Posts by Rick Sanderson

I remember John Wayne saying, "I do not like quitters!" in an old movie. That is how I, too, feel. Regrettably, the trucking industry has a high turnover rate. I do not like quitters in general, but...

A driver I have been mentoring since he started driving alone a little over a year ago is starting to lose daily desire. He has been moaning about the loads, requesting increasingly more time off,...

Trucking is different from other businesses because it needs a significant degree of personal autonomy and independence. Certain occupations enable you to delegate your work to someone else, or at...

At TruckingTruth, we spend a lot of effort attempting to educate people on how to be successful new truck drivers. When individuals start going online to attempt to educate themselves about the job,...

Being in a truck for many hours, days, or weeks with a stranger is one of the training-related concerns that prospective students have. Over the road, vehicles are mobile wardrobes with bunk beds...

One of the highest-paid blue-collar occupations available may be in the trucking industry. Nonetheless, we often encounter whiners and complainers online who say they gave up trucking because they...