by Roane Transportation Team Member | Sep 25, 2018 | Drivers, Trucking Safety
In our previous health-focused post here, we offered suggestions to assist truck drivers with staying hydrated while on the road. In this post, we want to tackle a common problem within modern society: posture and back pain. At Roane, we believe healthy, happy...
by Roane Transportation Team Member | Sep 19, 2018 | Truck Driving Jobs
From our post in June, you may have learned that the American Trucking Association has predicted a shortage of employees within the transportation sector. Over the next several years, it is expected that 175,000 jobs could be available in the transportation and...
by Roane Transportation Team Member | Aug 31, 2018 | Drivers, Trucking Safety
There is so much advice about being healthy. Eat this, not that. Eat meat, don’t eat meat, add fats but only a certain kind. Eggs are good, eggs are bad. Coffee is good, coffee is bad. Drink this amount of water, walk this number of steps. It is exhausting to know...
by Roane Transportation Team Member | Jun 28, 2018 | Drivers, Flatbed Trucking, Heavy Haulage, Trucking Safety
Moving prefabricated buildings, ships and boats, roof trusses, generators, and other oversized, overweight, or over-length objects and machines is a job requiring many logistics and analysis to ensure everything goes according to plan. Alternatively, driving near an...
by Roane Transportation Team Member | Jun 10, 2018 | Flatbed Trucking, Heavy Haulage, Truck Driving Jobs
As of June 2018, the unemployment rate hit a record low of 4.9%, leaving many to believe that the US economy is on a proverbial heater. While some industries have remained sluggish, the transportation and warehousing sectors have been steadily adding job openings...