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2. Trucking industry in the United States - Wikipedia

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   This results in a "revolving door" within most long-haul trucking companies, as drivers are constantly switching jobs or leaving the industry. In the short-haul and less-than-truckload (LTL) sectors, driver turnover is only around 15%, [ 83 ] mainly due to the better working conditions, higher pay, and unionized workers.

3. Hours of service - Wikipedia

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   The ANPRM is in response to a Congressional mandate and industry concerns that may lead to hours of service rule reforms concerning the air-mile "short-haul" exemption, modification to the 14-hour on-duty limitation, revision of the current mandatory 30-minute break for truck drivers after 8 hours of continuous driving, and reinstating split ...

4. Less-than-truckload shipping - Wikipedia

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   The use of an FTL carrier to transport this freight generally provides an overall cost savings because the freight will travel fewer miles in the FTL carrier's network, as well as a reduced overall fuel surcharge cost—that is, one FTL carrier travels the distance to the break-bulk facility for a single carrier's price while using only the ...

5. Owner-operator - Wikipedia

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   In the United States and Canada, the term typically refers to independent contractors who hire out and drive their own semi-trailer trucks.In trucking, an owner-operator is a self-employed commercial truck driver or a small business that operates trucks for transporting goods over highways for its customers. [1]

6. Glossary of the American trucking industry - Wikipedia

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   A short, box-shaped tractor with no hood (UK: bonnet), and a steep vertical front. The "cab" rides "over" the engine and front steering axle. Used when a shorter wheelbase is needed. [3] Combination vehicle A vehicle composed of two or more separate units, a tractor (powered unit, semi-truck) and a trailer (unpowered unit, semi-trailer). [3]

7. Swift Transportation - Wikipedia

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   Carl Moyes was a truck driver hauling produce for C.R. England in the 1940s out of northern Utah. [4] In the late 1950s Betty and Carl Moyes started a small trucking company in Plain City, Utah, B & C Truck Leasing.