Leveraction [August 26, 2016 @ 08:40AM] This is a very ignorant plan/idea. It is obvious the DOT does not run the roads of America daily. We already have most corporate owned trucks only running between 60 and 68 mph max. Get on any Interstate and they back up 7 – 10 deep side by side and cause huge back-ups. I […]
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I saw it coming… I had just driven past Magboro and gradually approaching the tail-end of the popular ‘long bridge’ inward Lagos when my professional roving eyes wandered to my left, the outbound portion of the Lagos-Ibadan express road. Then I saw it and suddenly I was overtaken by a cold chill that ran all the way down to my spine. […]
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The relationship between the truck driver and the motor boy (driver’s assistant) has always been a frosty one. It’s instructive to note that some haulage firms elected to keep it that way or deliberately ‘engineer’ it to probably maintain a check on what they call ‘the excesses of the truck driver’ (well, that is the logic some of them have […]
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It was a sunny Wednesday afternoon sometime in the month of July when it happened. The truck driver had been away for close to 1week on a delivery job that had seen him haul a dead weight cargo of 40tons all the way from Lagos for delivery at Uyo in Akwa-Ibom State of Nigeria. Everything about the journey up till […]
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Destination was Ilorin. Mobile Asset was a 2012 model fully-covered single-body truck and cargo weight was 24ton approximately valued at N21million. The truck had a factory-fitted 300litres capacity diesel tank positioned at the rear of the tractor. However, in view of the long distance shuttle envisaged for the truck, 2 extra tanks each capable of holding 400litres of diesel at […]
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A 30ton delivery has just been successfully concluded in Kaduna after two grueling days on the road from Lagos. Now, it’s about time for the return journey; rig is pretty light and you were eagerly looking forward to deadheading back to Lagos. Give or take, you have estimated you will be back in Lagos by evening time the next day. […]
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Being a truck driver is a way of life. There are all sorts of things that just come with the job. Due to the nature of the job, truck drivers will encounter some pretty far out situations from time to time. It could be a result of their cargo. It could be a result of their location, or it could […]
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