TD135: Trucking Recruiters... Friend Or Foe?

In today's main topic, we discuss whether trucking recruiters are friend or foe? My views on the subject might surprise you.

But before that we’ve a tribute to a friend, a couple of funny videos, and DriverChrisMc will point you to some good Mexican food in the Trucker Grub segment.

We’ll discuss fancy pants new trucks from Volvo and Freightliner and what’s this about a truck with no mirrors???

Lots of other topics including trucker fatalities stats, a truck parking update, facial recognition for truckers, and a major construction warning in the south.

And of course, we’ll talk about the trucker who got beaten by security guards and we’ll talk about what qualifies as “adverse weather conditions” when it comes to log books.

We’ll also look at some length-of-haul stats and what that means, and we’re going to figure out if it’s true that truckers are considered unskilled labor.

In the feedback section, David will clarify something from the last podcast about hourly pay, BSHarlan1971 leaves an iTunes review, and screaminbob weighs in on the Weight My Truck app (see what I did there) and the Trucker Path app that we talked about in the last podcast.

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Links mentioned in the podcast:

Dirt Road Trucker: Episode 1 from High Grade LLC

Dirt Road Trucker: Episode 2 - Opening Day of Gravel Season from High Grade LLC

Fleets to begin testing all-electric Volvo VNR tractor in 2019 from OverdriveOnline.com

Freightliner debuts Cascade with limited autonomous capabilities from OverdriveOnline.com

No Mirror, No Problem! FMCSA Allows Cameras In Place Of Mirrors On Truckers from TheTruckersReport.com

MirrorEye demo video

I-59/20 in downtown Birmingham to close for 14 months from OverdriveOnline.com

Michigan, Ohio expanding truck parking information systems from OverdriveOnline.com

How Do Bad Driving Conditions Reflect On HOS? from BigRoad.com

Record number of truckers killed in workplace fatalities in 2017 from OverdriveOnline.com

TD97: A Trucker's Worst Nightmare - Complacency

TD104: Complacency Strikes

Team Truckers "Attacked" By Security Guards, Charged With Assault from TheTruckersReport.com

Trucker Targeted By Facial Recognition Artificial Intelligence from TheTruckersReport.com

Freight’s drift toward greater regionalization: Average length of haul on the spot market from OverdriveOnline.com

Truckers are classified as ‘unskilled labor’? Nope. from OverdriveOnline.com

TruckerNation.org - The Trucker's Voice

Trucker Grub features Las Brisas in Charleston, MO. Submitted by DriverChrisMc, who spends enough time in Mexican restaurants that he probably speaks fluent Spanish by now.

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Links in the feedback section:

David writes in with a clarification on hourly pay.

BSHarlan1971 left a lovely review on Apple Podcasts.

ScreamingBob listened to TD134: 3 Free Trucking Apps Every Trucker Should Have and shares his thoughts on scaling loads and finding truck parking.

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