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

Author: Steve Richards

Publisher: Steve Richards

Published: 2006-06-02

Total Pages: 227

ISBN-13: 1598006169

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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."

Career Opportunities in Transportation
Career Opportunities in Transportation

Author: Richard A. McDavid

Publisher: Infobase Publishing

Published: 2009

Total Pages: 393

ISBN-13: 1438120664

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Provides updated key information, including salary ranges, employment trends, and technical requirements. Career profiles include air traffic controller, bridge tender, charter boat captain, commercial pilot, and more.

Careers in Trucking
Careers in Trucking

Author: Richard Barrington

Publisher: The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc

Published: 2013-07-15

Total Pages: 82

ISBN-13: 1448894735

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This book offers a thorough look into the trucking industry and the job prospects available. Readers learn about trucking’s past, present, and future, and get a realistic look into what’s involved in the job. The benefits include the freedom to be on the open road but there are also hardships, such as long, irregular hours and shifting fuel prices. However, readers quickly learn that there’s much more to the industry than the big-rigs populating the highways. The job of truck driver can include those who drive delivery vehicles, short-haul drivers, hazardous materials drivers, and even forklift operators. The industry is rapidly changing, with technology improving logistics, making trucking more efficient. E-commerce is increasing business with more items shipped over the Internet. Also included are comprehensive details about the industry, such as how to receive a commercial drivers license, training, and the rigorous work schedule of long-haul drivers. This book offers readers an enlightening look at this essential career.

The Long Haul: A Trucker's Tales of Life on the Road
The Long Haul: A Trucker's Tales of Life on the Road

Author: Finn Murphy

Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company

Published: 2017-06-06

Total Pages: 167

ISBN-13: 0393608727

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“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.

Is over the Road Trucking for You?
Is over the Road Trucking for You?

Author: Gordon J. Knapp

Publisher: AuthorHouse

Published: 2011-05-31

Total Pages: 218

ISBN-13: 1463403321

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THE MEAT AND POTATOES OF TRUCKING THE TRUTH ABOUT: TRAINING SCHOOLS COMPANY DRIVER LEASE-OPERATOR OWNER-OPERATOR SAFETY ISSUES UNDERSTANDING LOGBOOKS PAY AND CONDITIONS FATIGUE CAUSES AND SOLUTIONS DRIVER RETENTION PROBLEM Why is there a continuing ongoing shortage of 80,000 OVER THE ROAD truck drivers??? THIS BOOK SHOULD BE READ BY ANYONE INTERESTED IN OVER THE ROAD TRUCKING AS A CAREER. IT SHOULD ALSO BE OF INTEREST TO ANYONE WHO HAS EVER DRIVEN A TRUCK OR IS PRESENTLY DRIVING A TRUCK, AS WELL AS THE GENERAL PUBLIC IN REGARD TO SAFELY SHARING THE HIGHWAYS WITH BIG TRUCKS. THIS IS REALITY! THIS IS TRUTH!

Weekly World News
Weekly World News

Author:

Publisher:

Published: 1990-10-02

Total Pages: 44

ISBN-13:

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Rooted in the creative success of over 30 years of supermarket tabloid publishing, the Weekly World News has been the world's only reliable news source since 1979. The online hub www.weeklyworldnews.com is a leading entertainment news site.

Driven to Drive
Driven to Drive

Author: Bruce Outridge

Publisher: Lulu.com

Published: 2013-08-18

Total Pages: 115

ISBN-13: 0991962524

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Business and leadership author Bruce Outridge offers inside advice and insights into a transportation career and how to have a profitable career as a professional driver. Bruce takes new drivers through some of the challenges they may face in their own careers and explains how he handled them and the importance of stepping up in their career. Bruce's 30 year career ranging from driver, to owner operator and more bring his stories to life so that the new driver realizes the importance of being professional in this competitive industry. The book deals with topics such as: lessons learned early on, customer service for drivers, owning your position, finding your dream job, balancing family and work on the road, moving up the ladder, ambassadorship, and the future of the business. This book should be in every driver's library that is interested in having a long and profitable trucking career.

Diary of a 20 Something Hitchhiker
Diary of a 20 Something Hitchhiker

Author: Douglas White

Publisher: Xlibris Corporation

Published: 2010-09-28

Total Pages: 110

ISBN-13: 1453515224

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It was the year 1989. The Hitchhiker had just left a small town and begins to hitchhike west to California. And as he makes his journey across country. He makes stops in small towns and large cities and meets a variety of diffrent people. Front cover image. Leslie Nutting. Artist.