Posts by Logan Hooks
FreightWaves: Georgia extends moratorium on fuel tax
In the midst of rising fuel prices and short supply, the state of Georigia has been an oasis of relative ease and comfort given the steps the state government has taken to offer relief to beleaguered motorists through the fuel tax. One such tool was a state moratorium on its usual fuel tax. Georgia generally…
Read MoreFreightWaves: Diesel inventories low, supply increasing
With the tightening economic conditions, everyone is looking to cut back in any way they can, slashing budgets and finding places to trim expenses in the face of a feared recession or economic downturn. For a trucking company, though, there’s one budget item that is essentially uncontrollable, requiring fleet owners to simply grit their teeth and…
Read MoreAlways remember to check your blind spots
Every vehicle has its blind spots. Compared to most other vehicles, a transfer truck, multiple yards long with limited sight distance from the cabin, has more than its share. A big truck will have multiple blind spots, at the front, at the rear and on both sides. This creates numerous places another vehicle can be…
Read MoreIs automation truly the future of trucking?
You may have seen it in a movie: fleets of transfer trucks, no cabin or driver included, driving themselves along otherwise empty highways, little more than cargo containers on wheels guided by robot or AI program from one point to another. Human drivers need not apply for trucking. It’s a great way to show your…
Read MoreMaintain your fleet drivers’ wellness with these simple exercises
Driving a truck, you spend long hours sitting in one position, moving little more than one leg from gas pedal to brake and back again, while the arms do little more strenuous than turn the steering wheel and change gears on occasion. To call these brisk exercises it is not. But a brisk exercise is just…
Read MoreCovering the need for disability insurance
It can be hard to remember, in the hectic push to meet every requirement and satisfy every single need your new business will present in its early days, some of the seemingly minor areas, such as the pressing need for disability insurance. Hard to remember, that is, until the need is suddenly paramount, staring you…
Read MoreProper Procedures for Accident Reporting
No matter how many precautions a driver takes, how much care they take on the road and how many good luck charms you stockpile in the truck cab, eventually one of your trucking company’s trucks will probably be involved in a traffic accident. The various reactions will set in quickly. Anger. Shock. Concern. Financial panic…
Read MoreHow to avoid trucking fleet accidents
If you’re looking for some magic trick that can help you to completely avoid trucking accidents, I’m afraid there’s no such enchantment available, at least not through methods that aren’t hazardous to the immortal soul. But every trucking fleet operator knows they sometimes are unable to sleep at night thinking of ways to avoid trucking…
Read MorePro tips for running a safe commercial trucking company
Nothing can derail a trucking company’s track record of success than an avoidable accident, either on the road or in the office. Of course, some incidents are truly accidents, unpredictable incidents that couldn’t be avoided. But there are others that could be headed off before they ever occur with proper preparation and planning for such…
Read MoreWhy is wellness an important factor in running a good trucking business?
Maintaining a trucking fleet requires a certain level of constant repair and maintenance to overcome wear and tear on truck parts and fix any damages the vehicles may take in the course of their use. But a fleet doesn’t just consist of the trucks, but of the men who drive those trucks, and to truly…
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