TD134: 3 Trucking Apps Every Trucker Should Have

In today’s main topic, I’ll share 3 Trucking Apps Every Trucker Should Have and tell you why they're so awesome. But there's so much more!

We’ll also be discussing news stories about truck recalls, tolls, impending new emissions standards, HOS of proposals, and whether driver pay is the key to solving every problem in the trucking industry.

I’ll tell you where you’re most likely to get a moving violation, and speaking of violations, we’ll be discussing the sentence that was handed down to the Pilot executives.

The tiniest of progress has been made to stop the exploitation of truck booting, so that’s good. Look out for some changes at your local Road Ranger too.

I’ll point you to a couple of articles to help you curb your road rage and improve your professionalism. And we’ll finish up the news by sharing a Trucking charity and finding out about a possible exemption for narcoleptic truckers. Whaaaa?

In the Trucker Grub segment, Dustin is back to tell us where to find some great clam chowder, and Lindsay, Chris, and a whole bunch of David’s share their thoughts about everything from gross truckers, to driver rules, to driver pay, to a book of science fiction short stories set in the trucker universe is.

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Links mentioned in the podcast:

TD132: Should We Call Out Bad Truckers?

TD119: Winter Truck Driving Tips From An Alaskan Trucker

TD80: ‘Twas The Night Before Christmas: Trucker Style

Air bag issue prompts recall of nearly 3,000 Freightliner Cascade tractors from OverdriveOnline.com

More than 6,000 Freightliner Cascades recalled over brake light issue from OverdriveOnline.com

Brake issues prompt recalls by Daimler, Great Dane from OverdriveOnline.com

Navistar recalls 21,000 International trucks over transmission issue from OverdriveOnline.com

Ex-Pilot Flying J Execs Get Minimum Prison Sentences from TheTruckersReport.com

Better ‘pay would solve most’ critical issues: Readers’ priorities show variation from, similarity to recent rankings from OverdriveOnline.com

Owner-operators drive less, earn more through summer from OverdriveOnline.com

Beware for the new tax laws from LandLineMag.com

New personal-conveyance FAQs illustrate FMCSA’s round-trip view of ‘under dispatch’ from OverdriveOnline.com

Hours of service proposal could come by end of March from OverdriveOnline.com

"For-e-ver" from The Sandlot

New CVSA policy stresses that inspectors shouldn’t interrupt off-duty drivers for random inspection from OverdriveOnline.com

New Law Aims To Stop Predatory Truck Booting from TheTruckersReport.com

The 15 toughest states when it comes to moving violations from OverdriveOnline.com

Truck-Only Tolls Proposed In Connecticut from TheTruckersReport.com

Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission approves toll increase for 11th consecutive year from LandLineMag.com

Pennsylvania Toll Calculator

EPA: Truck Emissions Standards To Be Tightened from TheTruckersReport.com

What we can do about the physical and emotional violence of chronic stress made manifest from OverdriveOnline.com

Choose professionalism to define, and create, your value from OverdriveOnline.com

The Great Indiana Trucker Boycott of 1988 from LandLineMag.com

Narcoleptic Trucker Seeks Exemption to Get Behind the Wheel from GoByTruckNews.com

Sleigh Bells and Santa from Trucker’s Final Mile from LandLineMag.com

Truckers Final Mile is a charity whose purpose is to help return truck drivers to their families in the event of a death. Give a donation today!

Dustin tells us about Bob's Clam Hut in the Trucker Grub segment.

Links mentioned in the main topic:

TD134: 3 Trucking Apps Every Trucker Should Have to view all the screenshots of these apps.

Weigh My Truck app on iPhone and Android.

"Let me 'plain… No, there is too much. Let me sum up." from The Princess Bride

Download the Truck Path app on Android or iPhone.

"Truck maps were designed by truckers so you can be assured routes are truck-ready…" quote from Trucker Path website.

Trucker Path has over 500,000 active users. Wikipedia

Download the Transflo Mobile+ on Android and iPhone.

Pegasus TransTech bought TripPak back in 2014.

"If you have the means, I highly recommend picking it up." from Ferris Bueller's Day Off

"He'll keep calling me. He'll keep calling me until I come over. He'll make me feel guilty…" from Ferris Bueller's Day Off.

Links mentioned in the feedback section:

David wrote in to tell us about a couple of collections of short stories set in the trucking universe.

18 Wheels of Science Fiction – A Long Haul Into The Fantastic is only $14.99 Paperback or $3.99 Kindle version


18 Wheels of Horror: A Trailer Full of Trucking Terrors is just $14.99 Paperback or $3.03 Kindle version

Driver Dave listened to TD133: A Trucker Gives Thanks and wants to tell us about a gross trucker and Texas scale houses manned by cowboy hat-wearing State Troopers.

Lindsay listened to TD132: Should We Call Out Bad Truckers? and has some thoughts about it.

David listened to TD133: A Trucker Gives Thanks and wants to talk about hourly pay (something I talked about in the feedback section).

Chris just writes in to tell me he appreciates and enjoys the podcast. You know I always love to hear that!

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