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10 February

The Trucker Zone – Lookout Pass

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The snow, which had been no more than just spitting began coming down in furious earnest, quickly coating the roadway in an inch or more of snow. We continued on, as we were now fully committed to the climb and descent.

As we’re crossing a long bridge, a fire truck frame (just the cab with nothing but frame rails and rear axle) does a 360-degree spin about 200 yards ahead of us on the bridge we’re crossing. I know that if it’s that slick I must maintain momentum

07 February

TruckSuds – T-Dawg to the rescue?

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Well, I kinda promised to tell you folks some stories of Mamie’s an’ the characters therein, an’ the trouble they got into too. I got to know ‘em all while me an’ Nadine was OTR for so many years, an’ onct in a while some of ‘em drop by here…

05 February

You Can’t Make Butter Churning Drivers

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With a scarcity of people wanting to drive a semi, with freight availability increasing almost daily, many trucking companies’ thoughts are turning to add more drivers. However, with recruiting, training and being sure new hires are ready to follow the constant barrage of new regulations from the FMCSA, the investment of both time and dollars bringing on new truckers has increased.

03 February

One for the Team

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When any two units of the team are in conflict, the entire team suffers. If each team member is only interested in his or her own benefit without regard to the effect on the other members, the entire team’s efforts will fail. It’s important for all the units which make up the team to work together.

31 January

TruckSuds – Change the name, but keep the food the same

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Miles here. Of course, Mamie’s hasn’t always been the “Gas Up and Go Truckstop, Café or not.” When it was a stagecoach stop, it didn’t even have a sign. Back when Mamie 4 or 5, I disremember, was lookin’ fer somethin’ new, she tried “Mamie’s Diesel Up” for the hippie…

29 January

Let’s have a Revolution!!

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It doesn’t take a majority to make a rebellion; it takes only a few determined leaders and a sound cause. – H. L. Mencken

I’m not suggesting taking up arms to bring forward changes in the trucking industry. What I am recommending is taking a revolutionary approach to how you conduct your trucking business.

27 January

The Three-Legged Stool Method of Load Management

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Trucking is by its nature, an unpredictable business. But at the same time, no matter what unexpected event occurs, a load either needs to get there or you need to find another one. This brings us to the # 1 Murphy’s Law of Trucking:

24 January

Blind Side Back Down Memory Lane

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Well, everbody, seems I’ve been picked by Mamie herself to kinda write a memwire of how her lil’ place got famous. I’m Miles Wheeler, an’ up until a short while ago, I held the title of the Oldest Truck Driver in the world, still fillin’ out a log book at 110.

23 January

Riding the Economic Roller Coaster

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The thought of riding a roller coaster leaves me with memories of the stomach in the throat, white knuckles, sweaty palms, and sheer fear of what’s over the next rise or around the next corner. Kinda sounds like trucking, available freight scraping bottom and freight rates leaving our stomachs in knots—well, like a roller coaster.

20 January

Thriving not just Surviving in 2020

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It’s not just a question of survival during these times of low freight volumes and freight rates. It’s time to take advantage of the many opportunities coming down the road. The last year was one the hardest on small motor carriers since the Great Recession of 2009 and 2010. But…

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