If there’s a perfect career for a serial killer, a long haul truck driver just might be it. They are often loners, living a nomadic lifestyle that involves constant travel across state lines and ...
The Petro Travel Center off Interstate 80 in Laramie, Wyoming, is like a gas station on steroids. Truck drivers stop here to grab a meal, fix a tie-down or refuel. Long-hauler Richard Summers was ...
Old-timers who try to tell you what long-haul trucking was like in the 1970s will start with the frenetic rhythm of the highway and then somehow end up talking instead about the other guys lapping up ...
I’ve talked before about how words matter and about the importance of coming to an agreement on what certain terms mean, but I feel the need to revisit the topic again. Let’s take the word trucking.
The trucking industry has long been a major contributor to carbon emissions and air pollution, with the vast majority of trucks still running on diesel fuel. According to the EPA, heavy-duty trucks ...
Often, after severe weather events or other disasters, grocery store shelves quickly empty and are not restocked immediately. During these times, people realize that trucking is the backbone of the ...
A weekly delivery collaboration has surpassed 50,000 autonomous long-haul trucking miles, with J.B. Hunt Transport Services using Kodiak Robotics trucks to transport Bridgestone passenger-car tires ...
After a $15 million investment, Chile has built the first long-haul truck designed to run on green hydrogen, meaning it emits ...
To bridge the local skills gap, Albertville, Minnesota-based Long Haul Trucking recently donated a 2018 Peterbilt tractor to Alexandria Technical & Community College’s (ATCC) Diesel Mechanics Program.
Technology can make big rigs more comfortable and easier to drive. But will new tech improve drivers' jobs, or eliminate them?