Archive for January, 2009

I can remember when trucking was as much a lifestyle as a business; maybe more so. Showing off your truck and getting bragging rights at the drivers-only counter meant everything. Chrome and lights and how fast you got here from there seemed to be all that mattered. In this very difficult economy, their place in the priority list has fallen way behind the simple need to survive. Trucking is, first and foremost, a business, and everything must be evaluated for its impact on the proverbial botto…

There’s a misconception in the trucking industry that says: “The only thing that counts is how much money I’m making per mile.” If you measure the health of your financial life by what you’re making per mile, the questions are: “Do you have the required funds in the bank for the expected and the unexpected? Are you consistently able to send the required dollars to the house?” Most truckers who look at how much they’re making a mile as the most im…

One thing that draws folks into trucking is the desire for independence — and there is no greater independence for truckers than rolling down a highway with wide-open spaces and blue sky in their windshields. This same drive makes truckers want more than just the independence of the open road. They’re looking for financial independence, a means to support their families and themselves to improve their lives. In order to accomplish this they must become managers of that rolling offi…

Trucking is often a husband and wife enterprise, requiring the full dedication of both to make it a success — whether they drive team or one’s on the road and the other home. As any trucker will attest, the truck decides everything: when you’ll be home, when you have to leave again, whether you have money for the long-awaited vacation or the vacation becomes a new transmission. Trucking takes marriage to a whole new level.One driving, one at homeGail and Paul Morrison have do…