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08/31/2026

10 years old today. 🎂

Happy birthday, Ayden. We celebrated with cake, a pool full of kids, and one very happy boy on a brand new Heybike.

I don't know how we got here so fast. One day you're carrying him around, the next he's riding off down the street on his own. I'm proud of the kid you're becoming, and I love you more than you'll ever know, son.

Here's to double digits. 🎉🚲

08/29/2026

Everything I've written, in one place.

I write for drivers going out on their own - what it actually costs, what the government requires, and the paperwork that keeps you legal.

THE NEW AUTHORITY SURVIVAL GUIDE
What it costs to run your own truck, and the sixteen violations that fail your new entrant safety audit on the spot. Every figure and deadline verified against the regulation in August 2026 - not copied off a blog.

OILFIELD TRUCKING
How to get hired with no experience. Midland, the Bakken, sand and water.

THE LOG BOOKS
Pre-trip and DVIR. DOT physical and health. Trip and expense for IFTA. The files an auditor actually asks for.

TRUCK STOP WORD SEARCH
100 puzzles for the road. For the four hours you're stuck at a dock.

All of them here:
https://www.amazon.com/shop/truetruckingtv

And the free one - a safety audit self-check, so you find what an auditor would find before he does:
https://truetruckingtv.eo.page/audit

08/19/2026

If you've been curious about oilfield trucking, here's the straight version.

The money is different. So is the work. Twelve-hour hitches, roads that beat your truck up, and weather that will humble you. Not everybody makes it past 30 days.

But the companies are always short. And most drivers never look at it, because they don't know who's hiring or how to get in.

I ran North Dakota. Oilfield Trucking: The Hiring System is the current company list by basin, with phone numbers, plus how to approach them and what they're actually looking for.

Not theory. A list you can start calling today.

$297 - truetruckingtv.com/courses (link in bio)

25 years out here. Real Trucking. Real Talk. Real Money.

08/18/2026

Florida to Baltimore. Dropping Friday, then I was headed to Paulsboro to see my friends for the weekend.

Got to the receiver at 8am. Sign on the door says they open at 9.

9 o'clock, nobody. 9:30, nobody. 10 o'clock, still nobody.

I call the broker. Turns out the business was closed for the holiday weekend. Which I had completely forgotten about. That one's on me.

So I tell him: I'll keep it on my truck through the weekend if you want to pay weekend storage.

He says no.

Alright then, find a way to get it off my trailer, because I'm not holding it for free.

He comes back with $150.

I told him that was a joke. Three days. My trailer, tied up, earning nothing, while I'm supposed to be off. $300 a day and I'll deliver it Monday morning.

He wouldn't do it.

So I got on the phone and helped them find a cross dock. Load came off my trailer around 4pm. I made my weekend.

Here's what I want you to take from that:

Your trailer is not free storage. When freight is sitting on it, your equipment is earning zero and your weekend is gone. A broker offering $150 for three days isn't negotiating. He's finding out whether you know what your own equipment is worth.

And notice I didn't just say no and hang up. I helped them solve it. You can hold your line and still be somebody people want to work with. Those aren't opposites.

Also, check the receiver's holiday calendar before you roll. I forgot. Cost me a full day sitting.

25 years and I still learn things the expensive way.

Real Trucking. Real Talk. Real Money.

25 year professional truck driver George Williams bringing you real trucking news gear reviews and tools built for drivers by a driver.

08/02/2026

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07/15/2026

13,273 trucks got PARKED in one week. DOT is running Operation Safe Driver Week July 12-18 and weigh stations are full-inspection mode - brakes, logs, ELD, tires. New video breaks down exactly what they're checking and how to roll through clean.

Watch: https://youtube.com/shorts/OecF37_XhUk

13,273 trucks were placed out of service in ONE week. DOT and law e...

07/14/2026

TRUCKERS -- DOT IS ON THE ROADS RIGHT NOW.

Operation Safe Driver Week runs July 12-18, 2026. Law enforcement is actively targeting commercial drivers nationwide.

Cell phone use = $2,750+ fine
2 violations in 3 years = 60-day CDL disqualification
Brake Safety Week hits August 23-29

Watch this video and SHARE IT with every driver you know. Could save someone's CDL.

https://youtube.com/shorts/hqMUeM_-Dto

And if you're tired of low freight rates -- my oilfield ebooks show you how to break into oilfield trucking (DOUBLE the pay). Link in bio.

Operation Safe Driver Week is LIVE July 12-18, 2026. DOT and law en...

07/11/2026

The exact 7-day plan: pick one hustle, set up free AI, run 5 prompts, publish, tell 10 people, do the work, count the money. AI drafts every post, listing and message for you. The FREE starter checklist does Day 1 for you: stan.store/True1Trucker https://youtube.com/shorts/zykSlnNjbp0

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