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“Extreme blowover risk” and road closures expected, warns WYDOT
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“Extreme blowover risk” and road closures expected, warns WYDOT

The Wyoming Department of Transportation is warning commercial truck drivers of high winds in central Wyoming starting Wednesday.  A significant High Wind Event and Extreme Blow-Over Risk will impact much of Wyoming on Wednesday into Thursday,” WYDOT wrote in a post on Facebook. “Areas of slick roads, black ice and blowing snow for a few...

OTC Drugs and Drug Tests | TruckersReport.com Trucking Forum
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OTC Drugs and Drug Tests | TruckersReport.com Trucking Forum

Do a google search with various terms like drug test, false positives, poppy seeds. I have quoted a section from various articles from a guick google search. Also I vaguely remember a section in the fmscr about poppy seeds. It can be an eye opener as to which common items such as Ibuprofen can result...

Truck decimates pedestrian bridge and innocent sedan
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Truck decimates pedestrian bridge and innocent sedan

A pedestrian bridge collapsed after being struck by a semi truck in upstate New York on Tuesday morning.  The crash happened at about 11:15 a.m. at Eastman Business Park on Mount Read Boulevard between West Ridge Road and Ridgeway Avenue in Rochester, New York.  According to 3 News, the truck left its lift in the...

FCC–Fremont Contract Carriers
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FCC–Fremont Contract Carriers

FCC is based out of Fremont, Nebraska. The have a dry van and a flatbed division, with three different divisions, Mid-West regional, South West regional, and the long haul fleet. Living in SC I am only eligible for the long haul division. They have approximately 360 tractors, almost 2/3 of those are either O/O's or...