by Brad Penner | Dec 19, 2019 | Driver News
Here we go—that last week before Christmas and many of us drivers are wanting to be home. While we may have plans to be with our families, our company’s operations personnel are collectively performing a major undertaking during the week leading up to Christmas and...
by Brad Penner | Oct 22, 2019 | Driver News
Once a driver has been with the company for a while and demonstrated that they are safe and productive they are likely to be assigned to a brand new truck. While there’s a lot to be said for that new truck smell and a feeling of ‘starting off fresh’, we as drivers...
by Brad Penner | Oct 4, 2019 | Driver News
Most of us who were alive back in the 1970s still remember the nationwide 55 MPH speed limits. Back then most everyone had a CB radio, regardless of what type of vehicle they were driving. In a sense, that was the ‘social media’ of the day. Why have a CB? To this day,...
by Brad Penner | Sep 20, 2019 | Driver News
As we all know, our trucks—just like any other vehicle—need periodic preventive maintenance and repairs. As drivers, we can take a few simple steps to help the process. A shop technician usually just needs to move the truck from the yard to the bay before doing most...
by Brad Penner | Sep 13, 2019 | Driver News
Winter is approaching. Parts of the mountain west region even had snow this week! Now is a great time to get prepared for the inevitable season of snow, ice, wind and cold. As I write this it is still warm outside. Of course at some point we will need to dig out our...
