Long-haul truck drivers face significant challenges when navigating mountains and deserts, such as steep grades, tight turns, weather changes, extreme temperatures, and isolation. This guide offers essential tips for safe driving in these terrains and highlights a truck-specific navigation app that provides real-time updates, optimized routes, and support from a trucker community.
Guide to Cross-Country Trucking: What to Know Before You Go
This guide for aspiring cross-country truck drivers explores the freedom and challenges of long-haul trucking. It highlights essential skills, preparation steps, staying healthy, financial management, and building a support network. Embracing the trucking lifestyle can bring rewards through independence, adventure, and continuous learning in this vital industry.
Pets for Over the Road Truck Drivers
Life as a long-haul truck driver is rewarding but challenging. Having a pet offers companionship, stress relief, and encourages exercise, but it also brings issues like space limitations and maintenance. This post discusses the pros and cons of traveling with pets, offers practical tips for care on the road.
How to Handle Long-Haul Stress and Prevent Burnout
Long-haul trucking is a demanding profession that can significantly impact a driver’s physical and mental health due to stress and long hours away from home. This blog post highlights the importance of managing stress through practical tips such as planning routes, maintaining a healthy diet, exercising, prioritizing sleep, and staying connected with loved ones.
Exercise Routines for Truckers: Staying Fit in Limited Spaces
This is not medical advice. Consult with a medical professional before changing anything with your diet or exercise. Long-haul trucking is a demanding profession that requires drivers to spend countless hours behind the wheel, often leading to a sedentary lifestyle. The long stretches of sitting, combined with irregular sleep patterns and limited access to healthy… Continue reading Exercise Routines for Truckers: Staying Fit in Limited Spaces
How to delete your account or information
Below you will find the process you’ll need to use if you are looking to delete your account with What’s My Account Balance Developed by Reed’s Coding And Publishing LLC. If you have any questions, reach out to support@truckparkingandmore.com. What data do we use? Location Info Approximate Location: This is used in a few feaures… Continue reading How to delete your account or information
How to stay healthy as a trucker
I myself have gained over 100 lbs since I started truck driving. I was never big on exercise as it was even before starting down this path in life. It caught up to me fast though. Within the first year or so is when I gained most of the weight, then it just stayed on.… Continue reading How to stay healthy as a trucker
Best Trucker Gear for OTR Drivers!
I remember when I first started out driving, I was spending a ton of money just for food. It was almost always fast food and it added up quick! I was spending over $400 a month on food for just me. Here is a list of the best trucker gear for OTR drivers you’ll need… Continue reading Best Trucker Gear for OTR Drivers!
Winter weather driving for Truckers
Unless you’re a local driver in Southern Florida or California, odds are you’ll be experiencing the winter weather just like the rest of us. Snow and Ice have already been impacting certain area’s here in the States and we have only just begun. It doesn’t matter if they call for a mild winter or not,… Continue reading Winter weather driving for Truckers
Should I get my CDL?
Should I get my CDL? That is the question I found myself asking. I had family who drove trucks, I thought to myself, what would it hurt? I want to kinda go into my past a bit to explain why I wanted to pursue my CDL-A. My first job was doing maintenance at a crack… Continue reading Should I get my CDL?