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Learn the Tips and Tricks to Clear Your CDL Exam

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Trucking is no child’s play and if you think it is, you should know the oddities before trying your hands on it. While it is important for truckers to get their commercial driver license, you need to write a CDL test to obtain the same. However, before you begin your preparations make sure to know you are eligible for the same. For example, you should be at least 18 years and at least 21 if you want to drive interstate. If you fall under the eligibility criteria, the next step involves writing the ‘commercial driver instruction permit test’ to obtain your CDIP. Continue reading →

Treat Sleep Apnea before time slips out of your hand!

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Trucking is one such industry does not have any age bar. Adults to senior citizens possess the right to serve America by delivering goods and services across the country. Though it involves lot of courage and dedication to be a part of the industry, every year there are new Truckers joining in the league. We do know that there is no timings, food supply or regular sleep patterns followed because the work demands varies each and every day. By following such a routine of lifestyle, there are high chances for developing various disorders which will ruin your support system.

Among the disorders, Sleep Apnea is one such sleep disorder that causes brief but frequent breathing interruptions while sleeping. The pauses can last for 10 seconds or more and is lightly to occur for than 400 times in a night. Almost one third of Commercial Truck Drivers i.e. around 28% are suffering from sleep apnea. Continue reading →

Take Along a GPS Device on Your Next Ride

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Run your memory ten or fifteen years down the lane when you were a kid travelling to a new city with your father. If you could remember, travelling during those days was not easy and required lot of planning. Moreover, one had to stop for several times to know the exact route and be in the right direction. Those times with the mind mostly pre-occupied with the idea of going in the right direction hardly left any time to enjoy nature’s beauty. The fear of getting lost and reaching the place before dark took away the enjoyment of driving down the highway. Thanks to Roger L. Easton, the inventor of the ‘Global Positioning System’ and giving one of the best gifts to those who love to travel or take travelling as their job.

These days, it is common to find many truck and car drivers having attached a GPS device to the windshield of their vehicle. Additionally their increasing popularity has resulted in reduced prices of this device and has almost become a norm to find people use this device to locate a new place and view the direction on map. Using this device has made it possible for travelers to enjoy every bit of their travel and helped truck drivers drive with ease without any fear of getting lost. Feel free to travel anywhere with a GPS device handy with you. Continue reading →

Healthy and Easy to Make Recipes for Truckers

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Not all truck drivers can afford to spend on their food while driving. There are truck stops offering various food items but it is not always advisable to depend on the same especially for those suffering from diabetes and other health problems. Additionally, the menu items offered at the truck stops at soaring high prices make it difficult for truckers to spend on them. Therefore, it is advisable for truckers to cook homemade meals inside the trucks than let the truck stops take advantage of them. Doing so, will help them save money too. Continue reading →

Famous Hollywood Personalities Who Were Truck Drivers

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If you are a trucker, you would be pleased to know about few well-known personalities who have tried their hands on the same field as yours. Hunting down the list might help you come across a few celebrities you have enjoyed on the screen. Therefore, if you thought, that driving down the highway is only a part of your game, then you should read this blog to know about the famous trucking personalities.

It is surely a feel-good factor to learn about few famous personalities who have began their career with something similar as yours. Additionally, it inspires you to work hard and drive down the road with confidence and style. Read on to learn about the famous figures who have began their career with trucking.

thomas-sean-connerySean Connery: Yes, the famous actor who has acted in around seven James Bond films has worked as a lorry driver before starting his career as an actor. Additionally, it is interesting to know that it was his knowledge of driving a rig that helped him get his first job in acting.

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