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America's Truckin' Network 2/26/26

February 26, 2026·41 min·3 clips

This year, I'm not upset about CVSA roadside checks because of the danger from illegal truckers with falsified CDLs.

ATN starts with the show details. Free registration for the Mid-America Trucking Show ends today, and the host gives the March 26 through 28 dates along with booth 40577 in the North Lobby. He wants drivers to stop by, but not for a quick hello and a hat-tip. He wants to hear how their businesses are holding up after more than three years of freight recession. Then the episode gets down to the stuff most drivers would rather avoid: taxes, receipts, and paperwork. The host does not pretend any of that is fun. He treats it like part of running the business, and like a place where money quietly disappears when the records are thin. His accountant side comes out here. Calling himself a recovering accountant, he talks about asking clients simple questions that brought up deductions they had never tracked. Parking is the clean example. Five or ten dollars does not sound like much, until it happens two or three times a week for a full year. Gas gets the same treatment. Small costs can hide in plain sight until someone sits down and does the math. The useful part is the question habit. The host says the tool can ask drivers things they might not ask themselves, which can turn forgotten expenses into real deductions. The tone stays plain. This is not tax theory. It is the old trucking lesson that the miles matter, but the records have to tell the whole story. The ending gets firmer. He supports the May 12 through 14 inspection period because he thinks getting bad actors off the highway protects American citizens.

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A plainspoken look at trucking costs, show-floor plans, and the freight market.

This episode of America's Truckin' Network moves between trucking business, a last call for free Mid-America Trucking Show registration, and a reminder to visit booth 40577 in the North Lobby.

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