Commercial truck drivers are often independent types who find that the open road has greater appeal than the office environment with its office politics. It takes a certain type of person to put in the driving hours that truckers do and office workers are not that type. So unless your dispatcher is an ex trucker, you need to understand this fundamental difference between yourself and […]
Commercial Truck Insurance South Carolina
Owner Operator Insurance South Carolina: GAP Insurance
When you buy a commercial truck, it begins to depreciate in value the moment you start driving it. This shouldn’t matter to you since as an owner operator, your intention is to make a living by hauling cargo with it. However, problems can happen if you suffer a total loss of your rig because of an accident, theft, a fire, or a windstorm. Even if […]
Surviving Your First Year as a Commercial Truck Driver in South Carolina
You’ve earned your CDL and are facing your first year as a commercial truck driver in South Carolina. The first thing you will have to understand is that your first year will be tough because you don’t yet have the skills that make life on the road easier. The challenges ahead will be getting proficient at driving your truck, coping with the job at your […]
Tire Maintenance Tips for the Commercial Truck Driver in South Carolina
Want to prevent accidents, improve fuel mileage, reduce downtime, reduce tire blowout risk, and maximize tire life? Create a tire inspection and maintenance program and stick to it. Cutting corners by doing bare bones maintenance is an expensive practice and is dangerous to the commercial truck driver. The tire debris that you see on the highway is the result of this bare bones approach. Behind […]
What to Do When Your Commercial or Owner Operator Truck Has a Tire Blowout
Truck drivers dread tire blowouts for good reason because they can cause loss of control. However, loss of control happens because the commercial or owner operator truck driver didn’t know how to deal with the situation and panicked. Your ability to safely handle your rig will depend on knowing what to do beforehand, remaining calm during the emergency, and the road and traffic situation when […]
Owner Operator Insurance South Carolina: Rental Reimbursement and Downtime Insurance
You are just starting your own commercial trucking business which employs one person: yourself. You are fairly sure you’ve done everything you need to ensure that your owner operator business gets off to a good start. You’ve looked into commercial truck insurance and have the coverage mandated by law such as primary liability insurance and also have adequate coverage for your truck. So it seems […]
Avoid Claims on Your South Carolina Commercial Truck Insurance When Making Right Turns
South Carolina commercial truck insurance claims often involve an accident that happens when making a right turn. These commonly occur because either the truck was too close to the curb and made the turn too soon, or was too far away from the right curb. Turning too soon and too close to the right curb leaves the owner operator or commercial truck driver with too […]
How the Commercial or Owner Operator Trucker Can Reduce Deadhead Mileage
Whether you are a commercial or owner operator trucker, deadhead mileage (driving with an empty trailer) is bad for business. Whenever you or one of your truckers drives an empty trailer on the return trip back to your home base or on any part of a route, fuel and other operating expenses aren’t being covered by a paying customer. Failure to track and reduce deadhead […]
South Carolina Commercial Truck Insurance: The Dangers of Overconfidence
Confidence is an important quality for life on the road as a truck driver and for life in general. However, too much of it causes the driver to discard caution and makes him complacent. This is asking for trouble when you’re engaged in an inherently risky activity which truck driving most certainly is. If the risk didn’t exist, there wouldn’t be a need for commercial […]
Commercial or Owner Operator Truck Insurance South Carolina: Trailer Interchange Insurance
Trailer interchange, or pulling a trailer not belonging to the truck driver, is often done for logistical reasons. A single trailer may be pulled by multiple truck drivers to minimizes gas consumption, mileage, delivery times and picks up loads over a large part of the country. When the truck driver agrees to pull a trailer belonging to another truck driver or trucking company, he signs […]