The best way to take care of your own truck maintenance is to make sure that you don’t need much of it. You should be able to fix small things when they break on your truck, and you should also know what to do so that you can prevent anything else from breaking or needing […]
Shipping cars across the country is not a job that one can start without any prior trucking experience. A driver must meet an employer’s qualifications and have received proper training in order to haul a truckload of vintage corvettes from New York to Los Angeles on a big rig.
Acknowledge that managing people is different from your core technical skills, and recognize that people management is essential to your own career growth. If you’re not good at it, work at getting better. Not only will you be a better executive, you’ll also be a better person.
How do you get people excited about work without paying them more money? It turns out that it’s relatively easy, as long as you understand why money works as a motivator.
FTR Associates on Wednesday, Oct. 3, announced that its Trucking Conditions Index for August rose 1.4 points from July to a reading of 5.8. The index is a compilation of factors affecting trucking companies; any reading above zero indicates a positive environment for truckers, while …
On our 2 month anniversary as an official organization, our General Manager, Bill Schroeder, participated with Greg May of the Car Delivery Network as part of a panel where Greg moderated in a session called Dude, here is your car! The conference offered a great opportunity for us to make a formal introduction and announcement […]
Executives from a half-dozen companies within the auto hauler industry reviewed many details from Goals and Mission to potential Products and Services and during the 2nd day this group of “Founders†officially launched the Association by electing Steve Hansen, Executive Vice President of Hansen & Adkins and Kirk Williams, President and CEO of Proficient Auto […]
Pegasus TransTech announced it has been named the 2012 Small Business of the Year from the Greater Tampa Chamber of Commerce in Florida. Pegasus TransTech Corp. provides software solutions that help companies go paperless to reduce costs, improve operating efficiency and speed cash flow. The award …
Electronic Funds Source, a provider of customized payment solutions, announced it has been selected to provide a comprehensive, customized payments solution for TransAm Trucking, an Olathe, Kan.-based provider of temperature-controlled freight with a fleet of more than 1,400 tractors and more than 2,400 trailers. TransAm …
