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3 BEST GPS FOR TRUCKERS

DO THEY MAKE SPECIAL GPS FOR TRUCK DRIVERS?

Yes. The biggest difference between a GPS for truckers and any regular car GPS is that a trucker GPS will recommend a designated route based on the weight, height, and length of your truck. That means, it will tell you the roads or lanes you’re not allowed to drive and the roads you’re not restricted.
We’ve done our homework and picked the best GPS for truckers on the market.

1. BEST VALUE
Garmin dezl 580 LMT-S

2. RUNNER-UP
Rand McNally TND 740

3. BEST BANG FOR THE BUCK
SIXGO 9 inch HD Touchscreen Truck GPS

Of course, no product is perfect, but as long as those flaws are not deal-breakers, they can make a good case for the top contender.
Write in the comments your favourite gps to work with.

WINTER DRIVING TIPS FOR THE TRUCKER

📍Slow down

At fault accidents are mostly due to excessive speed. Driving at the speed limit may be legal, but is often too fast for snow covered or icy road conditions.

📍Keep a safe buffer zone around your truck

Leave plenty of room between your vehicle and the vehicle in front of your truck, and beside your truck, when possible.

📍Never push beyond the limits of your equipment
Knowing what your equipment can handle is very important. It’s one of the best ways to stay safe.

📍Carry a bag of kitty litter — under your bunk.

Warm tires can turn that snow you parked on into a patch of ice in a short time. Throwing kitty litter under your tires is a good and environmentally safe way to get that little bit of extra traction needed to get you going.

📍Carry a hammer & putty knife — Air tanks can freeze up pretty quick.

If you’ve been driving in excessive amounts of snow, you’ll get under the truck and make sure there’s no snow or ice packed up on my air tanks.

Knowing some safe winter driving tips and tricks can be invaluable to the truck driver. Driving in snow and foul weather is always a challenge, even for the most experienced truckers.

Maine law banning loggers from hiring immigrant truckers blocked by federal judge

A federal judge has blocked a Maine law that previously banned logging companies from hiring immigrant truckers to haul their logs within the state.

The bill prohibiting forest landowners and trucking companies from using immigrant laborers to haul logs harvested in Maine for delivery in Maine was passed in the Spring of 2021 and was sponsored by Senate president Troy Jackson – a former professional logger who felt that Maine timber companies were taking jobs away from Maine residents by illegally hiring Canadian workers for less money.

US District Court Judge John Woodcock has since granted a preliminary injunction against the law. Woodcock says that Maine state officials may have legitimate concerns about the use of foreign laborers under the H-2A visa program, but the law banning the use of these workers “is not a constitutional means of addressing these concerns.” Woodcock also says the now-blocked law is an attempt at overriding federal immigration law, reported Maine Public.

The Maine Forest Products Council, among others, argued that the now-blocked law not only allowed Maine to overstep its legal authority, but also violated the “equal protection” provisions of the Maine and U.S. constitutions. Executive Director of the Forest Industry Trade Group, Patrick Strauch, says that the logging landowners and trucking companies only apply to hire laborers from Canada because they can’t find Americans willing to do the job.

“What this law did was enforce the federal law of point-to-point hauling in Maine, which happens nowhere else in the United States,” Jackson said Tuesday, arguing that “point-to-point” hauling jobs should be reserved for American citizens.

The suspension of the law is only temporary, and additional court action is expected.

Read more about it on cdllife.com