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(Editors’ note: We came across this description of what one moving company does to spur its driver/movers to reduce costs and provide better customer service, and thought we’d share it with you to get your ideas. What do you think about the system of pay and fines described below? We’d welcome your letters to the editor on this and other topics.) o assure happy customers, Springfield, Mo., mover Tom Hornbuckle is paying his drivers well, but holding them financially accountable for customer service and operational gaffes..

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Thirty-some years after the women’s movement opened the doors to many vocations traditionally considered “male,” young women still look askance at driving big rigs for a living.

When Layne Morrison meets with new clients for Casual Driver, her driver leasing firm, they are usually expecting a man. Morrison says it’s because of her first name: “It’s unusual and a bit misleading..

Terry Brown is no stranger to 18-hour days or anything else about the trucking business, for that matter. Now owner of Allied Drivers, a Houston-based driver staffing company, the 22-year veteran driver claims she learned how to count wrench sizes before she learned how to count to 10.

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