TalkCDL Trucking Podcast

Some of the Longest Roads In America

23 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Some of the Longest Roads In America. Do you know which roads are the longest in the USA? If you guessed, all interstates, you would be wrong. Most tr...

How Dangerous Is Trucking

15 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

How Dangerous Is Trucking. Wow, is trucking that scary? Is there death and Injury every where we turn? the fact is, trucking is the most dangerous job...

Beware Semi Truck Vandals In These Areas

08 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Beware Semi Truck Vandals In These Areas. Has your pay decreased in the last 12 months? If it has, you are not alone. Several drivers across the count...

Trucking Jobs Are Looking Pretty Grim

01 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Trucking Jobs Are Looking Grim. Don't quit your day job because it's not ;looking good in the trucking industry. Tune into this weeks TalkCDL Trucking...

Driver Interview Company Running Illegal

24 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Driver Interview Company Running Illegal. Have you worked for a company that ran illegal. Did you report them to the authorities? Tune in and hear how...

List of Bad Shippers & Receivers

17 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

List of Bad Shippers & Receivers. Have you been held up at a shipper or a receiver? We have short list of places that truckers hate to pickup or deliv...

Wrong Turn

10 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Wrong Turn. Have you ever made a wrong turn? Have you made that turn in a semi truck? This week we discussed how a driver can turn his life upside dow...

Jobs with the highest turnover rates – guess where Trucking Is

03 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Jobs with the highest turnover rates - guess where Trucking Is. The economy is changing for the better. You might not believe me if you listen to the ...

If You Believe The Rich Man

27 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

If You Believe The Rich Man. Did you know that autonomous trucks are a real thing? They are putting in self operating fuel stops for driverless semi t...

Best and Worst States for jobs

20 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Best and Worst States for jobs. We have the list everyone has been looking for. This list will not only tell you how much the average carrier is payin...

AI is Spying on Commercial Drivers

13 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

AI is Spying on Commercial Drivers. Artificial Intelligence is being used to catch truck drivers with their cell phones. If you are coming through Nor...

You Won’t Believe This Story plus Trucker $100,000 Bonuses

06 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

You Won't Believe This Story plus Trucker $100,000 Bonuses. Recently a trucker was arrested, after she crashed her big rig in Pennsylvania. But that i...

Dispatch Me Home

03 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Dispatch Me Home. Is this another trucker movie? The answer, is, Yes it is. Dispatch me Home is a movie about Sam the Man, on his last dispatch. W...

Trucker Attacked by Vicious Dog

30 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Trucker Attacked by Vicious Dog. This part week, before major medias broke the story. TalkCDL witnessed a story about a driver attacked by a police do...

A Horrible Story

23 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

A Horrible Story. Some time ago a semi truck crossed the median on an interstate in Indiana. The truck his a college van carrying students and staff. ...

Bacteria’s Found In Semi Trucks

16 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Bacteria's Found In Semi Trucks. Did you know, that not changing your bedding regularly creates more bacteria than a toilet seat. That's right, your t...

Famous Truck Wrecks 1959 Schuylkill County

09 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Famous Truck Wrecks 1959 Schuylkill County. It was 1959 on route 61 north. A school bus carrying 45 students for the Blue Mountain school district was...

Whiskey, Bullets and A Semi truck

02 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Whiskey, Bullets and A Semi truck. Wow, a trucker went on a rampage recently. During a trip through Maryland, he stopped for some Jack Daniels and som...

Trucking in NYC Troy & Acid

24 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Troy & Johnny Acid . Hello everyone. Troy and Ruthann had to go out of town. Being that they do a fresh podcast every week, they do not keep extra epi...

New Way Truckers Can Protect Themselves

18 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

New Way Truckers Can Protect Themselves. Just in, truckers can now sign up for free alerts from PSP. A tuck driver can now see his personal report as...

Don’t Leave Home Upset or Fighting

11 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Don't Leave Home Upset or Fighting. If you ask Anny, she will tell you why it is important to leave home on a good note. She will also tell you why sh...

They are coming to take your jobs

04 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

They are coming to take your jobs. make no mistake about it, the big trucking companies in this country will eliminate your job. In an article this we...

Be Careful Cops Can Keep Your Cash

28 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Be Careful Cops Can Keep Your Cash. Some time back a trucker was pulled over by the police. He was on his way from Louisiana to Texas. He claims he wa...

Scams Played On Truckers

20 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Scams Played On Truckers. When truckers are out on the road working. They are more venerable than when they are at home. Scammers will target people t...

I’m Gonna Run You Over

14 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

I'm Gonna Run You Over. We have some statistics for you. We looked at the latest stats on road rage. You are going to be surprised when you hear the p...

Beware The Law Is Watching Truckers

07 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Beware The Law Is Watching Truckers. In an effort to combat distracted driving, many states have implemented laws that prohibit the use of handhel...

Did California Do Something Right?

30 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Did California Do Something Right?. Once upon a time, in the year 2030, California had achieved its ambitious goal of becoming a zero-emissions st...

Big Carrier Ripping Off Drivers

23 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Big Carrier Ripping Off Drivers. ruck drivers are reporting problems. Those problems are from a giant well known carrier. The carrier has been slow to...

Chicago Carriers Dispatched from Europe

16 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Have you ever worked for a Chicago Trucking Company? The reports coming in lately are not good. We are being told many drivers are having pay issues a...

Respect Your CDL

09 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Respect Your CDL. A Truck Driver recently went to pick up his first load. Instead, he pick-up a prostitute. That job did not end well. Learn your less...

Live from The Louisville Truck Show

03 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Live from The Louisville Truck Show. TalkCDL Trucking Podcast was on scene at the Louisville Truck Show. We wanted to thank everyone that came out to ...

Truck Parking Club Interview

31 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Truck Parking Club Interview. Truck Parking Club Interview. We sat down with Evan Shelley of Truck Parking Club. He is the CEO and co-founder of this ...

Trucking Industry Just had a Bowel Movement

26 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Trucking Industry Just had a Bowel Movement. The trucking industry just took a poop. It has been crapping out trucking companies allot lately. That ri...

Interview with DrivewYze

21 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Interview with DrivewYze

Trucker Wrongful Arrest could happen To You

19 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Trucker Wrongful Arrest could happen To You. A trucker was awarded a settlement recently for a wrongful arrest. A trucker was delivering at a popular ...

DO You Have What It Takes To Marry A Trucker?

12 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

DO You Have What It Takes To Marry A Trucker? Have you met someone? Are you in love? Are you in love with a trucker? Well guess what? Truckers have a...

Self-Driving Truck Makers are Crapping Out

05 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

TalkCDL will be at the Louisville Truck Show 2023

Flip Flop Truckers & Mountain Grades Explained

26 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Flip Flop Truckers & Mountain Grades Explained. Are you a truck driver? Do you wear flip Flops while driving your semi truck? If you do, then you don'...

Drowsy Driving is Deadly

19 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Drowsy Driving is Deadly. A truck driver recently was convicted of vehicular manslaughter. He was not driving while impaired from alcohol or drugs. He...

A Law For Truckers You Did Not Know About

12 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

A Law For Truckers You Did Not Know About. Have you ever heard of the "masking" law? Did you know it is only for those that have a commercial drivers ...

Can the FMCSA be this Dumb

05 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Can the FMCSA be this Dumb. The FMCSA is asking questions about the autonomous industry. They want the publics opinion on certain questions. Questions...

Grandma’s Toe is Broke I can’t come to Work

29 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Grandma's Toe is Broke I can't come to Work. Trucking say this is one of the biggest excuse, to not come to work. They hear it all the time. A driver ...

The One Ticket Truckers Do Not Want

22 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

The One Ticket Truckers Do Not Want. There are many moving violations that mess up a truckers world. DWI is a super bad one. You also have tickets lik...

The Economy in Trucking

15 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

The Economy in Trucking. A year ago, small trucking companies were begging to buy trucks. The demand was so high, the dealerships were marking up semi...

Stop Picking Up Them Hitchhikers Schneider

08 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Stop Picking Up Them Hitchhikers Schneider. Does your company allow hitchhikers in the truck? I wonder if Schneider National does? In this hilarious e...

Surviving All Alone and Broke Down

01 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Surviving All Alone and Broke Down. Could you survive broke down all by yourself? Could you do it in the winter? Are you even prepared to be broke dow...

Repeat – Would You Stop To Help A Trucker

25 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Would You Stop To Help A Trucker. Well, would you? If you seen a trucker on the side of the road, for whatever reason, would you render help? Would yo...

Would You Stop To Help A Trucker

18 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Would You Stop To Help A Trucker. Well, would you? If you seen a trucker on the side of the road, for whatever reason, would you render help? Would yo...

How To Survive A Jackknife

11 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

What To Do When Going Into A Jackknife. What would you do if that big fat trailer starting coming around? Would you panic? Would you slam on the break...

Bad Freight Rates Explained

04 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Bad Freight toe.Rates Explained. Why are rates getting worse and worse in the trucking industry? Tune into TalkCDL Trucking Podcast and hear Troy's ta...

A Real Twisted Trucker

27 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

A Real Twisted Trucker. Viewer Discretion is advised. Recently a young trucker from the state of Michigan was arrested for animal cruelty. Not only cr...

Snitches Get Stitches

20 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Snitches Get Stitches. There is a law on the books of New York City. It's not a new law but one that has been around since 2018. It is the "snitch' la...

Carter Lumber Interview

17 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Carter Lumber Interview. We sat down with Carter Lumber and dug into what the company is all about. We talked with Russ Murphy from the Carter Lumber ...

Crime On The Road

13 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Crime On The Road. When you have a concealed carry permit, you don't have the right to pull your gun out to scare people. It is not a Lisence to bully...

Bad Things Can Happen When A Carrier Keeps A Driver Pay

06 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Bad Things Can Happen When A Carrier Keeps A Driver Pay. This week we are missing little Miss Ruthann. She is sick and is in bed getting much needed r...

There’s No More Diesel Left Time To Panic

30 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

There's No More Diesel Left Time To Panic. The United States of America uses 128 million gallons of diesel fuel per day or just over 3 million barrels...

Truckers Make The Best Husbands

23 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Truckers Make The Best Husbands. The national average for divorced people in the United States, is, almost 50%. Yuk, right? Almost half of everyone th...

Vengeance On The Road

16 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Vengeance On The Road. Recently a trucker took out his own vengeance on a trucking company. A driver started burning semi trucks that belonged to Swif...

Drive Monkey Drive

09 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Drive Monkey Drive. Autonomous maker Locomotion is teaming up with Stevens Trucking of Oklahoma. Steven has plans to acquire up to 500 autonomous rigs...

When team Driving Ends Bad

02 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

When team Driving Ends Bad. Recently a team driver, shot his co-driver while in Texas. The victim then called 911 and reported the incident. Can you o...

Stop Pleading Guilty To Traffic Violations

25 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Stop Pleading Guilty To Traffic Violations. Why do truckers and the general public keep agreeing with the police? When you get a ticket, you are still...

6 Trucker Myths

18 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

6 Trucker Myths. There are many myths about different professions and truckers are no different when it comes to having false legends about them. Tune...

2022 Winter Forecast + Drivers Feel Disrespected

11 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

2022 Winter Forecast + Drivers Feel Disrespected

Worst Trucker plus A Story to Make You Cry

04 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Worst Trucker plus A Story to Make You Cry. We recently sat down with, possibly the worst trucker ever. What we mean by "worst trucker", we mean worst...

Trucking Scams & Sleep Apnea Explained

28 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Trucking Scams & Sleep Apnea Explained. Have you ever heard of, Padding the Fuel Bill? Here is how it works. A driver and someone at the fuel desk con...

Americas View of Truckers

21 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Americas View of Truckers. I came across an article that depicted the trucking industry and the American Trucker as just pure criminal. The article sh...

Truck Driver Trainer Fired

14 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Truck Driver Trainer Fired. A Truck Driver Teacher was recently terminated from his job. A trucker trainer is in hot water because of his particular t...

Deadly Love Triangle In Trucking

07 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Deadly Love Triangle In Trucking. This story is about a trucking company owner, his wife and his lover. Once upon a time, a man owned a trucking compa...

Truck Stops Failing Truckers Plus AB5 Explained

31 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Truck Stops Failing Truckers Plus AB5 Explained. Truck Stops have been losing their traditional feel for the last decade. What was once a family atmos...

Lease Purchase & Fuel Surcharge Explained

24 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Lease Purchase & Fuel Surcharge Explained. Should a driver partake in a lease purchase in todays market? The answer in short is "yes" if you are getti...

Survey Top 12 Annoying Driving Behaviors

17 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Survey Top 12 Annoying Driving Behaviors. There are many bad behaviors that drivers have on the road. One of those behaviors is driving in the left la...

Top Ten States with Irresponsible Drivers

10 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Top Ten States with Irresponsible Drivers

The Big Shut Down (Semi Trucks)

03 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

The Big Shut Down (Semi Trucks). In 1973 a truck driver named named J.W. Edwards shut his semi truck down on Interstate 80 in Pennsylvania. His handle...

Something’s Happening In the Trucking Industry

27 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Something's Happening In the Trucking Industry. The perfect storm is happening right now in trucking. Freight rates are down, fuel prices are up not t...

What Happened On Interstate 10

19 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

What Happened On Interstate 10. This past week on Wednesday 6/15/2022 we were traveling east on Interstate 10 in Florida. A digital sign warned motori...

Trucker Going To Prison For 45 Years

12 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Trucker Going To Prison For 45 Years. A truck driver is going to prison for 45 years. A trucker was found guilty of driving under the influence after ...

Safety Director Fired at Trucking Company

05 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Safety Director Fired at Trucking Company. This past week a safety director at a mid-size carrier, got the boot! Let call him Bob. Bob thought he was ...

Tragedy After Trucker Failed To Move Over

29 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Tragedy After Trucker Failed To Move Over. The move over law is designed to protect emergency personnel from getting hurt on the side of a road. Heavy...

Important Info For Truckers

22 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Important Info For Truckers. If you are an Owner Operator or a Lease Purchase Driver, this podcast is for you. Right now most owners are suffering fro...

Stay Away From Cheap Trucking Companies

15 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Stay Away From Cheap Trucking Companies. A report coming from California this week blames truck drivers for a higher percent of accidents than previou...

Things You Should Know About Speed Limiters

08 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Things You Should Know About Speed Limiters. The FMCSA is moving forward with speed limiters. This will include all vehicle with a gross weight of 26,...

When Drivers Burn Trucking Companies

01 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

When Drivers Burn Trucking Companies. Recently a trucker filled out several applications for employment. The problem is, he accepted the job from all ...

8 Things Truckers Want You To Know

24 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

8 Things Truckers Want You To Know. There are things you may not know about the trucking industry. There are also things you may not know about trucke...

Trucker Fired For Lying Hear Why

17 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Trucker Fired For Lying Hear Why. Truck Driver Johnnie Acid recently ran into trouble at his workplace. He was accused of damaging a rig. Tune in and ...

Trucking Company With A Stinky Truck

10 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Trucking Company With A Stinky Truck. Have you ever gotten a truck assigned to you that you could not bare to drive? Recently a trucking company had a...

Truckers Choice The 5 Best Scenic Routes

04 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Truckers Choice The 5 Best Scenic Routes. Will you agree with a group of truckers on their choice ofnthe 5 best routes in the country? Let us know wha...

When Truck Drivers Go Postal

27 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

When Truck Drivers Go Postal. A truck driver walked into a trucking company and killed his boss with a gun. He then went to another trucking company a...

Distracted For 8 Seconds A Truckers Horror Story

20 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Distracted For 8 Seconds A Truckers Horror Story. At any given time on any given day experts estimate there are about 660,000 that are texting and dri...

A Sad Letter From A Truck Driver

13 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

A Sad Letter From A Truck Driver. Shawn Dirkson, a trucker from Washington recently wrote a letter about an encounter he had with an old school trucke...

When Truckers Die Away From Home

06 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

When Truckers Die Away From Home. Truck drivers are killed at a rate of 800 to 1000 times a year. That's an average of 2.7 truckers per day. In many c...

In Love With A Trucker & The Convoy

27 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In Love With A Trucker & The Convoy. We recently came across a story of love and excitement on the road. Esther Liner wrote how she met a truck driver...

Top Reasons Truckers At Fault Accidents

20 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Top Reasons Truckers At Fault Accidents. Before I write some of this article, let me start off by saying, car drivers cause more accidents than big tr...

Trucker Bites IT AT A Rest Area

13 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Trucker Bites IT AT Rest Area. Nurgazy Mamyrov a trucker from Longhorn PA, was shot and killed in the early morning hours of October 5th 2021. Mam...

Trucking Company Hired A Killer

06 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Trucking Company Hired A Killer. Yaimy Galan Segura, Owner Castellano 03 Trucking LLC, the trucking company that hired Rogel Aguilera-Mederos, gave a ...

Elon Musk Trucker Killed Plus Ruthann

30 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Elon Musk Trucker Killed Plus Ruthann. The his week a tragic accident in Texas. Apparently two semi trucks collided in Kermit near San Angelo TX. One ...

A Trucker With Issues Plus Johnny Acid

23 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

A TRUCKER WITH ISSUES PLUS JOHNNY ACID. Recently a trucker applied for a job. He had 7 months experience and was getting paid .41cpm. He was offered ....

Unruly Passengers in Trucking

16 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

UNRULY PASSENGERS IN TRUCKING. Recently there was a trucking company trying to hire a driver in Illinois. Turns out the truck driver had a passenger t...

Truckers to the Rescue

09 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

TRUCKERS TO THE RESCUE. Recently a snow storm had motorist stranded on I95 in Virginia. The Interstate was shut down for 15 hours. During this time pe...

Justice For Truckers

02 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Justice For Truckers. This past week Rogel Aguilera-Mederos, the trucker that was involved in a quadruple fatality in 2019, was resentenced for the de...

Big Prison Sentence for Trucker Plus Tesla

26 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

BIG PRISON SENTENCE FOR TRUCKER PLUS TESLA. A truck driver was recently sentenced to 110 yers in prison for a crash that resulted in multiple deaths. ...