Managing personal finances can be a difficult task as is but especially when on the road keeping on top of it all requires banking tools that increase efficiency and convenience. Drivers that work away from home for a prolonged period have a plethora of aspects to worry about so finance should not be one of them. By staying mobile, drivers can easily perform a number of functions without ever...
Families and Relationships
Here you will find articles and resources aimed at growing and maintaining healthy relationships while working as a professional driver.
Our advice includes parenting, marriage, families, and a variety of other topics that pertain to today's professional truck driver.
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Changing careers is a scary, but changing careers in the middle of a recession can be extremely stressful. The truth is that truck driving jobs are on the rise. And in no other industry is it as easy to change careers as it is to become a truck driver.
The first part of becoming a truck driver is getting a commercial driver’s license or CDL. There are several avenues you can pursue to...
Here are 8 good ways to make sure you get home safely from each and every trip.
Minimize Distractions
Be certain to zero in on what will end up being a distraction and an annoyance to you as you travel down the highway. If your phone is a temptation, make sure it is out of reach or on vibrate at the very least. If you hear rattling noises, stop and adjust your load. And, of...
As a working mom or dad, finding the time and energy to spend with children can be difficult, even if they see their kids on a daily basis. For parents who support their family on the road, long-distance parenting can seem especially painful, but the key thing to remember is quality rather than quantity. It is very important to make the time count when home from working days or weeks at a time...
After a lengthy stint on the road, you look forward to coming home again. You eagerly look forward to catching up with family and friends, relish quality time spent with your children and anticipate the potential minor household repair. With a little simple planning, big things can be accomplished in a small window of time. By making the most of your time at home, the little things can leave...
Big-rig hauling is an occupation that has not seen the unemployment rate that has effected other occupations during recent years. Although the economy is down the drain people still have to have life's necessities transported from one location to another, which has provided steady work for truckers. The U.S. Bureau of statistics predicts an 18% increase in the need for truck...
Part of a healthy and happy home is financial security. When your finances are in order you will find your stress level lower, and your time at home happier.
Many families today struggle with finances and have trouble making ends meet from time to time. Families where income is depending on a trucker's income face the basic troubles many families struggle with, such as rising food...
More than 3.5 million Americans work as truck drivers. Although some couples work together, truck driving jobs separate millions of truck drivers and their spouses for weeks at a time. This leaves spouses with extra parenting responsibilities and other pressures. Here are some tips to help spouses of truck drivers cope during the long hauls.
1. Help prepare for the trip. Make special...
The separation OTR drivers experience can put a strain on even the strongest family relationships. Knowing good ways to cope with the separation will help strengthen your family relationships. The following five tips can help strengthen and maintain family relationships, even when that family is separated by thousands of miles of road.
Include your family
Let your...
Maintaining a viable marriage is a difficult endeavor for any couple to accomplish. Members of the haul industry have a more difficult time working on their relationships than couples who are not over-the-road three months or longer. Although there are extenuating circumstances to a marriage financially dependent on truck driving jobs, problems within a marriage cannot be solely blamed on the...
