Let me tell you something about trucking that isn’t going to fit nicely into some motivational Facebook meme. This shit is hard. It was hard 20 years ago. It’s hard today. And it’ll probably be hard 20 years from now. Yet every time the market gets difficult, I watch the…

Before anyone starts writing angry LinkedIn posts… Relax. We’re not evil. We don’t yell at brokers. We don’t threaten brokers. We don’t burn bridges. That would be bad business. We simply negotiate so well that sometimes… they quietly stare at the rate confirmation, take a deep breath, and question every…

Dear America… You’re Welcome. For the next 24 hours… Politicians will tell you how much they love America. Corporations will change their logos to red, white, and blue. People who haven’t stood up for the National Anthem in ten years will suddenly become constitutional scholars on Facebook. Everybody will be…

There’s a saying that experience is the best teacher. Bullshit. Experience is the most expensive teacher. Especially when you’re too stubborn to listen. I know because I paid for about eight years of tuition. With money. With stress. With sleepless nights. With almost everything I had. — Here’s how it…

Every owner-operator knows that guy. The guy with the biggest smile at the truck stop. “Deleted it three years ago, brother. Never looked back.” No DEF. No DPF. No forced regens. No check engine lights. No dealer telling him it’ll be $7,800 because a sensor somewhere decided it identifies as…

Let’s get something out of the way before the internet starts warming up its keyboards. This is not an anti-marijuana article. Frankly, we couldn’t care less if someone smoked a blunt at a barbecue three years ago or ate a gummy on vacation in Colorado where it was perfectly legal.…

Every single week I hear it. “Bro… you need to get into government freight.” “Military loads are where the real money is.” “Those guys are making a killing.” Really? Funny how I’ve been around this industry for decades, met thousands of owner-operators, dispatchers, fleet owners, and carriers… …and I have…

Or: Why Keeping a Clean Driving Record Is the Cheapest Insurance You’ll Ever Buy. There are few things more dangerous than driving through your own neighborhood. Not because of criminals. Not because of potholes. Not because of Florida drivers. Because the speed limit is 25 mph. Now, let’s be honest.…

Ladies and gentlemen, today we present another episode of “Things That Didn’t Age Well.” Every trucking group has that guy. You know the one. «”Brother, I LIVE on the road.”» «”I ain’t been home in six weeks.”» «”I run so hard I gotta stop just to remember what state I’m…

You know the guy. He owned a truck… For about six weeks. Now he’s been an internet trucking expert for the last eight years. Every carrier is a scam. Every broker is a thief. Every dispatcher is an idiot. Every owner-operator is lying. Every successful trucking company is somehow stealing…

Every owner-operator knows **that guy.** He’s always one phone call away from greatness. *”I know a broker that pays $8 a mile.”* *”My buddy hauled one load that paid $14,000.”* *”There’s this customer who doesn’t care what the market is.”* Funny thing is… that guy has been chasing the same…