TalkCDL Trucking Podcast

Speed Limits

06 Apr 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Speed Limits. Did you know there are 8 states that still have split speed limits? Thats right, one speed for passenger vehicles and another for commer...

Stealing Fuel with Magnets

22 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Stealing Fuel with Magnets. I never heard of this trick. I was impressed when I heard, there is a trick that drivers have been doing for a long time. ...

Truckers Suffering

09 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Truckers Suffering. This week on TalkCDL Trucking Podcast, we conducted our first video podcast. A CEO for a trucking company got in trouble recently....

Hard Times Angies Story

23 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Hard Times Angies Story. We sat down with Angie from Angies Transportation at the Florida Truck Show. Her story is one that many trucking companies ex...

Big Shake Up in Trucking

15 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Big Shake Up in Trucking. You thought you heard it all. Then along comes Artificial Intelligence, In other words "AI". Thats right, AI has shaken the ...

Top 5 States with Worst Roads

02 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Top 5 States with Worst Roads, according to Truckers. Want to guess which state has the absolute worst roads? Better listen in and hear the latest pod...

9 Months for Killing 2

20 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

9 Months for Killing 2. Wow, this really happened. A trucker while on his cell phone rear ended a vehicle killing 2 people. The vehicle caught fire an...

Shippers Beware

12 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Shippers Beware. Secretary Sean Duffy said Shippers should be responsible for who they load. He said he would like to take a look at shippers. Im thin...

Can I Refuse An Inspection

29 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Can I Refuse An Inspection. Thats the question everyone is asking. Can I actually say no to DOT when they knock on my door? But not just anytime. Can ...

Hottest Subject In Trucking

15 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Hottest Subject In Trucking. Today is not surprise. We have the latest and greatest topic in Trucking. Thats, right and thats what all truckers are ta...

Who Is Screwing Truckers Over

25 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Who Is Screwing Truckers Over. On this weeks episode, we explore what's going on in the trucking industry. We found some alarming information and it's...

Let’s Talk About ICE Raids

08 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Let's Talk About ICE Raids. The trucking industry is getting crazy. ICE raids. Immigration check points. Non English speaking drivers and non-domicile...

How Many Illegal CDL’s

27 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

How Many Illegal CDL's. There are - Approximately 100,000 truck drivers in the United States are illegal immigrants. - This estimate is based on th...

Top 5 States for Chain Laws Plus

17 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Top 5 States for Chain Laws Plus. There are five states that earned the title of toughest states for chain laws. Tune in this week and hear which ones...

Johnny Acid out of Control

07 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Johnny Acid out of Control. Acid is driving me nuts. This was an episode back in the day. We are thinking about bringing Johnny Back on the show. What...

B4 You Truck Count The Cost

30 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

B4 You Truck Count The Cost. 3 out of 4 people get their CDL and never drive past 6 months in a commercial vehicle. The main reason? They don't count ...

Bad Lease Purchase Carriers

22 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Bad Lease Purchase Carriers. Where do we start? There are more bad lease purchases than good in the trucking industry. Chances are, you have found thi...

If You’re A 1099 Company TROUBLE’s COMING

13 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

If You're A 1099 Company TROUBLE's COMING. Do you offer your drivers 1099 Pay? Do you pay for the fuel? Do you pay for the truck? Do you tell the driv...

Stop Pooping on Your CDL

07 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Stop Pooping on Your CDL. Im not going to tell you about the title, haha. You will just have to listen to this weeks episode on TalkCDL Trucking Podca...

Trucker Is Up A Creek

25 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Truther Is Up A Creek. Recently Harjinger Singh, a trucker from India, allegedly made an illegal U-turn, killing 3 people on the Florida Turnpike. Thi...

A Story Of Trucking On Heroin

19 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

A Story Of Trucking On Heroin. Tune in and sit back. This weeks episode is a story of a trucker addicted to drugs. He drove cross country on heroin. H...

Driver You Have My Permission

11 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

A recent email sent to TalkCDL Trucking Podcast, has everyone buzzing. The letter contained a message from a trucking company to their drivers. The me...

Forced To Drive

05 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Forced To Drive. You heard it right. Truck Driver all over America, are forced to drive. Here's how it works. A trucking company hires a driver that c...

Harley Vs Semi Truck

29 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Harley Vs Semi Truck. When motorcycles clash with the big rigs, the bike loses every time. Recently a man on a Harley Davidson attempted to pass betwe...

UPS Makes Cheap Offer For Drivers To Resign

22 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

UPS Makes Cheap Offer For Drivers To Resign. Wow, can you believe how much or little UPS offered their driver, to resign? We did the math. If a driver...

The Trucking Insurance Guy

17 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The Trucking Insurance Guy. Did you know that Spectrum Insurance is an insurance company above he rest? Laife the Trucking Insurance Guy goes above an...

170,000 Non-English Speaking Drivers Out

07 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

170,000 Non-English Speaking Drivers Out. Recently 170,000 drivers that are non-english speaking, lost their CDL. President Trump Signed an executive ...

Top 10 Most Powerful Semi’s in Order

24 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Top 10 Most Powerful Semi's in Order. Will your favorite rig be in the top ten? There is a difference between pretty and powerful. We compiled a list ...

Retired Truckers Can’t Afford Retirement

16 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Retired Truckers Can't Afford Retirement. Can you imagine trucking all your life. You retire and can not afford to retire? This is the state we are in...

Crimes Against Truckers Stats

08 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Crimes Against Trucker Stats. There are more crimes against ruck drivers than most realize. Many of these crimes are of a violent nature. Thus making ...

Me No Speak English

27 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Me No Speak English. Right now at this very moment, DOT are gearing up to test these they suspect of English ignorance. That's right, truckers that ca...

Summar Interview

17 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Summar Interview. Let us introduce you to Summar Financial. If you are in need of cash flow, this are the people for you. They will take over your inv...

Top 10 Most Dangerous Trucking Companies

13 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Top 10 Most Dangerous Trucking Companies. I recently read an article on PKBLawfirm.com The article talked about the most dangerous trucking companies ...

English Speaking Truckers Only

05 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

English Speaking Truckers Only. Trucking has a big problem. That problem is, many truckers can't speak English language. For the past few years, truck...

How To Report A Trucking Company To FMCSA

27 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

How To Report A Trucking Company To FMCSA. Did you know, it is very easy to report a trucking company to the FMCSA? If you didn't, we are about to sho...

Truckers Condoms & Pee

15 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Truckers Condoms & Pee. Have you hear about the trucker that filled a condom with urine? Well did you hear what happened that day? Tune in and hear th...

The Nerve Of Some

08 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The Nerve Of Some. Some truckers have a lot of nerve. Wait till you hear Troy's next true story. I mean it's a doozy. It involves a homeless trucker, ...

Trucking Is One Big Adventure

30 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Trucking Is One Big Adventure. Oh yeah, if youre considering being a trucker some day, you don't want to miss this episode. Troy is going to take you ...

3 Ways to tell When The Freight Is Back

23 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

3 Ways to tell When The Freight Is Back. Are the good times ever coming back? Will we know prior? How can we tell the industry is changing for the goo...

I Can’t Drive 68 MPH

17 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

I Can't Drive 68 MPH. Some truck drivers refuse to drive a big rig, under the speed limit. Some trucking companies, truck speed, is set below the spee...

Trucker Overtime Pay Coming

11 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Trucker Overtime Pay Coming. It seems truckers and waitresses are the last people in the world to be paid right. While waitresses are clearly paid und...

TAB Bank Truck Show Interview

28 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

One group wants to sue truckers and their companies, well let me correct that, it seems everyone wants to sue the trucking industry for something. Eve...

Truck Parking Club At The Florida Truck Show

23 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Truck Parking Club At The Florida Truck Show. We ran into the Truck Parking Club at the Florida Truck Show. We sat down with Hunter Shearer, Truck Par...

Trucker Catheterization

15 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Trucker Catheterization. Did he say that? You bet he did. You will not believe what some truckers are doing to pass they DOT drug screen. I really wis...

Trucker Fight Club TFC

08 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Trucker Fight Club TFC. Tune in and hear the story of two little boys, that settled their differences with a rock. After that you will hear Troy's tak...

A Carriers Obligation To Drivers

26 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

A Carriers Obligation To Drivers. Are you a trucking Company? If so, you have obligations to the drivers you hire. First and foremost you have an obli...

Why Can’t I Carry A Gun

12 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Why Can't I Carry A Gun. For some reason there is a state that does not recognize my CCW. Is this constitutional? Does this particular state have the ...

2024 In The Mirror

04 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

2024 In The Mirror. Yay, 2024 is behind us. A warm welcome to the New Year and Happy New Year to all of our listeners. We are praying for a better yea...

Merry Christmas Truckers

29 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Merry Christmas Truckers. We hope all truckers and their families have great and merry Christmas this year. The most important load you will deliver i...

Merging Lanes

16 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Merging Lanes. Truck drivers are considered professional drivers. If you want the title, then you need to act like the title. When another vehicle is ...

Just Trucking Stuff

08 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Just Trucking Stuff. OK, truckers are at it again. That old argument of wether Buccee's sucks or is worth it. Why doesn't Buccee's allow semi truck pa...

Why Experience Pays More

22 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Why Experience Is Worth More. Would you like to know why trucking companies pay more for an experienced driver? There is a slew of reasons but the mai...

Inward Facing Camera Survey

18 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Inward Facing Camera Survey. Would you drive for a company that has inward facing cameras? TalkCDL conducted a nationwide survey and the results were ...

Hypocrisy In Trucking

10 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Hypocrisy In Trucking. Have you noticed, in the trucking industry, there is allot of hypocrites? From shippers to receivers to trucking companies, the...

The Jeff Burkhardt Interview

28 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

The Jeff Burkhardt Interview. If you haven't heard of Jeff Burkhardt, you will know him after this sit down. We asked Jeff about many issues in the tr...

Trucker Issues Survey

20 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Trucker Issues Survey. We got it. The latest questionnaire from your peers. That's right, truckers were surveyed and asked, "what is your main issues?...

Drivers, Do You Measure Up?

15 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Drivers, Do You Measure Up? We are in a freight recession. Carriers have become more and more picky with their hiring standards. Truck Drivers are bei...

Hazmat Endorsement Is It Worth It

05 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Hazmat Endorsement Is It Worth It. How many hazardous loads does the average driver pull in a year? Is he compensated enough to justify having the end...

Truckers Getting Hurt

28 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Truckers Getting Hurt. Have you been hurt on the job? Many truck Drivers have been hurt while performing their job. Truckers are prone to injury aroun...

Detention Pay Is A Joke

15 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Detention Pay Is A Joke. Have you ever seen detention pay? Truck Drivers are suppose to get it but rarely do. Many trucking companies keep the detenti...

The Latest On Driver Pay

08 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

The Latest On Driver Pay. We got the skinny on driver pay. Class A CDL drivers are professional drivers but are they get paid like a professional? Whi...

Top States For Cargo Theft

29 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Top States For Cargo Theft. Cargo theft among tractor-trailers is common. Some states have much more than others. In this weeks episode, we discuss wh...

Beware Of Carriers Changing DOT Numbers

18 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Beware Of Carriers Changing DOT Numbers. Are you working for a trucking company that has changed DOT numbers? If so, you may be part of a carrier that...

FBI Interview Long Haul Serial Killer

04 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

FBI Interview Long Haul Serial Killer. We sat with Frank Figliuzzi former assistant director for counter intelligence of the Federal Burrow of Investi...

How To Choose A Trucking Job

25 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

How To Choose A Trucking Job. Have you struck out when picking a trucking job? Were you lid to? Did you last very long? Most likely, the answer was ne...

Choose My Drugs or My CDL

18 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Choose My Drugs or My CDL. 170, 000 plus drivers will lose their CDL this November because of drugs. That's right, over 170,000 suspended CDL's on the...

Scary Concerns in Trucking

08 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Scary Concerns in Trucking. Wow, the title alone makes you think. Trucking for years, has been the number one job in the country. Open up the want ads...

Top Ten Toughest Trucking Jobs

02 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Top Ten Toughest Trucking Jobs. Do you know which trucking job is considered the toughest? Well we have the answer. We came up with our own way of cho...

Electric Semi-Trucks Make No Sense

23 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Electric Semi-Trucks Make No Sense. Electric rigs have to be charged more times on a trip. It will mess up a drivers sleep. It just makes no sense. ...

Mess With A Semi-Truck & Get Dead

16 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Mess With A Semi-Truck & Get Dead. Will all Non-Trucking People please give me your undivided attention? This weekly message goes out to all those peo...

12 signs your cab is poisonous

09 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

12 signs your cab is poisonous. Did you know that carbon monoxide can kill you? Did you know it is odorless and tasteless? A trucker recently died fro...

How Much Per Smuggled Illegal Migrant

02 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

How Much Per Smuggled Illegal Migrant. Have you ever wondered how much smugglers get per migrant? We sat down with a convicted smuggler and asked many...

Accident Scene Does & Don’ts

26 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Accident Scene Does & Don'ts. Recently I heard about a horrible wreck n Pennsylvania. An entire family was in an accident. They were in the medium and...

Older Drivers & Discrimination

19 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Older Drivers & Discrimination. The unwritten rule in trucking is sad. Most carriers won't talk about it but it exists everywhere. Discrimination! Tru...

Poop Ap Plus Preventable Accidents

13 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Poop Ap Plus Preventable Accidents. Have you heard of the Poop Ap? Oh yeah, there is an ap that tracks your track, haha! We thought it would be the pe...

Leaving A Two Weeks Notice

05 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Leaving A Two Weeks Notice. When should you leave a two weeks notice? Is Two weeks enough or not enough? Drivers are faced with this question all the ...

Truckers and Felonies What to Know

28 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Truckers and Felonies What to Know. Do you have a felony? Are you getting turned down from many driving jobs? Well, the kind of felony and as importan...

Ice Pick Bandit Is Getting Brazen

21 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Ice Pick Bandit Is Getting Brazen. This last victim marks the 15th semi truck with flat tires. Thats right, the ice pick bandit is back. Seems Georgia...

States With The Most Tolls

14 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

The Most Expensive Tolls

Trapped Inside A Semi-Truck Rollover

31 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Trapped Inside A Semi-Truck Rollover. Have you ever rolled a semi-truck over? According to most drivers, it is a violent experience. We sat down with ...

OOIDA Interview Speed Limiters Is It Happening

22 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

OOIDA Interview Speed Limiters Is It Happening. Wow, we sat down at the Louisville Truck Show, with George O'Connor from the OOIDA. We asked him about...

Electric Semi Makers Are Wacky

10 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Electric Semi Makers Are Wacky. Recently a man on YouTube showed a video of a Tesla Semi Truck. He showed how the Tesla was beating diesel trucks up D...

Truckers Avoid These States For Fines

03 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Truckers Avoid These Truckers Avoid These States For Fines. Would you like to know which states have the heaviest fines? Truck Drivers should avoid sp...

States With The Most Bottlenecks

24 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

States With The Most Bottlenecks. This will surprise you. We have a list of the states with the most bottlenecked areas. You will not believe this. Ju...

Bad Lease Purchases What To Know

17 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Bad Lease Purchases What To Know. Have you ever leased to own a semi truck? Did you get a title? Did you get to the end of the lease? Was it a nightma...

Top 20 Carriers to Work For

10 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Top 20 Carriers to Work For. Are you working for a top 20 carrier? Check out this weeks episode and find out if you are. We have a list, voted by driv...

Trucker Might Get Fed Up

04 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Trucker Might Get Fed Up. Would you be upset if someone tried to control you? You bet your sweet KitKat you would. The latest from the FMCSA is, they ...

10 “Did You Know” Driving Tips

28 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

10 "Did You Know" Driving Tips. Look, we know you know how to drive. After all you are professional, right? We have compiled a list for those that are...

Little Johnny The Trucker

20 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Little Johnny The Trucker. Did little Johnny become a trucker? Well he just might have. Tune in this week and hear about little Johnny and his antics....

Black Ice 5 Deadliest States

13 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Black Ice 5 Deadliest States. Have you driven on black ice? If you have then you know you should not be on the roads if black ice is present. Sometime...

The Big Lie In Trucking

06 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

The Big Lie In Trucking. What is the big lie? Well, let's put it this way, the current big lie is, Autonomous trucks will always nee a driver. Thats a...

Has FMCSA Really Made Roads Safer?

17 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Has FMCSA Really Made Roads Safer? Check out these stats. 1975 4305 deaths involving large trucks, 1976 4893, 1992 4422, 2002 4846, 2021 4714, so it d...

Truckers Are Like Robots

10 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Truckers Are Like Robots. Do you remember when you got your CDL? It was not as easy as you thought it would be. You know, enduring the mental and the ...

Is This Accident Preventable?

03 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Is This Accident Preventable? We talked about a scenario that happens every day in the trucking world. A driver has to make an evasive move in order t...

Repeat:Don’t Leave Home Mad

26 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Repeat:Don't Leave Home Mad. This is a repeat episode of a truckers story. A story of an Over-the road trucker from West Virginia. We warn you, this s...

Mr. Brownstone Interview

19 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Mr. Brownstone Interview. Did you know that there are many truck drivers on heroin? Did you know these same drivers are driving on Americas roads? Tha...

Story: Truck Driver Treated Unfairly

12 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Story: Truck Driver Treated Unfairly. Picture this. You're adjusting your mirror while standing outside of your truck. You break the mirror and your s...

Don’t Drive For These Companies

05 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Don't Drive For These Companies. Truck drivers have been getting the raw deal lately. Some carriers are refusing to verify their employment. Which of ...

The Ice Pick Bandit

29 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

The Ice Pick Bandit. He is real and he is out there. The ice truck bandit, as he is called, is on the loose popping tires. He has struck from Kentucky...

Truck Parking Interview For Truckers

28 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Truck Parking Interview For Truckers. We sat down with Evan Shelly, the cofounder of Truck Parking Club.com. He came on the show to update us on whats...