The Bible has finally arrived for the trucking industry. Learn the in and out ropes of how to be your own boss; establish your own brokerage firm; or drive and get paid every dollar you deserve. People in the know will despise this book because of the game it spills over to its readers. You either rich in the trucking industry or you're a slave to the bosses. And having this book makes the difference. There’s no better time to get in the trucking business than now.
This book is intended to reduce your learning curve if you are new to trucking. It will also help you survive the popular “lease purchase” that so many trucking companies are using to attract drivers. This book will help you save money and reduce stress in your daily life. Even if you don’t drive a truck, this book is full of insight into the life of truckers for those who are curious.
A Christian's journey is not always easy. Life as a trucker on the road is not easy either. There are long, lonely hours, unpredictable storms, winding roads that never seem to end, and sometimes it's easy to forget God in the midst of it all. But God is faithful, the theme of this inspiring daily devotional. In this book, Chaplains Bunny and Blonnie Gregory share ways to beat the highway blues with stories of the miracles that they have experienced while ministering to truckers onboard Sheneeda (because she needa lot of love, just like the rest of us), their mobile chapel pulled by their Kenworth truck, and inside truck stops all across the country. Each devotion offers a Bible verse to reflect on, a short story, a real-life application, and a prayer for readers. There are devotions on faith, kindness, prayer, and more. Some are humorous and some are a little more serious, but each one offers hope and encouragement for truckers on the long road ahead and shows that in the end, we're all Trucking for Jesus. Chaplains Bunny and Blonnie Gregory have traveled the U.S. highways coast to coast with their mobile chapel since 1975, dedicating their lives to ministering to the truckers and to all others who have come aboard their church on wheels. When not on the road, the two live in Virginia.
This is a book about truck driver's lives, risks, and views on safety. As "a "group, truckers represent a significant population of road users whose high-exposure driving creates a major challenge for safety. Research into the larger social, political, and economic forces that affect trucker's safety problems has been scarce. "The Trucker's World "comes to terms with the socioeconomic environment that contributes to breakdown in trucker safety and chronicles the lives and times of truckers as they try to make ends meet. It analyzes driver risk by exploring the reasons, reactions, and consequences of risk. The author approaches his task with a research question: Why is the average trucker continuously placed in conditions that, according to truckers, demand risky driving? As a result of direct experience with truckers and trucking, Rothe observes that truck drivers act as they do to gain autonomy over their work, freedom from control of others, and assurance of a reasonable livelihood. In order to maintain a sufficient income in the transportation market, even the most serious drivers perform tasks that often impinge on lethality and safety, not as blatant radicals or daredevils fighting the system, but as persons responding to the fear that they may lose their livelihood in trucking. The thrust in trucker safety has followed a victimization philosophy in which emphasis on interventions has been aimed directly at truckers. Rothe contends that safety programs would work better if they emphasized what influences, motivates, or encourages truckers to take chances on the road. With this in mind, he analyzes driver risk, vehicle maintenance, owner-operator, company driver, policing, home life, drugs and alcohol, government regulations, and hours of service as they are seen by truckers, industry officials, and others. Expanding our vision to encompass essential factors in the socioeconomic reality of the truck-driving culture. Rothe elucidates the far-reaching consequences that safety issues have for truckers, other road users, policymakers, and traffic safety educators.
A Tale of Two Truckers tells the story of the transition of the author from a perfectly normal life into the predominantly male operated trucking industry in the early 1980 s and the trials she endured. The story takes you back to a lifestyle and time many young people today could never imagine becasue there was little technology - not even mobile phones! The tale reveals the relentless struggles and challenges she faced along with her partner Randy, and her dog named Hooter, as they ventured forth to secure a career in the trucking industry. She fi nds herself in unimaginable and sometimes frightful predicaments, taking her readers with her into a world they never knew existed. Maintaining her sense of humor throughout the ordeal, she is not afraid to tell it like it was, something her trucker partner Randy, never would have done.
