by Roane Transportation Team Member | Dec 19, 2018 | Drivers, Life at Roane Transportation
Truck driving is more of an encompassing lifestyle, rather than a career. Solitude, freedom, and flexibility are guaranteed parts of the job. As, Eleanor Roosevelt stated, “with great freedom comes great responsibility.” This is true when living the OTR life, as the...
by Roane Transportation Team Member | Dec 4, 2018 | Drivers, Life at Roane Transportation, Trucking Safety
The adage, “drive when you have to, sleep when you can,’ used to run through the trucking industry. However, the risk of driving drowsy is very dangerous and poses a threat to everyone on the road. It is even against the law for a trucker to drive longer than required...
by Roane Transportation Team Member | Nov 19, 2018 | Life at Roane Transportation
Nighttime temperatures are beginning to drop, and as cold weather appears on the horizon we want truckers to stay healthy. We have three suggestions that can add safety and fit easily into a trucker’s daily routine to keep the muscles and skeleton limber and ready for...
by Roane Transportation Team Member | Nov 16, 2018 | Life at Roane Transportation
Professional Truck Drivers have a large amount of time to think and contemplate life on the road. Not many individuals, however, demonstrate the insightfulness and mindfulness of Terry Hodges, a flatbed, OTR truck driver for the Roane Transportation family who has a...
by Roane Transportation Team Member | Oct 16, 2018 | Life at Roane Transportation
America’s economy relies heavily on truck drivers. With professional drivers in high demand, many individuals wonder what the truck driver lifestyle is like and what it’s like to drive a semi-truck for a living. We took some time to talk with Kevin McCulley, a veteran...
by Roane Transportation Team Member | Oct 1, 2018 | Drivers, Life at Roane Transportation
Truck drivers are the backbone of Roane Transportation and the modern US economy alike. Tractor trailers haul nearly 70% of all the freight that is shipped in our country and so without truck drivers, America would come to a screeching halt. Still, it’s easy to...
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...
