There is no dearth of information on ways to improve the truck mileage and tips to maintain a truck. Truck drivers are merely concerned about the ways to safeguard the load when moving from one place to another but it is important. With hardly any time from managing their family to handling the job, makes it difficult to consider something beyond the truck maintenance. However, it is the right time they should buy a tarp to keep the cargo safe while travelling. Read on to know more. Continue reading
“Paint the town red On International Women’s day”
| Do you know? The First women trucker was Lillie McGee Drennan in 1929. She earned a Commercial driver’s license & Commercial motor vehicle license. She later became the sole owner of Drenne Truck Line, which was again first trucking company owned by a woman. |
It’s crowd-pleasing that March 8th is celebrated as International Women’s day every year. In today’s time, countless women try on trucking alongside the men. Apart from driving, many of the hard working women truckers are into trucking industry from designing, manufacturing to driving them on open roads of harsh society. Most of the women work all day at home for family without day offs. She has to think of her crying baby on laps, husband who might be searching for his sock’s pair, her truck waiting out for its driver and so on… She has got the responsibility to put off their needs while few women fight for women rights, equality & social justice. March (Women’s history month) marks as a perfect chance to shake our hands with such vibrant women for letting them know how important they are. Let’s encourage them and respect them for what they are. No matter whom they are! Continue reading
Give Your Eyes What They Need!
| Do You Know?Eyes are the most active part in our bodyEye muscles are the strongest muscles in our body |
Dear trucker, how long you are going to pay opticians? No more if you are reading me this minute. It is a blessing that every one of us have got a pair of eyes via what you rejoice in the beauty of the existing world. More of us take life as granted and never consider the consequences. Now, imagine that you have lost your eyesight. You could see nothing. Can’t watch TV, Laptop any more. Greater of all, you cannot drive anymore. Clear eyesight makes the world a better place to live in.
There are three pretty standard ways to strengthen your eye muscles & eye sight. You can just do it in truck stops. Let this be one of your 2013 resolutions.
- Blinking
- Palming
- Eye exercises
Where goes all my HVUT?
A right question in every trucker’s mind. Yes! You own the rights to ask. Your HVUT tax cures and heals the nation’s corridor, or so called roadways and highways. How important is the expressway which paves variety of merchandise and materials to pass on to the place you want to go. They are also the doorway for the public’s travel routine. You are the one who get much out these highways since you are lugging countless tons of goods every. Therefore, you are bonded to e-file IRS Tax Form 2290 as a lane to maintain these highway corridors. Continue reading
Freight Transportation Trends That Make HVUT Important For Truckers
Hauling large quantities of commodities over great distances or carrying smaller packages to streets, each transportation mode adopted continues to play an important role in the movement of freight. Whether measured by value, weight, or ton-miles of the composite estimates, trucking as a single mode (including for-hire and private use), seems to be the most frequently used mode. According to the Bureau of Transportation Statistics of the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Research and Innovative Technology Administration (RITA) and the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), trucking dominates shipment distances of less than 500 miles while rail dominated the longer distance shipments. These trends and the below also gives an insightful message to truckers about their importance for the society’s economical growth. Paying truck tax to keep this going in accordance with Federal excise tax laws is equally important. Continue reading