Trucks and trailers usually have required levels of insurance, especially if your work for a major carrier or you’re currently leasing your truck. But, many times, insuring your truck and trailer isn’t enough. If you’re responsible for loading and unloading, or you often carry specialty goods, your business relies a lot more than just your transportation tools. How should you look at your physical damage […]
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Cargo Insurance: Why Your Trucking Business Needs It
It’s easy to understand why insuring your trucks is important. You can’t run your business without them, and there are many ways they can be damaged or lost. Bad weather, bad drivers on the road, and even bad luck can damage or total any of your trucks in an accident. Theft is yet another risk. You also understand that setting aside money to cover the […]
Rollover Prevention Saves Lives and Keeps Your Rig Insurance Low
Which is the more serious situation, a jackknife or a rollover? Answer: a rollover is by far the worst scenario. If you react quickly, you can take corrective action and recover from a jackknife. This isn’t the case with a rollover. Because your trailer is more top-heavy than your tractor, it will start tipping first, and by the time you feel the tractor tipping, the […]
Truck Liability Insurance: Two Important Considerations You Need to Think About
For some people, truck driving is a great way of life. There’s no office politics and you don’t have to deal with a boss every day who watches your every move. You’re paid to travel, the work requires self-sufficiency, and your job makes a real difference. The economy depends on the services you do. However, things can go wrong. Very wrong, as a matter of […]
Cargo Insurance: Four Security Measures to Prevent Cargo Theft
The value of cargo hauled in a semi-truck can range in the hundreds of thousands of dollars. For thieves, a trailer full of cargo is a soft target compared to a store with its security systems and police surveillance. For example, a trailer parked overnight in a dark and unsecured area gives a thief plenty of time to break inside and remove the cargo, or […]
Three Mistakes to Avoid as a New Florida Commercial Truck Driver
As a new commercial truck driver, you have a higher risk of getting into an accident than other more experienced drivers. Your employer understands this but decided to take a chance and hire you nonetheless. Your first year or so on the road will be difficult until you get the hang of operating your rig safely and effectively. To help you through this difficult time, […]
Keep Your Rig Insurance Low by Avoiding Common Flatbed Trucking Hazards
Flatbed trucking is not considered an easy job in the trucking industry. It has most of the risks associated with dry van trucking and then some. If you’re new to commercial trucking, you might wonder why pulling a trailer without walls or a ceiling is so difficult and hazardous. The main reason is you can’t afford to get sloppy with cargo securement when loose cargo […]
Iowa Truck Insurance: The Trucking Hazards of Winter
Winter driving is hazardous for all motor vehicles and especially so for large tractor-trailer rigs. Eighty thousand pounds of truck doesn’t stop on a dime even in the summer, let alone on a snow and ice-covered road during a snow storm. Any attempts at hard braking or swerving in these conditions will only initiate a jackknife followed by a trucking accident that can devastate or […]
Avoid a Rig Insurance Claim by Recognizing Distracted Drivers
Tech gadgets make life more convenient and are indispensable for many. People often walk in stores and on sidewalks immersed in their mobile devices while only minimally engaged with their environment. This is usually harmless, though some have suffered minor injuries after walking into objects such as lamp-posts. However, when people continue this behavior while driving, they endanger themselves and others on the road. According to the […]
Tap Into Crowdsourcing to Make Your Transportation Fleet’s Routes Safer
Popular trucking routes change all the time, and sometimes it’s difficult to understand why. It could be that increased pull-over inspections in Indiana are making truckers choose another interstate to avoid the slow-down, or different weight maximums are opening up previously barred highway systems to heavy trucks. While keeping up to date on regulatory trends is also part of managing a transportation fleet, knowing the underlying […]