Once seen as a last-ditch way to unload a lot of equipment, truck auctions have boomed in recent years, fueled by a desire among fleet managers to pick up good equipment cheap.

Two days of downpour have turned much of the ground under Andy Zorn Jr.’s feet into a cold, soupy mixture of mud and gravel, but it doesn’t slow him down.

In many ways, White’s Truck Stop is more like a museum than a place where 18-wheelers pull in for food and fuel. But uniqe establishments like this are rapidly disappearing from the landscape.

In many ways, White’s Truck Stop is more like a museum than a place where 18-wheelers pull in for food and fuel. But uniqe establishments like this are rapidly disappearing from the landscape.

The Internet is rewriting the rule book on how consumers purchase goods, creating a new wave in commerce that is catching more and more trucking and affiliated operations in its swell.

The Internet is rewriting the rule book on how consumers purchase everything from home furnishings to food, creating a new wave in commerce that is catching more and more trucking and affiliated operations in its swell.

When she started trucking over the road nearly 30 years ago, Dorothy “Dottie” Bryant figured she was probably one of the first of her gender to drive a big rig for a living. But she later discovered that at least one woman had preceded her — and by several decades.

More trucking fleets are targeting women in their search for drivers. Much of the industry realizes that women are part of a great, underused labor pool.

Trucking companies use all sorts of tactics to reduce driver turnover, but some in the industry believe looking inside the driver’s head may provide the biggest turnover-buster of them all.

Trucking companies use all sorts of tactics to reduce driver turnover, from higher pay and more home time to free vacations. Yet C. Gerald Carter believes that looking inside the driver’s head may provide the biggest turnover-buster of them all.