Diesel Truck Driver Training School

Truck drivers are not all the same. Each type of truck has its own set of personal and physical attributes that a driver requires to be effective. When undertaking training to become a truck driver, you need to consider the type of truck that is best suited to you, your current life situation, and the [...]

A long distance trucker’s wife often leads a difficult life. If there are children in the family, she has to be both mom and dad for extended periods of time. Add to that the natural fear that people hold when loved ones are away from home, in a job that has dangers, and her life [...]

Now there’s a curly question. How old is too old to learn to become a truck driver? Theoretically, there’s no such thing as being “too old” to gain a commercial drivers license (CDL). Whilst you need a CDL to drive trucks, having that CDL won’t guarantee you a truck driving job. We can break the [...]

One of the little known side benefits of being a good truck driver is that you can influence the size of your paycheck. Employers are obviously wanting the best when it comes to truck drivers, and they are often willing to pay just a little more to gain quality drivers. However, that’s not the only [...]

So you want to be a truck driver. Have you decided on the type of truck you would like to drive? Most students to our truck driver training school arrive with preconceived ideas about the type of truck they would like to drive. Before making a definitive decision, here are some of the different types [...]

You can’t just wake up one day and decide you want to become a truck driver. You need to be trained, and you need to pass written and practical assessments of your abilities and knowledge. There are also regulatory requirements that must be met, and if you don’t meet these requirements, then you cannot receive [...]

As the weather warms various parts of the country start to waken from their winter doze. Construction increases, and come early summer, you’ll see building sites and road building going on everywhere. This puts a huge strain on the truck driving workforce and in many areas there simply aren’t enough truck drivers to go around. [...]

When you train to become a truck driver there are a number of skills you’ll learn that can be transferred to everyday life. Using a GPS unit effectively is one, and learning how to spot the best road stops is another. One skill that is handy for almost everyone is that of the trucker’s knot. [...]

Becoming a truck driver, particularly an over-the-road or long distance truck driver, requires a lot of thought. If you have family, they will be impacted by your decision, especially if you are going to be away for days or even weeks at a time. While that does sound like a negative, it is a reality, [...]

There has been a subtle change in the lifestyle of many truck drivers over the last ten years. Truck drivers had what has become known as the traditional trucker-tummy – the spare tire around their midriff. If you think about it, truck driving is a very sedentary career – you sit down all day to [...]