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...
by Brad Penner | Sep 6, 2019 | Driver News
Whether a driver is just beginning a career or has limited experience, spending time on the road with a veteran driver/trainer has its benefits. Given the fact that none of us were born with full knowledge of any trade or occupation it’s obvious that we need to take...
by Brad Penner | Apr 23, 2019 | Company News, Driver News
On a recent stop in Lincoln to get some truck issues attended to, I took the time to visit with the off hours second shift dispatch and load planners—taking a closer look at how things work after our day asset managers go home. Things were pretty slow so I was able to...
by Brad Penner | Apr 18, 2019 | Driver News
Over the last two years we as an industry got to enjoy a strong market for freight movement. Our hard working sales teams were able to use that to build our customer base and find more freight—allowing us to increase and maintain our levels of productivity. As more...
