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March 16, 2023
How to Get A CARB Compliance Certificate
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March 9, 2023
Power Only Trucking
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March 2, 2023
Common Health Issues For Long Haul Truck Drivers
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February 23, 2023
Recommended Workouts For Truck Drivers
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February 16, 2023
Gadgets Recommendations for Truck Drivers
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February 9, 2023
Wide Load Regulations in Every U.S. State
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February 2, 2023
DOT Hours Of Service (HOS) Rules
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January 26, 2023
How to Prevent Cargo Theft
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January 19, 2023
What Is Hot Shot Trucking?
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January 12, 2023
Accessorial Charges Every Shipper Needs To Consider
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January 5, 2023
Conestoga vs Flatbed Trailers
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December 22, 2022
What Are CSA Scores?
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December 15, 2022
Best Apps for Truck Drivers
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December 8, 2022
Trucking with a dog - Things to know
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December 1, 2022
Per Diem for Truck Drivers
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November 23, 2022
Truck Driver Deductions You Should Know About
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November 17, 2022
Wide Load vs Oversize Load
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November 10, 2022
Trucker Essentials -- Must-Have Items

Being a trucker or running a trucking company can be one of the most rewarding careers. There's the excitement of hitting the open road, seeing sights all across the country and helping to make just about every industry churn right along.

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November 3, 2022
What is Power Only Trucking?

When you see a tractor trailer driving on the road, you likely view it as one complete package. It isn't until you see a cab only driving down the road without a trailer that you remember that they are actually two separate components.

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October 27, 2022
What is Drop and Hook Trucking?

There are many different kinds of shipments in the trucking industry. Reefer trucking consists of temperature-controlled trailers that transport goods that either need to be refrigerated or frozen.

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October 13, 2022
Parcel vs LTL Shipping

Manufacturers used to have a very easy choice to make between parcel and LTL shipping. Today, though, that's become slightly more complicated through some changes in the industry and advances in technology.

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October 6, 2022
Guide to Temperature-Controlled LTL Transportation & Trucking

Manufacturers around the world rely on transportation and trucking companies to deliver their goods from the facilities where their products are created to places where they are either used or made available for sale.

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September 29, 2022
Pros and Cons of Drone Delivery

Technology helps to power our world in amazing ways. Advances in this area completely change the way people live, work and play.

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September 22, 2022
Reduce Deadhead in Trucking

Like most industry's in the world, efficiency is the name of the game in trucking. The more efficient a company can be, the more effective, profitable and sustainable they can be in the long term.

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September 15, 2022
How to Decrease Dwell Time in a Company’s Supply Chain

Trucking companies rely on efficiency to not only maximize their own profits but to ensure that they are living up to their customers' expectations. They put a lot of time and effort into optimizing routes, loads and more to ensure that they spend the least amount of time on the road when delivering freight.

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September 8, 2022
Shipping Canals in the U.S.

Canals have been constructed all over the world to make shipping by water easier and more direct. These manmade marvels were constructed in places where land structures prevented the passage of ships, forcing them to "go the long way" around huge land structures.

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September 1, 2022
What is a Certified Transportation Broker?

There are many different ways that freight can be transported from original location to its final destination. Manufacturing companies have plenty of options when it comes to finding a transportation company to deliver their goods where they need to go throughout the world.

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August 25, 2022
What is Container Imbalance in the Shipping Industry?

The shipping industry is always facing challenges, and many of those challenges have been even more pronounced during the COVID-19 pandemic. One of the biggest issues is container imbalance.

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August 18, 2022
Difference Between Freight vs Transportation

The word "shipping" has taken on a new meaning today versus what it was initially used for. Today, shipping refers to any mode by which a product is transported from one location to another.

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July 30, 2022
Flatbed Trailer Loads

There are many types of freight that don’t fit inside typical trucking containers. Either they're too long, too wide or too tall to fit inside the container. For these types of loads, a flatbed trailer might be required. Flatbed trailers typically are up to 53 feet

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July 30, 2022
Pros and Cons of a Reefer Truck

People  in Gainesville, Georgia and all over the country rely on reefer trucks to bring fundamental and necessary everyday products to local stores.Fresh food in all forms -- whether it's produce or meat -- requires refrigeration as it's being taken from the

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July 30, 2022
What is Freight Factoring?

In Gainesville, Georgia, trucking companies know all too well the challenges of maintaining healthy cash flow. Trucking can sometimes be seasonal. It can have its periods of ups and downs. It can take a long time to collect money on jobs that have been completed or

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July 30, 2022
Understanding Refrigerated Truck Specifications

Understanding Refrigerated Truck Specifications Having a refrigerated truck or fleet of trucks is a great way to earn more money for your trucking business. In Gainesville, Georgia, refrigerated trucks are always in high demand, and they often pay more than dry trucks

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July 30, 2022
Level II DOT Inspection Guide 2022

All commercial vehicles that travel on the roads in Gainesville, Georgia and the United States are subject to annual inspections by the Department of Transportation (DOT). These inspections are mandatory for any commercial vehicle that weighs more than 10,001 pounds

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July 30, 2022
Factoring Agreement for Carriers

Carriers have a very challenging job. Beyond the rigors of the road, freight companies are constantly working to properly manage their cashflow so they can have enough money on hand to meet their own debt obligations and also pay for expensive repairs and ongoing

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July 30, 2022
Practical Miles vs Actual Miles

The price of a trucking job is dependent on a number of factors. The type of load, whether it's temperature sensitive, the pickup and drop-off location, the timeline required and more all factor into how a trucking job is priced. Of course, one of the biggest

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July 30, 2022
Flatbed vs Dry Van

Flatbeds and dry vans are two of the most common types of trailers in the trucking industry. There are advantages and disadvantages to using each type of trailer, including the cost and type of load you can carry, among other factors. So, how do you choose which one

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July 30, 2022
Flatbed Commodities List

Flatbed trailers are very unique in that they offer the ability for materials to be loaded from the sides and top. Traditional enclosed trailers, by contrast, can only be loaded and unloaded from the back, and all goods are restrained to the size of the trailer

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July 25, 2022
How to Deal with FDA’s Food Hauling Rules

Twelve years ago, the federal government passed a law called the Sanitary Food Transportation Act of 2005 to help protect the safety of food that is being transported across the country. Under the act, the Food and Drug Administration sets rules for sanitary

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