About this episode
8 Things Truckers Want You To Know. There are things you may not know about the trucking industry. There are also things you may not know about truckers and they're semi trucks. For starters, did you know it takes a semi truck 2 football fields to come to a complete stop? The motoring public is sometimes blind to the safety facts in trucking. Truckers only want you to know to keep your day safer around them. There are other things that many are unaware of when it comes to truckers. For example, detention pay. What is detention pay? Detention pay is when a trucker is held up at a shipper or a receiver for long periods. Many times over a trucker is not compensated for his loss of time. A truck driver can be held up as many as 5 times a week. Making his loss great. Truck Driver Claims His Company Is Fixing His ELD's A truck driver recently called us to complain about his current employer. His complaint specified illegal activities concerning the companies logging process. He claimed his company was forcing him to run over on his hours by erasing the hours he has already worked. National Carriers Lease Purchase and company drivers for hireKamions Break Even CalculatorJJ Keller The Truckers Secretary Drive Wyze the Scale Pass Bypasses Pass Your CDL Test GuaranteedCarter Lumber Hiring Local Class A and Class B DriversTrucking Company With A Stinky TruckTrucking Companies Cheating ELD’s TalkCDL Interviews Hi, we are looking for interesting people in the trucking industry to interview. If you have an interesting story to tell please contact us at Troy@TalkCDL.com or ruthann@TalkCDL.com. Also if you are wishing to be a TalkCDL sponsor please write to us for our very affordable rates. Thank you