This page has outdated content. We’ve kept it for informational purposes only. Please refer to our blog for updated content. Congress has until May 31st to pass new legislation to fund the American highway system. As it stands, it looks as if the bill proposed by the Obama Administration, called the Grow America Act, will be…
This page has outdated content. We’ve kept it for informational purposes only. Please refer to our blog for updated content. Most truck tires were designed over five years ago, back when there were almost no highways in the United States that featured speed limits above 65 or 70 miles per hour. The times have changed,…
This page has outdated content. We’ve kept it for informational purposes only. Please refer to our blog for updated content. Ever since the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) created an updated Comprehensive Safety Analysis (CSA) program, small fleets and owner-operators have had to drastically change the way that they conduct business. The new CSA…
This page has outdated content. We’ve kept it for informational purposes only. Please refer to our blog for updated content. Most in the trucking and shipping industry have been keeping track of the recent labor disputes that have plagued the West Coast’s ports. For months, the conflict between the International Longshore and Warehouse Union and…
This page has outdated content. We’ve kept it for informational purposes only. Please refer to our blog for updated content. The Trucking Shortage and Young Drivers “This is the mother of all truck driver shortages.” That is what Jason Seidl, transportation analyst at Cowen & Co., had to say to Reuters on the subject of…
You’ve seen it before: a big rig truck pulled over on the side of the road with their hazards on. Heck, maybe that’s even been YOU! Breakdowns happen to everyone—truck driver or not—however, big truck = big repair expenditures. Finance experts suggest owner-operators have an emergency fund for exactly that—emergencies. Usually, though, our emergency funds…
This page has outdated content. We’ve kept it for informational purposes only. Please refer to our blog for updated content. Despite falling crude oil and gas prices throughout the United States, diesel fuel prices are moving in the opposite direction. The Energy Information Administration’s tracked data show diesel prices rising by as much as 5.2…
This page has outdated content. We’ve kept it for informational purposes only. Please refer to our blog for updated content. Many states are trying to find alternative means to raise necessary infrastructure funds in order to avoid raising taxes. Toll roads are becoming the go-to solution, much to the dismay of drivers. Federal and state…
Following the signing of the Reliable Home Heating Act in June, the FMCSA will publish an amendment to the federal hours of service safety regulations today allowing exemptions for certain states of emergency. The “polar vortex” last winter caused colder temperatures throughout most of the United States, causing shortages of home heating fuels and both…
Truckers’ Health and Productivity A happy, healthy truck driver is a safe truck driver. People of all professions, in the transportation industry and elsewhere, tend to preform better when they have top-notch physical and emotional health. Maintaining the health and safety of your drivers is essential to operating efficiently and avoiding trouble by way of…
Editor’s note: This article contains outdated content but has been left up for anyone searching for this information. Check the EZ Invoice Factoring blog section to find our more recent content. Congress has taken up the debate over public CSA scores. Last month, a number of trucking industry groups called on Secretary of Transportation Anthony Foxx to…
This page has outdated content. We’ve kept it for informational purposes only. Please refer to our blog for updated content. September 11-17, 2022 is National Truck Driver Appreciation Week — a week dedicated to spotlighting all the time and hard work truck drivers put into their jobs so the United States can function better as…
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