What To Look For In A Trucking Company

By FrancisBUSINESS, Trucking, Uncategorized

(This column was written for Target Publications, November, 2010) If you’re a driver considering a change of employment, the words of Samuel Butler (1612 – 1680) still ring true: Look before you leap. Look At Their Equipment For starters, you can tell a lot about a trucking company by the kind of equipment they put … Read More

CSA2010 Generating Mixed Reviews.

By FrancisBUSINESS, Trucking, Uncategorized

(This column was written for the  October, 2010 issue of Randall-Reilly‘s RPM For Truckers magazine) Details of the impending CSA2010 regulations are making their way into conversation among truckers these days, and it’s safe to say not everyone is enthusiastic. One Southeastern-based driver—whose comments were offered off the record at the request of his employer—says, … Read More

Better Health: More Than Just A Pipe Dream.

By FrancisBUSINESS, Trucking, Uncategorized

(This column was written for the December, 2010 issue of Randall-Reilly’s RPM For Truckers magazine) How much would you pay for a good night’s sleep? If you’re Lincoln, Nebraska-based Crete Carrier Corporation, the answer would be somewhere in the range of $1.5 million. Which is what Crete’s Vice President of Risk Management Tim Aschoff estimates … Read More

Time To Get Your Career In Gear?

By FrancisBUSINESS, Trucking, Uncategorized

(This column was written for Target Publications, October, 2010) Whether you’re young and mapping-out the future, or your career is at a crossroads, remember: Everyone looks up to a truck driver. How many stuffed-shirt MBA’s can say that—even after seven years of quote-unquote “Higher Education”? At the same time, it’s clear that the Information Age … Read More

It Ain’t Easy Being Green. Or Is It?

By FrancisBUSINESS, Trucking, Uncategorized

(Column written for the November, 2010 issue of Randall-Reilly‘s RPM For Truckers magazine) Going Green. The term alone sounds expensive—which, in the current economic environment, probably makes it a great idea for most trucking companies to postpone. At the same time, if going green means minimizing fuel costs as much as it means reducing one’s … Read More

Sounds Good To Me #16

By francis-adminCULTURE, FUN, Music

A No-Apologies Feelgood Thang   CLICK HERE to Play OR Download the audio file AND the playlist. Click Here to view the stunning cover art with original photos by Liesa Cole and Tony Rodio. Click Here for links to all our online mixes.