The Truth About Trucking

Author : Brett Aquila,TruckingTruth.com
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 104 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2007-06-01
Category : Truck drivers
ISBN : 1438217056

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Becoming a Truck Driver by Brett Aquila,TruckingTruth.com Pdf

www.truckingtruth.com Trucking schools can teach you to drive, but nobody's there to teach you everything else.This book is a no-holds-barred, call 'em as I see 'em account of what I went through when I decided to become a truck driver. I hope to shed some light on what the trucking industry is REALLY like, with no hidden agendas and no regrets.I have absolutely loved my years on the road. The experiences, the friends, the money, the challenges, and the freedom. "There are so many things to know if you want to be successful on the road and they take years to learn.I'm talking about things they don't teach in truck driving schools and things companies don't talk about..at least not honestly. There are "grey areas" and "unwritten rules" in the trucking industry that have a major impact on your life and your career - and only time on the road will reveal the reailtiesof becoming a truck driver......"- Brett Aquila, Author - "Becoming A Truck Driver:The Raw Truth About Trucking"

Author : Steven R. Zellers
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Truck drivers
ISBN : 097890690X

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The Truth about Trucking by Steven R. Zellers Pdf

The Truth About Trucking is an honest and revealing look at what it means to be a trucker in today's world. Zellers provides an education and inspiration for readers who want the real story about life on the road.

Author : M. Grube,Melissa Grube
Publisher : Decent Hill
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2009-06
Category : Truck drivers
ISBN : 9781936085071

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Trucker Paradise by M. Grube,Melissa Grube Pdf

Get an inside peek into the trucking industry from someone who has driven all kinds of trucks for twenty years. Find answers to all those trucker questions you've always had. Learn the do's and don'ts of the trade. Get informed and entertained all at the same time. Written in an informal, free-flowing style, Trucker Paradise is easy to read and will keep you engaged till the very last page. An absolute must read for anyone contemplating a career in the trucking business or for anyone interested in lifting the veil off of this little-understood industry.

Author : Yvonne Wright
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 62 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2009-04-01
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 9780557043750

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Secrets the Trucking Companies Don't Want You to Know! by Yvonne Wright Pdf

Knowledge is power. If you are contemplating getting a Class "A" Commercial Driver's License (CDL), read this book first. Trucking companies paint a deceptively scintillating picture of the profession. It is imperative that you learn the secrets the trucking companies don't want you to know. Learn to sidestep being brainwashed into making choices that only benefit the company. Allow this book to guide you through the minefield of trucking choices. You will emerge not just unscathed, but victorious! An aptitude test will determine if you are truck driver material. You will learn how to choose a CDL school and receive valuable tips about training. After learning how to be hired on by the company that can best meet your needs, you will be coached about how to make the most money possible. A list of questions to ask prospective employers will prove to be invaluable. Let this book walk you through each step in your truck driving career from prospective student to becoming a trainer.

Author : Finn Murphy
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
Page : 167 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2017-06-06
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 9780393608724

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The Long Haul: A Trucker's Tales of Life on the Road by Finn Murphy Pdf

“There’s nothing semi about Finn Murphy’s trucking tales of The Long Haul.”—Sloane Crosley, Vanity Fair More than thirty years ago, Finn Murphy dropped out of college to become a long-haul trucker. Since then he’s covered more than a million miles as a mover, packing, loading, hauling people’s belongings all over America. In The Long Haul, Murphy recounts with wit, candor, and charm the America he has seen change over the decades and the poignant, funny, and often haunting stories of the people he encounters on the job.

Author : B A Warburton
Publisher : AuthorHouse
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2015-06-19
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781504907354

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Trucking by B A Warburton Pdf

Banged into, rear-ended, run off the road, and a knife to the throat, the author kept driving. Dealing with the police shippers, receivers, dispatchers, and other drivers, trucking isnt what most people know of, and so the author brings to light the truth of trucking.

Author : Michael H. Belzer
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0195128869

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Sweatshops on Wheels by Michael H. Belzer Pdf

Long hours, low wages, and unsafe workplaces characterized sweatshops a hundred years ago. These same conditions plague American trucking today. Sweatshops on Wheels: Winners and Losers in Trucking Deregulation exposes the dark side of government deregulation in America's interstate trucking industry. In the years since deregulation in 1980, median earnings have dropped 30% and most long-haul truckers earn less than half of pre-regulation wages. Work weeks average more than sixty hours. Today, America's long-haul truckers are working harder and earning less than at any time during the last four decades. Written by a former long-haul trucker who now teaches industrial relations at Wayne State University, Sweatshops on Wheels raises crucial questions about the legacy of trucking deregulation in America and casts provocative new light on the issue of government deregulation in general.

Author : Marvin Schwartz
Publisher : University of Arkansas Press
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1610752112

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J. B. Hunt: The Long Haul to Success by Marvin Schwartz Pdf

Author : Bunny Gregory,Blonnie Gregory
Publisher : Tate Publishing
Page : 332 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2010-08
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781616635350

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Trucking for Jesus by Bunny Gregory,Blonnie Gregory Pdf

A Christian's journey is not always easy. Life as a trucker on the road is not easy either. There are long, lonely hours, unpredictable storms, winding roads that never seem to end, and sometimes it's easy to forget God in the midst of it all. But God is faithful, the theme of this inspiring daily devotional. In this book, Chaplains Bunny and Blonnie Gregory share ways to beat the highway blues with stories of the miracles that they have experienced while ministering to truckers onboard Sheneeda (because she needa lot of love, just like the rest of us), their mobile chapel pulled by their Kenworth truck, and inside truck stops all across the country. Each devotion offers a Bible verse to reflect on, a short story, a real-life application, and a prayer for readers. There are devotions on faith, kindness, prayer, and more. Some are humorous and some are a little more serious, but each one offers hope and encouragement for truckers on the long road ahead and shows that in the end, we're all Trucking for Jesus. Chaplains Bunny and Blonnie Gregory have traveled the U.S. highways coast to coast with their mobile chapel since 1975, dedicating their lives to ministering to the truckers and to all others who have come aboard their church on wheels. When not on the road, the two live in Virginia.

Author : María Amparo Escandón
Publisher : Crown
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2005-04-19
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780307336996

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Gonzalez and Daughter Trucking Co. by María Amparo Escandón Pdf

From the author of L.A. Weather comes “a whimsical, humorous, and passionate mystery that explores the love and hurt of a father and daughter on the run” (Jorge Ramos, News Anchor for Univision). “1,001 nights in a Mexicali women’s prison . . . González and Daughter Trucking Co. is about our compulsion to make events into stories and stories into bridges of understanding.”—John Sayles, Screenwriter and Director Serving a sentence in a prison in Mexico, Libertad González finds a clever way to pass the time with the weekly Library Club, reading to her fellow inmates from whatever books she can find in the prison’s meager supply. The story that emerges, though, has nothing to do with the words printed on the pages. She tells of a former literature professor and fugitive of the Mexican government who reinvents himself as a trucker in the United States. There he falls in love with a wild woman with whom he shares his truck and his life—that is until Joaquín González unexpectedly finds himself alone on the road with a baby girl and González & Daughter Trucking Co. is born. Joaquín and his daughter make the cab of an 18-wheeler their home, sharing everything—adventures, books, truck-stop chow, and memories of the girl’s mother—until one day the girl grows into a woman, and a chance encounter with one man causes her to rebel against another. With her stories, Libertad enthralls a group of female prisoners every bit as eccentric as the tales she tells. In González and Daughter Trucking Co., bestselling author María Amparo Escandón seamlessly blends together these elements into one compelling and unexpected conclusion that will have you cheering for Libertad and filled with joy.

Author : Steve Viscelli
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2016-04-12
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780520962712

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The Big Rig by Steve Viscelli Pdf

Long-haul trucks have been described as sweatshops on wheels. The typical long-haul trucker works the equivalent of two full-time jobs, often for little more than minimum wage. But it wasn’t always this way. Trucking used to be one of the best working-class jobs in the United States. The Big Rig explains how this massive degradation in the quality of work has occurred, and how companies achieve a compliant and dedicated workforce despite it. Drawing on more than 100 in-depth interviews and years of extensive observation, including six months training and working as a long-haul trucker, Viscelli explains in detail how labor is recruited, trained, and used in the industry. He then shows how inexperienced workers are convinced to lease a truck and to work as independent contractors. He explains how deregulation and collective action by employers transformed trucking’s labor markets--once dominated by the largest and most powerful union in US history--into an important example of the costs of contemporary labor markets for workers and the general public.

Author : Steve Richards
Publisher : Steve Richards
Page : 227 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2006-06-02
Category : Truck drivers
ISBN : 9781598006162

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Everything You Will Ever Need to Know to Start Driving a Big Truck Or How I Became a Professional Tourist by Steve Richards Pdf

Have you ever thought about driving a big truck? Have you ever even just wondered what really goes on in the world of eighteen wheelers? Can you be a trucker? It looks interesting, but it must be complicated. How can anyone even begin to maneuver one of those huge monstrosities? Trust me, you can do this! Not only is it possible for almost anyone to successfully navigate into the world of transportation, but you will be helping out a necessary part of the economy and one that is constantly and even desperately in search of drivers. There is no employment for a big rig driver. Let me show you how to do it all! Everything you will ever need to know is right here in these pages including how to find some of the most incredible jobs, and many things that you are not supposed to know about. And there are MANY things you are not supposed to know about. So jump on it and learn what it takes to get paid to do what others are willing to pay for the privilege of doing. With me as your tour guide you will be able to get out and see sights, be a permanent vacation, and you will learn just what it takes to become happily involved as a "Professional Tourist."

Author : Gus Bowen
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 114 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2020-01-19
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1647483891

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Trucking Company by Gus Bowen Pdf

The truth is that many successful trucking companies started with humble beginnings. But most of them wouldn't have been able to make it if they didn't have access to the right information. You see, most people who are looking to start a trucking company make the same mistakes - with both their planning and execution.

Author : Jim Haynes
Publisher : Allen & Unwin
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2011-11-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781742693743

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The Best Australian Trucking Stories by Jim Haynes Pdf

A collection of true stories taken from the lives of trucking men and women from Tarcutta to Alice Springs and all over Australia. The trucker's job-so vital to our nation's everyday life-makes for a diverse treasure trove of stories. This first-ever collection of stories about Aussie truckers captures the humour, tragedy and fascinating history of their world, proving once again that truth is often stranger, funnier and more inspiring than fiction. The unlikely yarns and tales, collected by Jim Haynes, quickly transport the reader into the intriguing but often hard and lonely world of the long-distance truck driver. There are stories of endurance while crossing the Nullarbor in the early 1950s, of rescuing mates stranded in the desert and dumping wheat in protest at Parliament House, of repossessing vehicles in suburban Adelaide, and of men imprisoned during the long political battle to make the roads of Australia free to carry freight. Steeped in larrikinism, these are salt-of-the-earth Aussie voices from the most genuine characters to ever spin a yarn. Whether you're interested in one of the most significant social revolutions to have shaped our nation, or in these never-say-die modern pioneers who astound with their resourcefulness, or whether you're just after a laugh and a bloody good story, this book is for you.

Author : Annie Wilder
Publisher : Tor Books
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2012-08-07
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 9781429924580

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Trucker Ghost Stories by Annie Wilder Pdf

In a uniquely entertaining book by a rising star, here are uncanny true tales of haunted highways, weird encounters, and legends of the road. It may have happened to you; it's happened to almost everyone who's ever driven down a highway at night, or in the fog, or snow. Something suddenly appears: a flash of movement, a shadow...what was it? It could be, as the true stories in this book attest, a ghost. These are true stories from the highways and byways of America. These firsthand accounts are as varied as the storytellers themselves—some are detailed and filled with the terror and suspense that made people feel they had to share what happened to them with others; others are brief and straightforward retellings of truly chilling events. Here is a chupacabra attack on the desert highway between L.A. and Las Vegas; ghost trains and soldiers; UFOs; the prom girl ghost of Alabama; a demon in Texas, and other accounts of the creepy, scary things that truckers and other drivers and passengers told to editor Annie Wilder. With so many different stories, Trucker Ghost Stories moves beyond the usual haunted house to offer stories to entice any ghost story reader...and anyone who's ever wondered.... At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.