Trucking with OOIDA

Ten4Talks on Truck Stop Conversations and What’s Really Happening Out There

Every week at OOIDA is Truck Driver Appreciation Week – and the same goes for Aaron Knight, who founded Ten4Talks as a way to give drivers a voice. His popular YouTube vi

Safety Culture Starts with You

Whether you’ve got one truck or a thousand, it’s important to have people like Brendan Whisenant of CDL Legal in your corner. The industry expert joins the pod to talk ab

Dolly Parton’s Last Stop

The world suffered a huge loss last week with the passing of Dolly Parton – but her memory will live on thanks to her music, her kindness, her philanthropy and so much mo

Building Trucks & Building Trust

Bryan Martin is in the “knocking your socks off” business – and business is good. The “boss man” of 4 State Trucks and Chrome Shop Mafia fills us in on what he’s been up

You Know Him as FMCSA Administrator - But Do You Know Derek Barrs?

The trucking community is quite familiar with FMCSA Administrator Derek Barrs by now, but how much do we know about the man behind the title? The administrator joins us t

Todd Spencer Opens the OOIDA Photo Album

At OOIDA, we’re always thinking about the best ways to represent our members – and to do that, it helps to know where you’ve been. With that in mind, we decided to open u

Kenny Ziglar’s Super Showing at SuperRigs

If Kenny Ziglar II were in the market for a new nickname, “champ” would be a pretty good one. The Wyoming trucker just won his second straight Best of Show award at 44th

The Story Behind Big Belly & Son Trucking's YouTube Success

When it comes to YouTube, there’s no right or wrong way to find success. But it’s safe to say that Steven Howard has. The OOIDA life member has been an owner-operator for

Allen Lund's Life of Faith, Family & Freight

Allen Lund lived a remarkable life – and fortunately for us, it’s documented in a new biography called, “Be Good: The Allen Lund Story”. From a life-changing event as a y

Freight Fraudsters Meet Their Match

The folks at Highway appear to be onto something. The load board has made a robust verification process a priority and the result is less fraud. Brent Tittle and John Toz

Trucking Pastor Stops Apparent Kidnapping

Anthony Moore had one of those days recently where nothing seems to go right. The South Carolina-based trucker got hit with delays and detours thanks to two separate prob

U.S. vs Canada Comparisons with Joseph DeBenedictis

In celebration of Canada Day – and in advance of Independence Day in the U.S.A. – we’re embracing our similarities and differences with the help of a man who’s developed

Got Motus Questions? We’ve Got Answers

The rollout of FMCSA’s new Motus registration system has caused quite a bit of frustration out there – and just as many questions. Caleb Sears of OOIDA’s permits and lice

Trucking for Nearly 40 Years and This Is the Load He'll Never Forget

Marty Ellis got to cross something off his bucket list recently when he hauled The Wall That Heals – a three-quarter scale replica of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial that t

Driving Into the Fire: "They're Just So Happy We're There"

When disaster strikes, the Disaster Relief Haulers spring into action. The nonprofit has a very specific focus: providing hay, supplies and assistance to farmers and ranc

The Heavy Haul Trucker Who Accidentally Went Viral – Here's What Happened

One of the best things about social media is showing the world things they’d never get to see otherwise. And few people are showing the world what Andy Specht is showing

Life is a Highway (Bill)

Every five years or so, Congress releases something known as the Highway Bill. Long story short, it lays out funding and policies for the nation’s infrastructure moving f

This High School is Creating America’s Future Truckers

Selling the youth on a career in trucking can be an uphill task, but it’s one Dave Dein takes on with enthusiasm. The former trucker created a CDL program at Patterson Hi

Six Decades in a Truck and Counting

Chances are Steen Gronlund has been on the road longer than you’ve been alive. The octogenarian and OOIDA life member has been trucking since the Sixties and he’s still o

Old School Truckers React to Modern Trucks

Does all this new truck technology actually make for safer driving? After recent experiences with a high-tech truck and a simpler one, Angela Griffin of the Simple Livin’