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6 days ago | 
cdllife.com | Wimberly Patton
Check out this video showcasing some old school trucking footage that will make anyone feel nostalgic. From cabovers, to some long-nose rigs you might still see on the road today, this collection of vintage trucking footage showcases the good old days of trucking that we can only dream about these days. Watch the video below.
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1 week ago | 
cdllife.com | Wimberly Patton
A pickup truck circles back around to clean up after his unsecured load caused a chain reaction crash involving more than one semi truck in this traffic cam video. In the clip, a motorist in a pickup truck towing a utility trailer loses some large item in the road and does not stop. The debris stays strewn across the left lane, and several vehicles are able to avoid it before two tractor trailers and a small car pass through the area at the same time.
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1 week ago | 
cdllife.com | Wimberly Patton
250 million bees have broken loose from their hives after a semi truck wrecked, spilling its load of bee hives. The accident happened at around 4 a.m. in a rural area near the Canadian border in Whatcom County, Washington on Friday, May 30th. According to KOMO News, the semi truck was loaded with 70,000 pounds of honey bee hives containing approximately 250 million bees.
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1 week ago | 
cdllife.com | Wimberly Patton
A trucking company and a power company are both shirking responsibility after a semi truck took down a low-hanging power line in a Houston neighborhood. The incident occurred on Detering Street in the Rice Military neighborhood of Houston, Texas, earlier this month. According to Click2Houston, the semi truck, operating for 6G Transport, drove down Detering Street and struck some low-hanging power lines.
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1 week ago | 
cdllife.com | Wimberly Patton
A bridge that buckled under the impact of a crane-hauling semi truck has now collapsed as a result of the damage. The FM 928 overpass spans Interstate 27 near Tulia, Texas, and was struck by the semi truck on Tuesday morning, May 27th. By the evening, the buckled bridge gave way, and is now collapsed. According to KHOU 11, the overpass is now fully closed with no estimated timeline for replacement and reopening. Thankfully, no one was hurt.
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1 week ago | 
cdllife.com | Wimberly Patton
A couple of truck drivers are able to find a moment of connection just by cooking out in a truck stop parking lot. In the touching clip, a truck driver outlines how he made a new friend just by grilling out while parking overnight. “He noticed I was about to start cooking, and he said ‘go ahead and use my trailer,’” the narrating driver said. “Just like that we turned his flatbed into a roadside kitchen.”Check out the nice little trucking moment, below.
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1 week ago | 
cdllife.com | Wimberly Patton
No one was seriously hurt after a sedan crashed into the side of a tractor trailer and knocked off a semi truck axle. The accident happened on Wednesday, May 28th on southbound Interstate 5 near Seattle, Washington. According to KIRO 7, a sedan hit a southbound day cab flatbed semi truck while attempting to change lanes on I-5 north of Northgate at 85th.
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1 week ago | 
cdllife.com | Wimberly Patton
Four men caught stealing loads of energy drinks in a gold semi truck may also be responsible for other cargo thefts in the area, police say. The four men were caught red-handed on the afternoon of Monday, May 27th at the Rush Truck Park on Broadway Road near 32nd Avenue in Phoenix, Arizona. According to AZ Family, a security officer at the Rush center called police when he noticed a gold tractor trailer he thought he recognized from a previous theft.
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1 week ago | 
cdllife.com | Wimberly Patton
A trucker was caught red-handed buying an armful of truck stop snacks for him and his dog by a man looking to interview him about hauling Ferraris. In the video, the truck driver is holding an armful of chip bags and several hot dogs when the filming man approaches him and starts to asks about his driving career.
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1 week ago | 
cdllife.com | Wimberly Patton
A bill that could raise trailer registration fees for Louisiana truckers has advanced in the House Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works. House Bill 660 was advanced with six in favor and three opposed on Monday, May 12th. The bill has been recommitted to the appropriations committee due to a fiscal note. According to The Center Square, the bill could increase registration fees for trailers from $10 to $10, and would increase light trailer registration fees from $3 to $4.50.
