Trucker Dump - A Trucking Podcast

This is the 9.25-hour audiobook version of the Trucking Life ebook. If I did it right (highly improbable), it should have chapter markers so you can skip around or find stuff quicker.

The audiobook is also available in a playlist on the AboutTruckDriving YouTube page (audio only):

https://www.youtube.com/@AboutTruckDriving/playlists

In this penultimate episode, I talk about my current job driving for Walmart. Yes, I'm well aware I've had a lot of bad things to say about them in the past, but I wouldn't still be working here 1.5 years later if all those complaints were still true, would I? So if you've ever wondered what it's like to be a Walmart driver, click that play button and prepare yourself for a long, rambling chat about the United States' largest employer.

Also, I open the show announcing that the 9.25 hour audiobook version of "Trucking Life: An Entertaining, Yet Informative Guide To Becoming And Being A Truck Driver" will soon be available for free both on YouTube and as part of this podcast feed. Stay tuned!

In today's episode, we discuss what happened to my former employer, Yellow, Inc. Why did they go out of business after almost 100 years? Was it the Teamsters fault like the CEO of Yellow said? Or was it Yellow's fault like the President of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters said.

Spoiler alert: I don't have any special inside knowledge, but I do have opinions based on working for both the company as a driver and the Teamsters as an Alternate Union Steward.

This is the 9.25-hour audiobook version of the Trucking Life ebook. If I did it right (highly improbable), it should have chapter markers so you can skip around or find stuff quicker.

The audiobook is also available in a playlist on the AboutTruckDriving YouTube page (audio only):

https://www.youtube.com/@AboutTruckDriving/playlists

In this penultimate episode, I talk about my current job driving for Walmart. Yes, I'm well aware I've had a lot of bad things to say about them in the past, but I wouldn't still be working here 1.5 years later if all those complaints were still true, would I? So if you've ever wondered what it's like to be a Walmart driver, click that play button and prepare yourself for a long, rambling chat about the United States' largest employer.

Also, I open the show announcing that the 9.25 hour audiobook version of "Trucking Life: An Entertaining, Yet Informative Guide To Becoming And Being A Truck Driver" will soon be available for free both on YouTube and as part of this podcast feed. Stay tuned!

In today's episode, we discuss what happened to my former employer, Yellow, Inc. Why did they go out of business after almost 100 years? Was it the Teamsters fault like the CEO of Yellow said? Or was it Yellow's fault like the President of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters said.

Spoiler alert: I don't have any special inside knowledge, but I do have opinions based on working for both the company as a driver and the Teamsters as an Alternate Union Steward.

So it's been over a year since the last episode aired, so obviously I start out with a groveling apology, followed by a brief explanation of what happened. I also lay out a plan to wrap up the Trucker Dump Podcast once and for all.

But for now, here are the links to those long overdue Garmin video reviews I've been talking about. And I also throw in a link to my older review of the Garmin dēzl™ OTR1000, which goes into all the details of setting up your Garmin GPS.

Garmin dēzl™ Headset 200 review

Garmin dēzl™ OTR810 Truck GPS review

Garmin dēzl™ OTR1000 Truck GPS review

So it’s been over a year since the last episode aired, so obviously I start out with a groveling apology, followed by a brief explanation of what happened. I also lay out a plan to wrap up the Trucker Dump Podcast once and for all.

But for now, here are the links to those long overdue Garmin video reviews I’ve been talking about. And I also throw in a link to my older review of the Garmin dēzl™ OTR1000, which goes into all the details of setting up your Garmin GPS.

Garmin dēzl™ Headset 200 review

Garmin dēzl™ OTR810 Truck GPS review

Garmin dēzl™ OTR1000 Truck GPS review

In today's long-overdue show, we've got stories on Teamster fights with Sysco and Yellow, FedEx is heading into a massive reorganization, lots of truck stop news, what's going on with truck safety; including crash rates for new carriers, new out-of-service criteria, driver-facing cameras, drug testing, E-log violation detection, automatic emergency braking legislation pending, and the safest state for truckers (this one might surprise you). We'll also talk about trucking's ongoing battle against environmental standards, how female truckers feel about their job, and much more.

In the listener feedback segment, you weigh in on tire recycling, checking your brake lights, and we'll have some follow-up on whether day cab drivers can utilize the split sleeper berth rule without having a sleeper berth.

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Teamsters vs. Yellow, a fight neither can afford from LandLine.media

Sysco Louisville Teamsters strike ends, 1st deal signed; Indianapolis over also from FreightWaves.com

Yellow, Teamsters to hash out operational changes by reopening NMFA early from FreightWaves.com

FedEx says air network restructuring to save $700M annually from FreightWaves.com

FedEx to combine all but LTL into 1 organization from FreightWaves.com

Pilot announces new CEO, CFO, as Berkshire Hathaway takes majority ownership from CDLLife.com

Love's to invest $1 billion upgrading locations from TheTrucker.com

Love's Travel Stops buys EZ GO locations from TheTrucker.com

New TA truck stop opens in Oklahoma from CDLLife.com

Distracted driving in Ohio now primary offense from LandLine.media

Seven states pursue left lane changes from LandLine.media

TD66: Truckers Go Turtle Racing from AboutTruckDriving.com

FMCSA calls for renewed safety push at forum from LandLine.media

FMCSA data shows rise in crash rates among new-entrant carriers from FreightWaves.com

Study shows Michigan the safest state for truck drivers from ccjdigital.com (Commercial Carrier Journal)

CVSA's 2023 Out-of-Service Criteria now in effect from TheTrucker.com

New AI monitoring system showing Groendyke 'a lot of things' prior system did not from ccjdigital.com (Commercial Carrier Journal)

New research confirms truckers' disdain for driver-facing cameras from OverdriveOnline.com

Technology Helps Minimize Tractor-Trailer Pairing Errors from ttnews.com (Transport Topics)

Landing and launching terminals for autonomous trucks getting closer from FreightWaves.com

White House reviewing proposal to require automatic emergency braking on big rigs from TheTrucker.com

EPA approves California rules phasing out diesel trucks from TheTrucker.com

Rep. Nehls introduces measure to overturn EPA rule from LandLine.media

Trucking orgs tee off on Biden's zero emission plan from ccjdigital.com (Commercial Carrier Journal)

Most truckers have no interest in electric trucks, survey reveals from LandLine.media

Report: Hydrogen will emerge as zero emission solution for long-haul trucking from OverdriveOnline.com

ATRI seeks truck driver input on impacts of legalized marijuana from TheTrucker.com

Impacts of Marijuana Legalization on Trucking Operations Driver Survey from ATRI (American Transportation Research Institute)

Drug Expert Weighs In on Safety of Alcohol Versus Marijuana from ttnews.com (Transport Topics)

FMCSA provides updates on driver compensation, detention time studies from LandLine.media

Female trucker surveys divide proponents on pay and cab design from ccjdigital.com (Commercial Carrier Journal)

How carriers can identify log falsification from FreightWaves.com

Here are 8 wild Qualcomm messages that truckers need to see from CDLLife.com

One million dimes reported stolen from big rig parked at Philly Walmart from LandLine.media - submitted by Steven Gorman

Canadian tire fire video - 48 seconds

File petition for rules changes with the FMCSA from FMCSA.DOT.gov

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