by Roane Transportation Team Member | Jul 19, 2019 | Drivers, Life at Roane Transportation, Truck Driving Jobs
Behind every excellent trucking company, there is a full cast of support staff helping truck drivers deliver customer freight on-time and to achieve company objectives. We sat down to talk with one such vital cast member, Samantha Woody, who holds the important...
by Roane Transportation Team Member | Jul 9, 2019 | Drivers, Life at Roane Transportation, Transport
The trucking industry boasts a massive percentage of the goods we have in our possession, 71% to be exact, and there are over 8.5 million drivers using 39 billion gallons of diesel fuel! The trucking industry truly runs America, pun intended. Here is a top ten list,...
by Roane Transportation Team Member | Jun 11, 2019 | Drivers, Life at Roane Transportation
The term Millennial gets thrown around a lot in current industries and career forecasting. Defining characteristics of a Millennial is that the generation is often considered to be open-minded do-gooders who desire to hold onto some conventional notions while...
by Roane Transportation Team Member | May 8, 2019 | Drivers, Life at Roane Transportation
In continuing our professional truck driver interview series, we spoke with Tim Larue to talk about landing your first truck driving job, what it’s like to drive, the differences between driving a flatbed and doing LTL driving, and life in general. Tim is one of...
by Roane Transportation Team Member | Apr 30, 2019 | Flatbed Trucking, Transportation, Trucking Safety
More than likely you have probably seen the stations on the interstate requesting truckers exit off the highway to have their load weighed. Have you ever wondered why they have to stop or what goes on when the truckers enter the weigh station? We have some insight...