Night Moves

Jul 5, 2005

It’s against the law to subject prisoners of war to sleep deprivation, but it happens to some truck drivers a great deal.

For inexperienced drivers, sleepiness can be the biggest of several problems with night driving. On the other hand, for drivers who’ve learned how to drive at night, sundown is often a welcome sight.

Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations (FMCSR

Owner-op Kevin Bruns: A Millennial's journey through car haul and tanker to dump and now step deck

Owner-op Kevin Bruns raced his 2019 LoneStar in this past weekend's Semi Stampede at Kuhnle Motorsports Park in Ohio. With his authority today, Bruns pulls a step deck after several years of local dump truck ownership and work around quarries and construction sites in the Nashville, Tennessee, region.

Used-truck market rife with uncertainty

Owner-operator Scott Smith with one of his 2017 Peterbilt 579s at home in Searcy, Arkansas. His current hopper-bottom/flatbed trucking business builds on early oilfield experience and benefits from a close attention to detail when it comes to revenue and costs.

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Night Moves

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Owner-op Kevin Bruns: A Millennial's journey through car haul and tanker to dump and now step deck

Used-truck market rife with uncertainty

Betting on equipment diversity as failsafe: Trucker of the Month

DOT set to eliminate speed limiter proposal, keep pre-2000 ELD exemption in place

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Owner-op Kevin Bruns: A Millennial's journey through car haul and tanker to dump and now step deck