Ask The Trucker "LIVE" w/Allen Smith

David Hancock, CEO with Hodyon, Inc., manufacturer of the Dynasys APU, discusses the benefits to the ownership of an Auxiliary Power Unit. As anti-idling laws and environmental protection regulations become more prevalent, Hodyon, a two-time award winner for growth, has taken the lead within the APU industry by producing energy-efficient products and systems that reduce the magnitude of climate change and assisting professional truck drivers and trucking fleet owners with an anti-idling alternative.

As truck drivers gear up for the new hours of service proposal by the FMCSA, the trucking industry is wasting no time in voicing their disapproval. Our special guest, Richard Wilson, regulatory manager for Trans Products & Tran Services, a motor carrier and safety compliance company, will give us a run down on what the proposed change in the HOS rule could mean for drivers and the industry.

What is happening in today's world of trucking? CDL training? CSA2010? NAFTA? Cheap freight? What about the good side of trucking? The phone lines are opened for the callers to decide what they want to talk about on this episode of Trucking Topics Open Discussion.

Health Pavilion at GATS 2016 focuses on Trucker Wellness Thursday Aug 4th 6PM ET 347-826-9170 For the 2nd year in the row, the Trucking Solutions Group (TSG) joins truckings finest to bring quality health information, products, and services to professional drivers at the GATS Health and Wellnes Pavilion. The Lanstar Health and Wellness Pavilion once again combines efforts and organized partnership with the Trucking Solutions Group and will prove to be even bigger and better than last years event! Join us as we have as our special guest Rick Ash, Chairman of the Trucking Solutions Group, along with TSG member Les Willis of Godspeed Expediters, LLC. The Great American Trucking Show ~AUGUST 25-27 ~2016 Dallas, Texas TSG will be conducting their sixth annual blood drive in partnership with Carter Blood Care and their third annual bone marrow donor registry drive in partnership with Make It Happen USA. New this year is sleep apnea screening with Dr. John McElligott and the St. Christopher Fund as well as DOT physicals for $59 being conducted by our new friends at AccuScreen. Another favorite~ 5K road race out at the truck parking lot with free shuttle service to and from the convention center. GATS Concert Featuring John Michael Montgomery with Tony Justice Opening Act When: Friday | Aug 26 | 5:30 p.m. Where: Ballroom D

It’s not an easy task exploring the reasons for the decline of truckings’ "American Dream" for OTR drivers, company drivers and owner operators. We can make a list of everything wrong with trucking and how it affects truckers, but to pinpoint the problems in order to resolve them is much more difficult. It is a highly intricate and complicated web of obstacles, involving rules and regulations interwoven with industry practices, systems and schemes. Although most of us weren’t a part of trucking prior to deregulation, most will agree that trucking and truck drivers played a major part of the American Dream during that time. Deregulation is not the sole reason for the decline of the American Dream, it has however, caused trucking to evolve into an industry of "them against us" but in order to fix something, we need to understand it. We have the honor to have with us Steve Viscelli, sociologist and long time researcher of truck drivers and the trucking industry. His pursuit to find out why truckers work so hard and how long-haul trucking went from being one of the best, to one of the toughest blue-collar jobs in the U.S. led him to obtain his CDL and continue his research from behind the wheel. His research, along with his time Over the Road, resulted in his book, “The Big Rig - Trucking and the Decline of the American Dream” Also with us will be our long time friend and fellow advocate Desiree Wood of Real Women In Trucking who will be sharing her present real-time experiences for those who may not be aware of what is currently happening within her organization. Call in 347-826-9170