Dispatchers’ Role in Truck Driving

Dispatchers’ Role in Truck Driving

Dispatch & drivers have an integral role. Learn what dispatch does here! Dispatch | What the heck do they do!? Introduction Stories abound about dispatchers: one of the favourites is: Truck driver gets pulled over by the DOT. DOT says what is he hauling? He says,...
The Truck Driving Trip Sheet & How You Get Paid

The Truck Driving Trip Sheet & How You Get Paid

Get paid for the work that you actually do by filling out your trip sheet correctly. The Trip Sheet | Trucking Essentials {loadposition mypositionpopulartags}  Introduction The trip sheet is part of your paperwork, regardless of whether you’re a truck...

Drinking & CDL Driving in Canada

Impaired driving convictions will haunt you for years! Trucking | Drinking & Driving in Canada {loadposition mypositionpopulartags} Introduction One of the questions that I’m fond of asking students is: “where do laws come from?” Many people haven’t...
Reduced CDL Axle Weights, Spring Thaw and Frost Laws

Reduced CDL Axle Weights, Spring Thaw and Frost Laws

In the spring, axle weights for CDL vehicles are reduced on many roads. Reduced CDL Axle Weights, Spring Thaw and Frost Laws Updated Jan 2021 Introduction A story about a Quix X driver in the early 1990s, driving north of Ottawa. He stopped to have a pee on...
How to Grease 5th Wheel | CDL Training

How to Grease 5th Wheel | CDL Training

On a transport truck or recreation trailer the 5th wheel must be properly lubricated. How to Grease 5th Wheel Updated Jan 2021 Greasing a 5th Wheel This fifth wheel is dry. And what happens when the fifth wheel gets dry up underneath the trailer it binds on the bottom...