Going the Extra Mile

Big G Express driver Tim Chelette rolling out his fifth annual motorcycle ride through Tennessee next weekend to benefit St. Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital By Al Muskewitz Every day of the year truck drivers across the country…


LB3 Humbled by Major State Safety Award

By Al Muskewitz WEDOWEE, Ala. – LB3 has a simple yet award winningly effective approach to trucking safety on the highway. Keep maintanence standards high and treat every car encountered on the road as if it’s…


Alabama Carrier LB3 Hosting Its Own TDC

By Al Muskewitz The state and national Truck Driving Championships may have been canceled this year due to the coronavirus pandemic, but one Alabama carrier plans to conduct its own truck rodeo next month as part…



Peters Offers an Optimistic Outlook

TLD president says ‘worst of what we’ve dealt with is behind us’ in relation to the COVID-19 shutdown, ‘better days to come’ By Al Muskewitz Jim Peters is a generally and genuinely optimistic guy, so it was…


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Research Confirms COVID-19 Impact on Trucking

By Wright Media staff Joint research between the American Transportation Research Institute and the Owner-Operator Independent Driver Association Foundation released Tuesday confirmed what everyone in the industry has known for the last two months – the…


Weathering the Storm

Wisconsin reefer WEL Companies experiences two months of record hiring growth during challenging times By Al Muskewitz The nation has just come through its two most challenging months in a generation, 61 days that tested every aspect…


ATA Recognizes Fleet Safety Winners

Four professionals, one fleet take home Alabama top honors during sharp social media presentation; ATA Comp Fund winners also announced By Al Muskewitz The governor’s stay-at-home response to the COVID-19 pandemic may have prevented the Alabama…


DART’s Drivers Are The Advantage

By Al Muskewitz Ever been caught in traffic behind one of those DART trailers with the big picture of a driver on the back door calling potential new drivers to come to work there? Happened on…