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Continue reading →: Six-Dollar Diesel: The Pump Doesn’t Care What the Rate Con SaidSep 26, 2026 · @Jenn Suggested excerpt: Diesel just hit a national average of $6.529. Rates are “up.” Fuel haulers got a waiver. And the internet swears 50,000 trucks are parking on October 1. Here’s what the fuel bill actually does to a load, why better rates can still leave…
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Continue reading →: Enterprise Buys Hogan: What This Big St. Louis Deal Means for TruckingAnother big piece of trucking just got scooped up. Enterprise Mobility — the same family-owned company behind Enterprise Rent-A-Car, National, and Alamo — has bought Hogan, the 100+ year–old trucking and truck-leasing business out of St. Louis. On paper, this might look like just another corporate acquisition. In reality, it’s…
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Continue reading →: New York DMV CDL Cheating Scheme: When the Gatekeepers Become the ProblemEvery driver in this industry has to jump through hoops to get a CDL. You study the book.You take the written test.You sweat through the road test.You earn that plastic. So when news breaks that DMV employees themselves were allegedly selling their way around that process, it hits different. That’s…
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Continue reading →: Class 8 Orders Crash 47% in November 2025: What It Really Means for Drivers and Small CarriersIf you’ve been wondering whether this freight market is really as weak as it feels out on the highway, the latest Class 8 order numbers just answered that for you. Short version:Fleets slammed the brakes on new truck orders in November. Hard. ACT Research says preliminary North American Class 8…
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Continue reading →: Inside the CDL School Crackdown: How Bad Training Is Flooding Our Roads with Unprepared DriversIf you’ve spent any time at a truck stop lately, you’ve probably noticed something feels off. New drivers showing up who clearly weren’t taught the basics. People getting lost in truck stop parking lots, confused by the most simple maneuvers. Drivers who can’t explain what they’re hauling, where they’re going,…
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Continue reading →: 10 Roads Express Is Shutting Down After 47 Years – What It Really Means for TruckingAfter nearly 47 years in business, one of the biggest USPS trucking contractors in the country is shutting it down for good. 10 Roads Express has officially announced that they will be ending all services to the United States Postal Service and closing operations on January 6, 2026. If you’ve…
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Continue reading →: Contract Freight Held Hostage: What Happens When Uncertainty Stops the DealsIntroduction – When the Safety Net Disappears Contracts are supposed to be the safety net of trucking. They don’t always pay top dollar, but they give predictability: steady lanes, fixed rates, and fewer surprises. Lately, though, that net’s looking full of holes. According to FreightWaves, dry van contract rates have…
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Continue reading →: Holiday 2025 Logistics: Forecasts, Freight, and the Reality Behind the WheelThe Calm Before the Chaos Every year, analysts and consultants polish their crystal balls and tell us what the holiday shipping season will look like. They’ll throw around terms like “demand normalization,” “capacity balancing,” and “predictive forecasting.” Sounds fancy. But ask any driver who’s been around long enough and they’ll…
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Continue reading →: The 2025 Trucking Forecast: Recovery on the Horizon or Just More Smoke and Mirrors?Forecasts and Forkfuls of BS You ever notice how analysts love their charts and fancy words? “Correction phase,” “capacity rebalancing,” “demand normalization.” Yeah, sounds nice on a slide deck, but out here on the asphalt, it translates to this: freight still feels light, diesel ain’t cheap, and every mile feels…
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Continue reading →: FMCSA’s Modernized Complaint Database: A Tool for Drivers—or Just Another Form to Fill?A New Way to Speak Up Truckers have long needed a reliable channel to report problems—fraud, shady brokers, safety violations, harassment. The old complaint systems were clunky and buried in bureaucracy. Now, FMCSA has rolled out a revamped National Consumer Complaint Database (NCCDB). Drivers and consumers can report violations against…
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