The USA & European Job Guide

Most states worry about rain and the occasional ice storm. Trucking companies in Colorado deal with something a lot more specific: a mandatory chain law that applies to commercial vehicles for nine months out of every year in the USA's only state with a rule quite like it, regardless of whether it's actually snowing when you cross into the mountain corridor. The chain law that catches out-of-state drivers off guard Since August 7, 2024, under Colorado's Senate Bill 24-100, every commercial motor vehicle with a gross vehicle weight rating over 16,001 pounds must physically carry chains or an approved alternative traction device while operating on designated Colorado Mountain Corridors — not just when conditions look bad, but as a standing requirement from September 1 through May 31 every year. That's the "Must Carry" law, and it covers multiple designated mountain corridors, not just the classic I-70 stretch most people picture. Carrying the equipment is ...

Truck driving jobs come in a lot of different shapes, and this Felbermayr opening in Austria is a good example of one that doesn't fit the usual long-haul stereotype at all. Felbermayr — a heavy transport and lifting technology company with more than 3,300 employees across 17 European countries — is hiring CE Truck Drivers for regional transport work in Carinthia and East Tyrol, based out of Klagenfurt, with most routes running as day trips and free weekends built into the schedule. It's one of several regional truck driver opportunities across Europe we track on this blog, but the specialized cargo here sets it apart from most standard freight postings. That day-trip structure is worth sitting with before getting into anything else, because it changes the entire character of the job compared to what a lot of people picture when they hear "truck driver." This isn't long haul truck driver jobs territory — it's regional, heavy-equipment transport with drivers ...