You are a carrier and all of your trucks are out on the road, but another customer has a last minute full truckload (FTL). You don’t want to lose out on the business. What do you do? You are a shipper and the carrier you have been using for 10 years doesn’t have the equipment to accommodate …
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Driving a big truck on the open road is a dream job for many people. Figuring out what type of truck driver job is the perfect fit for you is just as important as deciding what aspect of the trucking industry you would like to work in. The two main types of truckers are company drivers and owner operators. …
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Every trade has its own terms of art, or specialized terminology, that is used by the professionals working in that industry. Trucking is no different in that there are words particular to just this field. Here are just a few of the ABCs of Trucking: Average Length of Haul– a calculation determined by the …
What is a Drop Trailer Program? The Bobtail Express Team works hard to provide hot-shot delivery service, including less than truckloads (LTLs) and full truckloads (FTLs), to anywhere in Texas, Louisiana, Oklahoma and Arkansas. Another service offered by Bobtail Express is a drop trailer program. Our drop trailer service benefits both the shipper and us, the carrier, …
“There are decades where nothing happens; and there are weeks where decades happen.” – Lenin For those keeping track at home, just like Walter said in The Big Lebowski, “V.I. Lenin. Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov!” What a year, and we still have almost 1.5 months left for something even more wild to pan out. With Covid, elections, and now a vaccine on …