The Over The Road November issue is now online! Please click on the thumbnail to view! For quick access to our November 2024 list of recruiters, please go here.

I frequently search for new topics when I am writing these articles. While glancing at the news headlines, I came up with this month’s topic. In fact, it was two different headlines that caught my eye. First was “Nearly 13% of Inspected Commercial Vehicles Taken out of Service During Break Safety Week”, and the ATA…

Drivers get into the independent operator industry for different reasons. Most will say it is because they want to make more money. National averages on this issue are too inconsistent to provide a clear answer as to whether they are right or not. The Independent Operator industry is rather transient. 5-10% of all Operators who…

The Over The Road October issue is now online! Please click on the thumbnail to view! For quick access to our October 2024 list of recruiters, please go here.

Has anyone ever told you that in order to succeed, you need to lower your voice tone, speak up more often and brag about your accomplishments? If you are a woman working in a male populated environment, these are some of the things you could do to advance your career and earn more money. Wait!…

We are not far off from the annual truck driver safety meetings in Canada. The meetings are generally held the same weekend as the American Thanksgiving. This is because in the United States, they close the doors of so many factories on Wednesday afternoon of Thanksgiving and they remain closed on Thursday (Thanksgiving Day) and…

I was talking the other day to a guy who used to be an independent operator. He sold his truck in 2022 (in the season of high truck values) after opening a small business from his shop at home. He now has six employees and does well in a very unrelated industry to trucking. We…

Many Operators believe their Accountant is the best… they’ve been told their Accountant gets all the latest CRA updates before anyone else and they know everything about lowering taxes. The confidence they show towards their Accountant is very impressive. However, how much of that “confidence” is based on fact and how much on ignorance? (please…