to put a frog in cool water and bring to a boil and the frog will stay in the water until it is too late. Listening to other drivers talk about their carriers or even their trucks brings me to mind of the frog in hot water. When the person we are talking to is just a chance...

Fried rice is one of our favorites. Here is an easy, lower carb way to make it substituting regular rice with riced cauliflower. I also show you how I make regular rice in the Instant Pot. CLICK HERE to see more...

Over the years we have been enclosed is some really remote safe havens with wildlife our only companions. In various places around the country, we have been told to not get out of our truck at night due to snakes. I only have to be told once about this problem and there is not much that will...

How many hours a day do you drive a CMV? How many would you prefer to drive? What are your thoughts on the 30 minute break? Where do you stand on the 8/2 split for sleeper berth rule? Did you like the previous reset which had to contain 2 periods of 1am -5am, or do you prefer the current...

We anticipated having our New Cascadia built in July of 2018 and we are still waiting. When we first saw the New Cascadia’s in 2016 we could not wait till the build dates for the short hood - day cab to be released. We were told it was going to be later as the first to come out in Phase 1...

All straight trucks are not all created equal when it comes to how much weight they can haul. There are several factors that come into play. In this video we talk about a few. CLICK HERE to see more...

We all hear drivers talking about MPG (miles per gallon). Most of us understand just how much it can affect our bottom line. So many have resigned themselves to accept their truck’s MPG or just not worry about it. Just how much does your MPG cost you? IFTA (International Fuel Tax Agreement)...

What do you do for a living? REALLY? Wow, that is cool. While attending a meeting this past week we had the opportunity to talk to people who are involved in the trucking industry but not as truck drivers. Most of these people were in management and the trucks they managed were LTL or short...