3 Reasons Double Brokering Hurts You
If you’re listening to anyone talking about trucking these days, they’re talking about double brokering. So what is it? Why is it bad? Double Brokering Double brokering is a practice where a customer hires a trucking company to move freight, and that...
Trucker Success with Trucker Stats™
Trucking company success doesn’t come easy. A trucking business is ultimately a complicated endeavor with many moving parts. (Pun intended.) How do you know if what you’re doing is right? Do you have data that can tell you what works -and what...
No Contract ELDs
When there’s no choice – you have to have an ELD – many truckers have been frustrated by the lack of choices. ELDs (electronic logging devices) are required for truckers – but the costs of the systems can be more than a new owner operator can...
Don’t Depend on Rate Con Templates
Who told you, “Do it right the first time and you won’t have to do it again!” in your life? When it comes to creating rate cons, they were right. If you depend on rate con templates, you’re going to have to do it again. Who wants to do it...
Prevent Missing IFTA Records for Your Audit
The notice has arrived. The IFTA audit is scheduled. And what do you have? Missing IFTA records. Or worse, you’ve been using a software program to compute your IFTA filing that doesn’t do the job. So how do you handle that IFTA audit? IFTA Audit Snafus...
Goal Setting for Your New Trucking Company
Are you new to the trucking industry? Getting started as an independent driver or owner-operator can be a costly investment that requires you to be making money from the start. For most of us, goal setting is an ideal way to make sure you’re making a profit as...
What Is a Rate Con?
A rate con or rate confirmation is a legal document that details the movement of a load from one location to another. That’s pretty cut and dried. The question “What is a rate con?” needs a much bigger answer. Because a rate con is the basis for all...
TruckingOffice Brokerage Software Produces Rate Cons
When starting a truck brokerage company, it may sound like a good idea to use free Google software. Free is good, right? Start-ups always look for ways to cut costs to keep the overhead down. But when we’re talking about brokerage software and rate cons, free...
Rate Con Change? ELD Updates Drivers ASAP
Compared to a decade ago, keeping in touch with a long-distance truck driver these days is easier. Cell phones and emails can reach almost everywhere in the US. But it’s not perfect. Having a backup system to notify drivers of updates is valuable to prevent...
Automatic Load Entry into TruckingOffice PRO
You get your rate con PDF from a broker or shipper via email these days. So why should you have to copy/paste – or worse, TYPE! – that data into your trucking management software? It’s the 21st Century! Where’s the automatic load entry into my...
Why Write a Trucking Business Plan?
Why write a trucking business plan? What’s the point? We could sound like some overbearing school teacher. “Do you want to build your trucking business?” Or that person in the family – you know who we’re talking about. “Do you want...
Why Link your ELD with your TMS?
You know that feeling you get when you read a question with a bunch of abbreviations and you know what all of them mean? That’s how we felt when we looked at this. We know the ELD is electronic logging device and TMS is trucking management software. So the...
Hate Your ELD? Find the Best ELD for Trucks
Do you hate your ELD? Many truck drivers do. It’s one of those pieces of equipment that truckers are stuck with, it costs too much, and the consequences of it not working can be dire. Whether you call it an ELD or an E-Log, truckers need equipment that’s...
Brokerage Customer Reports
As a new broker looking at truck brokerage software, a key component of any software platform is ease of use. (If you can’t find what you need quickly, it’s a waste of money.) How do you know if a brokerage package is easy to use? First, you try it out....
How To Write a Trucking Company Business Plan
In years past, we’ve written a lot about your trucking company business plan. How to write it, how to use it, how it is the core of building a successful trucking company – whether it’s a fleet or an owner-operator company. But it’s 2025, and...
Truck Freight Brokerage Start-Up Needs Software
If you’re starting a truck freight brokerage business, you’re starting an exciting adventure. Lots of challenges, but potentially very profitable – as long as you can control the chaos. Staying organized is key to sticking with your new business when...
Do You Love Truck Maintenance?
Talking to truckers, we always hear how important it is to keep your truck in prime condition. The reality is that sometime truckers don’t have the money on hand to pay for it. No one ever says they love truck maintenance. But there’s no doubt it’s...
3 Reasons to Use Trucking Software to Organize Your Trucking Business
If your New Year’s Resolution was to organize your trucking business, it’s likely you’ve already forgotten the resolution. Have you fallen back into habits that undermine your desire to improve your trucking business? Let’s get down to the...
Write a Trucking Business Plan
Why should you write a trucking business plan for your trucking company? It sounds like a lot of work and effort. And even a lot of time off the road. We write often about how TruckingOffice PRO and ELD help you stay on the road. So why are we recommending that you...
Organize Your Trucking Brokerage Business
Are you starting a trucking brokerage business? Then you need to know how to organize your trucking brokerage business right away – or you won’t have one for long. The Single Key to Success Trucking brokerage is not a simple job. It’s actually rather...
Choose the Best ELD for Trucks
Is it that hard to choose the best ELD for trucks? If you’re an independent owner operator, or a small fleet manager, it can be hard. Not because there aren’t any choices, but because there are so many. What exactly does an independent truck driver need...
Trucking Software Organizes Owner Operators
Did you make a New Year’s Resolution to get more organized this year? You’re in good company. Many owner operators want to change up some bad habits that hurt their trucking business. What’s the solution? Trucking software organizes owner operators...
Goal Setting for Truckers
We’ve got New Year’s Day this week and some football games (Look, we’re from Ohio – we’re rooting for The Ohio State University!) And New Year’s Day means resolutions to make this year better than the last. So let’s talk about...
Merry Christmas from TruckingOffice!
We hope you’re at home with your family and friends and having a feast! Have a great holiday and we’ll see you next week!
How To Become a Truck Broker
Have you ever thought about expanding your trucking business? Do you want to know how to become a truck broker? With the new year starting in a few weeks, there are some established trucking companies who see a niche to fill in their business – to become a truck...
ELD Truckers Christmas Gift
This Christmas, finding a good gift for a trucker is a challenge. Sure there are a lot of things that you might think a truck driver wants. But what they need is another matter. That’s where the ELD truckers need comes in. The ELD Truckers Need For the...
Give Your Trucker Easy Trucking Software
It’s the holidays and there’s one thing for certain – giving the right gift to a trucker isn’t easy. Do they need another pair of battery-powered socks? (Probably not.) Would they like a pound of rum-flavored coffee? (Not a great idea.) Can you...
TruckingOffice Thanks: 3 Months for 1
Trucking has been a tough market for the past few years. It takes an owner operator with a commitment to the job to stay in the field these days. We hear those stories from truckers who are struggling to make ends meet. It’s a rough time, and we appreciate their...
Build a Profitable Trucking Business
There are some unsung heroes in our country and today, we want to express our appreciation to them. So we’re here to say Thank you, Truckers! There’s nothing in our society that we own that wasn’t touched by a truck at some point. Our homes, our...
Veteran Truck Drivers
We know that there are plenty of men and women in the trucking industry who served in our military branches. We salute our veteran truck drivers and thank you for your service. TruckingOffice for Veteran Truck Drivers People who have served in the military know two...
Trucker Stats™ Improve Your Trucking Business
Tired of looking at your trucking business and wondering what’s going on? Really, Trucker Stats™ are the tool you need. Using a trucking management program that provides Trucker Stats™ is a game changer. Maybe you don’t think so? Perhaps these things will...
Simple ELD Hardware for Zombies
Zombies need simple ELD hardware. If it’s too hard to install, they’ll just go eat somebody’s brains, and still not know how to set up an ELD for their truck. The ELD mandate was created to make sure we have alert truckers driving loads, not...
Freight Broker and Cash Flow Vampires
It was a dark and stormy night when the new freight broker discovered that the lifeblood of her new brokerage had been sucked dry. How? Unpaid invoices were killing her. So it wasn’t dark or stormy or night. But unpaid invoices can indeed suck the chances of a...
The Search for the Missing IFTA Records
When your IFTA audit notification arrives, what do you do when you discover there are missing IFTA records and data? Could the fines and penalties bankrupt your small trucking business? Can you survive the auditor’s call? You check your dark and cobwebbed...
IFTA Audits Don’t Scare Us
The envelope looks normal, but the letter inside freezes your insides. It’s not good news. Hands trembling, the news can’t possibly be worse. Bring the records to prove miles per state and fuel purchases for two years ago. Fines and penalties will apply....
Trucking Management Software And ELD
It’s that time of year again. Either your trucking business is picking up a lot more freight – or loads are disappearing. It just depends on what you’re hauling. Not only that, the contracts for your ELD may be expiring soon, so you’re faced...
Get Your Truck Ready for Fall
The first day of fall was last week. Not that you could tell here in northeastern Ohio. We’re having a late summer – just the time to get ready for the weather that’s to come. When is it better to get your truck ready for fall? Do it while the sun is...
TMS Trucking Software for Your Trucking Business
Whether your trucking business has 1 truck or 10, you know you need a reliable trucking management software (TMS trucking software) for your company to manage. Systems to manage a trucking business can be computerized to be most efficient and effective for a trucking...
Average Costs and Average Spot Rates
We got some reports recently that confirmed what we thought: Truckers and trucking are in trouble. Average costs for a trucking company and the average spot rates aren’t at the same place at all. So what do truckers need to do to make money in trucking? We have...Free Load Profit Calculator for Truckers
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