When it comes to safety in the heavy haul trucking industry, things can often look bleak. Heavy haul transportation services are one of the most important services required by businesses and individuals alike. But this adventurous job is also one of the riskiest jobs as driving a giant flatbed carrier for hours each day, coupled with hectic schedules and various other factors is surely not an easy task.
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Roady, a handsome trucking Rottweiler, wasn’t getting much sleep.
Every night he stood guard over his owner, Tim Blevins, waiting for him to stop breathing. Blevins, a trucker from Cleveland, Okla., didn’t know he had severe sleep apnea, but several times a night Roady jammed his wet nose into Blevins’ face, startling the breath back into his lungs. When Blevins finally told his doctor about the nightly episodes, the doctor diagnosed sleep apnea and said Roady probably saved his life. “I had no idea what was going on, but Roady knew it wasn’t right,” Blevins says.
Roady, a trucking Rotweiller, dons cool shades. Tim Blevins’ (left) owner of Roady, believes his pet saved his life.
America has a massive shortage of truck drivers. Joyce Brenny, head of Brenny Transportation in Minnesota, increased driver pay 15 percent this year to try to attract more drivers. Many of her drivers now earn $80,000, she says, yet she still can’t find enough people for the job.
About 51,000 more drivers are needed to meet the demand from companies such as Amazon and Walmart that are shipping more goods across the country, according to the American Trucking Associations. The driver shortage is already leading to delayed deliveries and higher prices for goods that Americans buy. The ATA predicts that it’s likely to get worse in the coming years.
Heather Long, Washington Post
Published: May 29, 2018Updated: May 30, 2018 at 08:53 AM
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A quick overview why the Government is costing you more to ship.
Don’t low ball your customer to ship or you will be taking it out of your pocket.
Effective December 18th 2018
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) (Government) established standards for Electronic Logging Devices (ELD). An ELD is electronic hardware that connects to a truck’s engine to automatically log hours of service (HOS). Regulating a driver’s hours of driving service is to help prevent accidents caused by driver fatigue. Drivers have until December 18th, 2017 to implement use of ELDs or park it.
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Ranked fourth for inspections in the United States, Arizona’s Department of Public Safety and other partner agencies have maintained a pace of up to nine inspections per lane-mile.
Arizona’s Department of Transportation, with jurisdiction over ports of entry, says 38 non-DPS agencies are also engaged in some degree of commercial motor vehicle inspection, adding delays for flatbed heavy haul carriers just trying to go about everyday flatbed shipping. Continue reading “Arizona Ranks High for Flatbed Trucking Companies Inspection Activity”
Businesses competing in today’s global market can be challenging. Your business location shouldn’t be a burden, especially in areas trying to support their fiscal budgets on the backs of hard working business. Therefore, Florida has led the nation as a business-friendly state to enable companies like yours to grow quickly and save all across the board especially when Flatbed Shipping across the country Continue reading “Florida may be the right fit in saving money on Flatbed Shipping for your company.”
Alabama produces less than 5% of the nation’s total crops, including cotton that is still an important crop. Other crops are peanuts, corn for grain and are all grown in Alabama but when it comes to flatbed shipping drivers have to remember that Alabama has some of the most dangerous highways in the United States better known as Alabama’s ‘Highway to Hell and according to the World Health Organization (WHO) recently released their annual report naming Alabama’s ‘Highway to Hell’ one of the world’s most dangerous Highways.
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Truck drivers don’t have an easy lifestyle because it’s physically tiring with long days, long waits for loading and unloading, and the constant adjustments looking and booking loads. A good broker or freight consultant understand the person in front of the load is the most important person and should be paid top dollar for that service, same day.
