The Trucker Chronicles

U.S. trucking industry posts biggest jump in 13 years http://t.co/9oE2rNyL via @DBJnews

Thousands of the dirtiest and toughest jobs in New York are going unfilled, in sectors that pay well and could lift idle workers out of unemployment, without the heavy burden of college loans. Employers can’t find enough local workers to fill such jobs as auto mechanics, welders, plumbers, construction workers, diesel technicians, cleaners, janitors, truckers [...]

On October 3rd, 2011 K&B Transportation raised company driver pay to a whole new level with our new package.  With the new pay package, starting driver wages at K&B Transportation was boosted 4 cents per mile, to 38 cents per mile.  This mileage pay coupled with our long standing 2500 mile per week guarantee now [...]

By Gordon Boyd, Reporter CHATTANOOGA (WRCB)– Mark Shepherd has needed no nudging to shift gears into a trucking career. “Job security,” he says. “I just came off a two-year-layoff from Alcoa.” After seven weeks of commercial driver training at Chattanooga State, he already has a job. “They came in and recruited us,” Shepherd says. Chatt [...]

Granger, IA – Barr-Nun Transportation Inc. announced that they have raised their hazmat endorsed Owner Operator Team pay by 3 cents per mile on all miles effective 10/10/11. This pay raise comes on the heels of a recent $450 CSA bonus announcement for all “band pay” Owner Operators. “Our pay package for Owner Operators was [...]