Hirschbach Offers Top Tier Incentive for New Lease Operators
Hirschbach Motor Lines wants its drivers to be “All In” and is taking its pay structure to the next level to incentivize them to be just that. Since Aug. 10, new lease operators with the…
Drivers, Riders Gather To Help A Friend
By Al Muskewitz Friends and colleagues of LB3 driver Jeff Watson are putting together a fundraising motorcycle ride around Alabama’s scenic Calhoun and Cleburne County area Saturday to benefit the 40-year driving veteran. Watson is…
Red Letter Day for Young Trucker
Iowa driver celebrates career milestone of buying his first brand-new truck By Al Muskewitz When Ryan Smith was 16 he remembers vividly telling his father, a lifelong trucker, he was not going to spend his…
TLD Logistics Spreading Its Wings
Tennessee carrier expands into second building for accounting, brokerage divisions By Al Muskewitz Jim Peters always knew the time would come when TLD Logistics Services would outgrow its original campus. As rapidly as the company has grown…
TLD Logistics Grows During Challenging Times
By Al Muskewitz While businesses all across the country were trying to figure out ways to keep their operations afloat during the early stages of the coronavirus pandemic, one Tennessee-based trucking company was positioning itself for…
Heavy Hauling
Trucks moved 11.8 billion tons of freight in 2019, generating $791.7B in revenue As if you really need any convincing that trucking is engine that keeps America’s economy moving, the American Trucking Associations has compiled…
Jury Awards Continue to Rise; Carriers Seek Tort Reform
Editor’s Note: This story originally appeared in November 2019 and has been reprinted with updated information.By Al Muskewitz Everybody laughs at those loud, often obnoxious television ads from lawyers going on about how much money they…
‘Old-school’ Driver Learns New Trick
Veteran Jeff Watson has come to embrace the TDC experience, wins LB3’s in-house event over the weekend By Al Muskewitz WEDOWEE, Ala. – Jeff Watson is a self-described old-school trucker. A solitary soul, content to stay…
Guarnieri Named MVT’s Quarterly MPG MVP
Veteran driver rewarded with new car for being Mesilla Valley’s fleet-wide fuel efficiency leader for the quarter By Al Muskewitz Nick Guarnieri was a little worried when his managers at Mesilla Valley Transportation called him back…
Record Ride
Big G Express driver’s Motorcycle Ride draws 148 bikes, raises $25,000 for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital By Al Muskewitz It takes a lot to impress Tim Chelette. Suffice to say impressed doesn’t even come close…