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TD145: Being An Oversize/Overweight Load Truck Driver

Podcast Show Notes If you’ve ever been interested in how oversize/overweight loads work, you’re in luck. Today we talk to Travis Jellison, who has pulled loads as heavy as 230,000 pounds, 16 feet wide, 15.5 feet tall, and 120 feet long. Yikes! In the news segment, we discuss how the coronavirus is affecting the trucking…

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TD89: Guest Post: Truckers With Sleep Apnea: How To Know If You Have It And What To Do About It. By Doug Thomas

Hey there, sleepy-head! Silly you to think you could just jump right into today’s guest post without me blabbing for a bit. You’ll never learn, will you? So you may be asking, “What’s up with another guest post, slacker?” Well, hopefully this will be my last one for a while. The new Web site is pretty dang close…

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TD28: Please, Oh Please, Give Me The Bypass!

Have you ever seen a long line of trucks pulling off the interstate and wondered what was going on? Either they’re heading into a weigh station, or there’s a car load of spring break bound college girls that have a flat tire. Either way, it’s the law to stop…isn’t it? Weigh stations are set up by…

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