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The Electric Truck Stop has directory's to 1000's of truck stops, truck scales,road service, rest area's, DOT weigh stations, weather, road conditions, fuel prices, stores, TV, movies, and a trucker forum. All that information is by state by state listings where a simple search can be done very quickly. Time is money and a truck driver these days cannot afford to be late, delayed by weather, break downs or anything else. The Electric Truck Stop also offers a job search, and freight finding services, vital to efficient operation of a heavy truck. Just as in the larger truck stops all this information is under one "roof" or location if you will, hence The Electric Truck Stop.
Many sites offer single services such as jobs, load boards but to take time and look up all these services is out of the question with daily time constraints and choice is a huge factor as most drivers plan ahead of their trips. A one stop reliable site can make all the difference in the world to a truck driver with all the information he or she needs. Choice is a huge factor, that is why we at The Electric Truck Stop offer just that. Thousands of listings and links all neatly categorized state by state.
Public Truck - CMV parking a victim of Minnesota government shutdown
If you’re heading toward Minnesota with a load or are already there, be prepared. The shutdown of the Minnesota state government Friday is already spilling over into the trucking industry with short- and long-term ramifications.
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Big rig truck drivers, trucking company owners - anyone who is involved with the trucking industry - are the backbone of this country. The United States as we know it would collapse - and catastrophically so within mere days - without trucks and the men and women who own and operate them as they deliver the food and other goods vital to a stable society.
As these heroes on wheels criss-cross states and the breadth of the country, they often need places to rest, eat, shower and stretch their legs. Trucking company owners and their drivers know how important long haul truck insurance is to the viability of a trucking company. But a good, clean truck stop, with a great restaurant and adequate facilities for both truck and driver are perhaps the best compliment to long haul truck insurance...Truck Stop news.
The truck stop originated in the United States in the 1940s, as a reliable source of diesel fuel not commonly available at filling stations. This, coupled with the growth of the Interstate Highway System, led to the creation of the professional haulage and truck stop industries....Truck Stop origins
Iowa 80 is the world's largest truck stop
Iowa 80 is the world's largest truck stop, located along Interstate 80 off exit 284 in Walcott, Iowa. Set on a 220-acre (89 ha) plot of land (four times larger than an average truckstop and 2.5 times larger than Disneyland) -- 75 acres (30 ha) of which are currently developed -- the site receives 5,000 visitors daily, and features a 67,000 sq ft (6,200 m2) main building, parking for 800 trucks, and 15 fuel pumps. Four-hundred and fifty employees staff the megaplex...Truck Stop - Iowa 80 the worlds largest
Environmentally Friendly Truck Stops
Almost any truck driver that drives across the country will tell you the same thing, and that is that the inside of their truck is both their office and also their sleeping quarters. Most drivers remain close to their trucks while they make their freight deliveries. Even when they stop for a break or to get some sleep, they normally leave the trucks diesel engine running so that they can power the air conditioner or heater and other appliances, such as a refrigerator....Environmentally Friendly Truck Stops
Pinion Truck Stop Closes
Pinon Truck Stop, also known as the Rocky Mountain Travel Center, which has served truckers and motorists for nearly five decades, has closed.....Pinion Truck Stop Closes
Truck Stop - Willie Nelsons truck stop in Carl's Corner
An attorney for a New Jersey based lender says he has filed a foreclosure suit against WN Truck Stop Incorporated, LLC, Willie Nelson's Truck Stop in Carl's Corner...Truck Stop - Wille nelsons
The U.S. transportation networks are often compared to the human "circulatory system." Just as blood carries life-giving, oxygenated cells to all parts of the body, trains and trucks moving along briskly—and carrying loads of freight—indicate that the economy is healthy....High Diesel Prices...
Professional truck drivers won't be surprised if mainstream media headlines announcing the newly proposed hours of service include phrases about "tired truckers" or "fatigued truckers" or similar innuendos. The Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association (OOIDA), which represents more than 153,000 professional drivers and small business truckers, wants to emphasize that hours spent driving is only a part of the overall issue and that all involved in the transportation supply chain have a role in highway safety....Trucking Hours of service rules...
Facilities Focus on Safety, Health Concerns in Response to an Increase in Female Drivers
As the number of women truck drivers increases, truck-stop operators say they are adding services that are meant to allay concerns about safety, cleanliness, health and respect that often trouble their female customers.
May Truck Tonnage Rises 2.7%
American Trucking Associations’ truck tonnage index rose 2.7% in May, the 18th consecutive year-over-year increase, but the growth rate fell to its slowest pace since February 2010 as U.S. economic growth flagged.
Truckers maintain healthy dividends as Trucking Industry Rebounds
The trucking industry represents a very important component of the US economy. According to the US Bureau of Economic Analysis, the trucking industry adds about 5% to the Gross Domestic product each year....Truckers maintain healthy dividends as Trucking Industry Rebounds...
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