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Diesel Gelling in Winter and the Temperatures That Stop a Truck Diesel gelling starts well above 0°F. Untreated No. 2 diesel begins to cloud with wax at about 6–14°F, according to Minnesota-based fuel supplier CHS, and water in the fuel can ice up a filter at 32°F. On October 1, Minnesota’s minimum biodiesel blend drops…

Will Self-Driving Trucks Replace Truck Drivers in 2026? On September 23, 2026, Aurora gave investors rides on I-45 between Dallas and Houston in a truck with nobody behind the wheel, and told them it wants more than 30,000 driverless trucks on the road by 2030. That same month it had about 20 trucks running that…

Sleep Apnea and the DOT Physical, a No-Panic Guide for Truck Drivers Ask ten drivers what scares them most about the medical exam and eight will say the same two words: sleep apnea. The stories travel fast. Somebody’s buddy walked into a clinic with a valid card and walked out with a 90-day paper and…

ELD Malfunction. What to Do — A Driver’s Step-by-Step Guide The ELD screen goes red in the middle of Nebraska, and the first thought is always the same. Am I legal right now? Yes, you are, if you know the drill. ELD malfunction, what to do about it, is one of the few situations where…

Dash Cams for Truck Drivers. Why a Camera Is Career Insurance A CDL is the most expensive document most drivers will ever hold, and today’s courtroom climate can put it at risk over thirty seconds of traffic you didn’t cause. A dash cam is the cheapest witness you will ever hire. It doesn’t blink, doesn’t…

Truck Driving in High Winds and Severe Weather. A Driver’s Survival Guide Every driver respects ice. Far fewer respect wind, and it’s wind, not snow, that flips trailers on clear, dry days. Add hurricane evacuations, flash floods and the odd tornado or dust storm, and severe weather turns into a year-round subject. This guide covers…

Personal Conveyance Rules for Truckers. What Counts and What Doesn’t No button in the ELD starts more arguments than personal conveyance. One driver swears you can run 200 miles on it. Another won’t touch it because “that’s how you get a false log.” Both are wrong. Here are the personal conveyance rules for truckers in…

What to Do After a Semi Truck Accident (A Driver’s Step-by-Step Guide) It’s the phone call no driver wants to make and the shoulder nobody wants to stand on. Run enough miles and the odds find everyone eventually: a four-wheeler cuts across your hood, a car rear-ends you at a light, black ice makes the…

What to Do When Your Truck Breaks Down (A Step-by-Step Plan) Run OTR long enough and a breakdown stops being an “if”: a steer tire at 70 mph, an air leak you can hear over the radio. What separates a bad hour from a bad week is the order you do things in. Here is…

How to Switch Trucking Companies Without Losing Money or Your Record Most drivers change carriers at least once in their first few years, and large truckload fleets report driver turnover around 90% a year. The problem is not switching, it’s switching badly: a truck left at a truck stop, a deposit that never comes back,…