DOT Inspection: Here is Your DOT Compliance Checklist
The Department of Transportation (DOT) conducts annual inspections of commercial motor vehicles. As well as the drivers to ensure highway safety. This year’s inspections will focus on the driver requirements category, among other factors. Some things they...
DOT Inspections: The 8 Levels and What to Expect with Each
If you have (or are beginning to have) interest in the trucking business, you probably know about the annual DOT inspection. The Department of Transportation does this inspection. It’s often done on all commercial motor vehicles (CMVs) weighing 10,001 pounds, and...
Love Your Trucker This Valentine’s Day with TMS
St. Valentine’s Day is just a few days away and you have a problem. You need a gift. Might we suggest a trucking management solution? TMS is now Trucking Management Solution What do you give a trucker who spends days on the road and then hours at home managing...
New Owner-Operator’s IFTA Basics
If you’re a new owner-operator, you may not have filed the IFTA until now. This isn’t a complete guide, but it can help you get started – and give you a tool to eliminate 99% of the headache that comes along with it. Because staying on top of IFTA...
Why You Must Do the IFTA Filing
What happens if you don’t file the IFTA? Do you really want to know? The consequences to not filing start at mildly annoying and move up to painful and expensive. The citation is only the first step. Tickets costs vary from state to state, but the fines will...
Truck Maintenance at the End of the Year
After days on the road, coming home might mean there’s a list waiting: the Honey-Do list. It’s not that those people at home can’t do those tasks themselves. Maybe they want to enjoy watching you do them. Maybe it’s a team effort. But home...
How to Pick the Best Truck Driver Log App
Looking for any truck driver log app isn’t any easier now than it was 5 years ago when the ELD mandate was put in place. There are still too many bad apps written without the trucker in mind. That’s why we at TruckingOffice decided that keeping the rules...
ELD Value and Service Commitment by TruckingOffice
We saw this article about the ELD delay request from Indiana. It seems that the attorney general is questioning the validity of self-certification of the ELD equipment currently on the market. We know that older electronic logging devices don’t comply with the...
ELD Mandate Requirements: What do you need to know?
What will your truck look like if you skip the ELD? Just ignore the ELD mandate requirements? That’s what it will look like. Unless something highly unlikely happens, the ELD mandate will take effect on December 17, 2017. That’s a month away. Will you be...
Truck Maintenance for the Winter
An ounce of prevention is worth far more than a pound of cure. Especially in the winter when we’re talking truck maintenance. Those emergencies on the road can destroy any profit from a load. We can’t predict when a part is going to fail. Debris on the...
Maximize Your TruckingOffice Free Trial
Did you just sign up for your TruckingOffice free trial of our trucking management software to get your IFTA done fast? You’ve filed your IFTA in record time and now… what? How can you maximize your TruckingOffice free trial? It would be pretty sad to just...Here Is Your 2017 DOT Compliance Checklist
This article contains our updated 2017 DOT compliance checklist. Some of the information has changed since we published our original version in 2013. This is especially true when it comes to electronic logbooks, which are scheduled for mandatory use by December 2017....
Benefits of Web-Based Trucking Software
We get calls asking about our app sometimes. “It’s not an app,” we say. “It’s a web-based software program. You can access from anywhere you have an Internet connection.” A lot of people don’t understand that....
The Eclipse and Truckers
Apparently, someone is worried about us truckers. I saw this about the eclipse on the Overdrive website: Oregon, Idaho, Wyoming, Nebraska and Colorado are placing restrictions on oversize/overweight loads in the days around the eclipse. The Oregon Department of...
Don’t Wait to File your HVUT
Did you remember that the HVUT is due on August 31? What is that? The Heavy Vehicle Use Tax is another tax we truckers pay to stay on the roads. I think it’s supposed to pay for highway maintenance, but I couldn’t find anything concrete to back that up....
3 Benefits of an Electronic Truck Driver Log Book for New Truckers
When we announced our new TruckingOffice ELD system, we talked to a lot of truckers about truck driver log books. The phrase “electronic truck driver log book” gets a lot of comments. A lot of comments. One of my favorite misconceptions was that the truck...
ELD Mandate: Truth and Myths
The deadline for complying with the ELD mandate is December 17, 2017, according to the FMCSA website. You’ll need to have your vehicles compliant by that date. Unfortunately, there’s a ton of misinformation floating around about the ELD mandate, both on...
What Happens If You Don’t File the IFTA?
What happens if you don’t file the IFTA? You’re off the road. It’s that simple. There are those people who think they can beat the system. Avoiding government scrutiny becomes a game for them. The IFTA is not a game you want to play. The...
Sneak Peek: TruckingOffice ELD announcement
TruckingOffice ELD (electronic logging device) is in development now December is right around the corner. We’ve got the government mandate to get an electronic logging device (ELD) into our cabs by then. TruckingOffice ELD is now in the works. What is the ELD...
3 Keys to Success in Trucking: Organization, Customers, & Data
It’s not like these are big secrets. If you talk to any successful trucker or broker, they’ll tell you the same things. The three keys to success are Organization Finding the problems and solving them Building up the customer base. As a broker with many...
IFTA Basics for New Owner-Operators
If you’re a new owner-operator, you may not have filed the IFTA until now. This isn’t a complete guide, but it can help you get started. TruckingOffice PRO gives you a tool to eliminate 99% of the headache that comes along with it. Because staying on top...
The Goal You Never Thought Of – and Why You Must
[bs_well size=”md”] TruckingOffice Wants Truckers to Succeed We’ve been focusing some of our blog posts on goals and goal setting. SMART goal setting SCHEMES to figure out your action plan Measurements to determine where your strengths and...Building Your Trucking Team to Reach Your Goals
[bs_well size=”md”] TruckingOffice Wants Truckers to Succeed We’ve been focusing some of our blog posts on goals and goal setting. SMART goal setting SCHEMES to figure out your action plan Measurements to determine where your strengths and weaknesses...HVUT – Heavy Vehicle Use Tax Due August 31
I just figured I should remind people that the HVUT is due on August 31. What is that? The Heavy Vehicle Use Tax is another tax we truckers pay to stay on the roads. I think it’s supposed to pay for highway maintenance, but I couldn’t find anything...What Should an Owner-Operator Do to Keep Organized?
As an owner-operator, you’re responsible for all of your paperwork and compliance to all the laws. I found I could get snowed under really quickly if I didn’t take care of my paperwork. If I didn’t do it after every load, I at least had to do it...The 12 Days Before the Roadcheck Blitz
We decided to have some fun with the Roadcheck Blitz this year. Sing along with us! But at the end, this is how we feel: You know why we pass the Roadcheck Blitz every year? Because we don’t just care about our trucks for only the week before the Roadcheck. We...Fleet Maintenance Management
Paul wants to keep on top of his small fleet’s truck maintenance. His boss came down last week with a half dozen unexpected emergency bills that she thought should have been avoided. He wouldn’t argue with that. But managing a fleet of nineteen trucks...4 Unique Features of Bookkeeping for Truck Drivers
Make Your Bookkeeper Happy Bookkeepers have got a tough job with truckers. Until they’ve gotten familiar with the government requirements and the complications of our billing – especially LTL – they’ve got a lot to master. Bookkeeping for...What Every Trucker Should Know About IFTA Filing
What happens if you don’t file the IFTA? Do you really want to know? The consequences to not filing start at mildly annoying and move up to painful and expensive. The citation is only the first step. Tickets costs vary from state to state, but the fines will...3 Things Owner Operators Can Organize in the New Year
Making New Years Resolutions to Get Organized? As an owner operator, you’re responsible for all of your paperwork and compliance to all the laws. I found I could get snowed under really quickly if I didn’t get organized and take care of my paperwork. If...Start Your Free Fleet Management Software Trial Today
Why do we offer a 30 day free fleet management software trial? Good question; here’s the answer. We want you to experience all the benefits of TruckingOffice for yourself before you spend a dime of your hard-earned money. After the trial period, if you don’t agree...Organization – Paper or Electronic Copy?
It would be a nightmare if I’d gotten this call before we started TruckingOffice. A bill that’s almost 6 months overdue is being contested because they claim they hadn’t gotten the bill of lading. In the old days, first I would have had to go through my spreadsheets...Owner Operator Organization Tips
As an owner operator, you’re responsible for all of your paperwork and compliance to all the laws. I found I could get snowed under really quickly if I didn’t take care of my paperwork. If I didn’t do it after every load, I at least had to do it...
Federal DOT Regulations: Recent Changes to Hours of Service
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) is an agency of the Department of Transportation (DOT). They regulate the number of hours truck drivers can spend driving per day. The agency also regulates the total number of hours truck drivers can drive in a...Recent Changes to Federal DOT Regulations on HoS
Recent changes in federal DOT regulations have transformed the old rules regarding hours of service for professional drivers. Understanding the new mandates is important for all truckers. So here’s a breakdown ofhow they’ve changed the game in the transportation...IFTA Failure – What Happens If You Don’t File
What happens if you don’t file the IFTA? There are those people who think they can beat the system. Avoiding government scrutiny becomes a game for them. The IFTA is not a game you want to play. The consequences to not filing start at mildly annoying and move...This Quarter, How Are You Filing Your IFTA?
Is this your IFTA Filing? October 1 8:00 a.m. Swear that this quarter, the IFTA filing is going to be better. 8:20 a.m. Look for all of the log books and fuel receipts for the 3rd quarter. 8:39 a.m. Find a stack of log books, an opened purple envelope with a Spanish...Enforcing DOT Regulations in Your Workplace
Obeying DOT regulations is a key part of succeeding in the transportation industry. The rules of the road, even those you may not agree with, are intended to protect both professional drivers and the public. Breaking them can result in fines, loss of business or...See How Easily Truck Maintenance Can Save You Money – Free!
Joe sits at his desk and looks at the piles of truck maintenance records his shop boss just handed him. In here somewhere is a receipt for the water pump that he was sure he’s paid for last month – one that was costing Joe an arm and a leg as the truck...Free Load Profit Calculator for Truckers
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