ELD, IFTA, and Trucking Software
There are more complicated decisions that we have to make in starting a trucking company. Trucking businesses have many moving pieces and, yeah, I did make the pun. You need ELD and IFTA software. But if there’s one solution to three (or four) problems,...
Which Is First: ELD or Trucking Software?
When starting a trucking business, there are a lot of moving parts for a trucking owner-operator to get in place first. (Yeah, pun intentional.) The question is: what’s first? It doesn’t matter which came first, the chicken or the egg. But it does matter...
Will Electric Trucks Have to File IFTA?
Will electric trucks have to file IFTA? People ask this question for good reasons. If the future of vehicles is electric engines, then what happens to the roads as the fuel taxes disappear? Will drivers of electric trucks have to abide the the Hours of Service...
Hot Shots and ELD
If you’re running a hot shot trucking business, does your rig need and ELD? Hots shots and ELD is a question we hear often enough. There’s a split on the topic. Some people think they don’t need an ELD. Others believe they do. Why is there any...
Best ELD for Owner Operators
The Electronic Logging Device (ELD) mandate for trucks went into effect five years ago. So unless you’ve been on the road more than five years, you’ve never driven a truck without an installed ELD. The ELD tracks the hours that a driver is driving the rig,...
What is a Double Blind Delivery?
Do you know what a double blind delivery is? It’s almost like Mission: Impossible. Your job, if you choose to accept it, is to deliver the cargo to this address, but do not release the shipper’s name or location to the recipient. In this crazy logistics...
LTL Freight Shipping for Beginners
Less than a full load of freight shipping (LTL) potentially can create a profitable business model for a trucker or small fleet manager. It’s not a niche for everyone. But when you’re working with a box truck or hauling a small trailer, this may be the way...
How to Create A Bill of Lading for Trucking
A bill of lading for trucking is a critically important document in the shipping sequence. This form proves that a trucker has agreed to move the freight from one place to another. It’s proof of pick up and proof of delivery – absolutely necessary for...
Trucking Business Goals for This Year
Back in January, did you make some resolutions? Did you set trucking business goals for the year? How are you doing on those? New Year’s Resolutions and goals are often forgotten or abandoned before the end of the first month. It’s easy to get lost when we...
Variable Expenses Per Mile Trucker Stats™
At some point, we truckers are going to ask ourselves two questions: How much did we make these loads? and “How much did we spend on these loads?” Why those numbers? Because variable expenses per mile give us some important information to improve our...
Calculate the Cost Per Mile for Your Trucking Business
Ever try to figure out what it costs to keep your fleet on the road? How to not only stay in in the trucking business, but to make a profit? There are a lot of ways to look at your trucking business finances, such as a profit and loss statement or the balance of your...
Fix Your Trucking Businesss: Build a Niche
We’re sure you’ve noticed that the load boards have gotten crazy recently. The spot market rates are normally over contract rates. But instead, this summer, the world looks like it’s turned upside down. Is there a way that you can make a living in...
IRP Prep, IFTA Prep and Trucker Stats™
Do you hate doing the same work over and over? We do too. That’s why we take the dispatch and routing information when a load is entered into TruckingOffice PRO and use it over and over for you. Instead of asking your data entry to be redone for each task, you...
Recurring Expenses Planners For Your Peace of Mind
When you run a trucking business, you’ve got expenses that you pay consistently. That’s a good thing. You know the bottom line that your business needs to break even. If you’re hauling a regular load for a customer, you can look at your records and...What is the Cost of Your Trucking Business Operation?
In the trucking industry, especially for small fleets and owner operators, watching the bottom line of your company is the normal course of action. Right now, there’s no room for error. We have to know details. What exactly is your cost of trucking business...
Don’t Wait To Fix Your Trucking Company
In today’s market, trucking feels like a risky business. Shippers expect to cut their expenses by lowballing their shipping rates. Brokers aren’t helping. We have to keep a constant eye on our trucking financial reports. At some point, you can’t fix...
Split Loads: New Invoice Feature
TruckingOffice Announces New Billing Feature Many trucking companies move freight by relaying the loads instead of a single driver. This type of load management helps keep truckers close to home and that makes driver retention far easier. But the billing has always...
Trucking Software Changes the Trucking Industry
Tech in Trucking It’s hard to understate the ways that technology has changed the trucking industry in the past 25 years. Today, it’s almost impossible to imagine what trucking would be without the use of the internet, GPS, or Bluetooth technology. Take...
There’s No Such Thing as GPS Miles
Mileage matters more to truckers than probably to anyone else. We get paid per mile. We get taxed per mile. Even when we’re on vacation, we track miles per state. So what are we talking about when we say that there’s no such thing as GPS miles?! GPS Miles?...
Is Your Trucking Accounting System Holding You Back?
Are you good at driving a truck but not so good at running a trucking business? Driving a long-distance truck and running a trucking business is very different. We’re not saying that if you’re good at one, you won’t be good at the other. But those...
Fuel Surcharges in Long Term Contracts
When a contract for a dedicated route (or lane) is made, both the shipper and the trucker get a good deal. Some shippers do not want to depend on load boards because they want to know the trucker who is hauling the freight. The trucker has to appreciate a regular load...
Top 3 Reasons for a Dash Cam for Truckers
Are you thinking about getting a dash cam for your semi? There are some good reasons to get cameras for your truck – but not just for the dashboard. Cameras – dash cams, in-cabin cameras and rear cameras all have benefits for an owner operator or a fleet...
Top 5 Things to Do If Your Trucking Business Is in Trouble
The trucking industry is taking it on the chin right now. You don’t have to be a fleet manager to know that inflation is up and trucking rates are down, down, down. We hear stories about independent owner operators hanging up their keys. They won’t drive...
Top 3 Ways You Know You’re a Fleet Builder
Are you a fleet builder? Do you dream of having just one more truck… by the end of the month? Do you read the postings for drivers and wonder how you can hire those truck drivers away for your trucking business? Being a fleet builder isn’t...
Profit Per Mile: Trucker Stats for the Fleet Manager
When managing a fleet of trucks, knowing trucker stats for each driver and each vehicle sounds hard to do. So hard, in fact, that you might not want to take the time to figure out who’s making you money and what unit is costing your profits to keep on the road....
Trucker Stats: Revenue Per Week
How much money do you need to stay in business every week? The best way to know is to know your Trucker Stats with TruckingOffice PRO. Your trucking business success depends on knowing the numbers that show what you need. Trucker Stats Revenue – What Do You Make...
Expenses Per Day: Trucker Stats You Need to Know
Nobody in the trucking industry looks at today’s spot market and thinks things are great. Rates are below the costs of fuel to haul them. Many truckers are parking their trucks for the duration until shippers and brokers come to their senses. Even the truckers...
Are You an Owner Operator or a Fleet Builder?
That’s a pretty funny question to ask a trucker. But for some truckers, it’s the crux of what kind of business they want to build. And that difference between owner operators and fleet builders drives many decisions in different directions. Choosing the...
Make This Year’s CVSA Inspections Your Best Yet
You know it’s coming. The CVSA Roadcheck inspections are annual events. Some truckers decide to take their vacation that week. Why do they want to avoid it? Are they afraid their vehicle isn’t in good enough condition to be on the road? Is preparing for...
What is LTL freight?
LTL shipping, or less-than-truckload shipping, is in high demand in the trucking industry. When companies need to ship product but it’s not a full load, the LTL trucker comes to the rescue. While this is a way for a trucker to take multiple loads at one time to...
How Does the Split Sleeper Berth Rule Work?
Do you understand the split sleeper berth rule? The DOT’s rules regarding the number of hours of service have an exception but it’s complicated. It’s hard to explain in simple terms, so let’s use an examples of how it works. Using the Split Sleeper Berth...
What are Trucker Stats?
What are trucker stats? If you google the term, you get transportation industry statistics. Those can be interesting, but if you want to know how you’re doing in your trucking business, they’re no help. TruckingOffice PRO trucking software has...
Steps to Simplified Trucking Taxes
As a trucker, you know that you pay a lot of taxes. The Government demands its due and expects us to pay on time. Failure to do so has penalties and fines that are supposed to motivate us to pay. (That doesn’t make it any better, does it?) So how do...
Spring Cleaning Your Truck
Oh, is it spring yet? Melting snow and increasing temps may lead owner-operators to think about what the springtime has in store. Who doesn’t want to see the end of this winter? As much as we take time to clean our rigs during the winter just to get the salt and...
What is a Blind Shipment and How to Handle One?
What Is a blind shipment? Is it different from a drop shipment? How does an owner operator trucker to handle one? A bill of lading lists the shipper, the address where the load was picked up, and the receiver, including the delivery address. Seems pretty...
What is Freight Shipping?
What is freight shipping? Simply put, freight shipping is the movement of goods from one location to another by land, sea, or air. Trucking is a critical part of that transportation chain. Trucks handle the last-mile delivery as well as hauling loads...
IFTA and Income Taxes Double Whammy
IFTA and Income Taxes in April Are there any two worse months than January and April for truckers? IFTA and quarterly taxes fall together all the time, but in April, we get the personal income tax too. Quarterly business taxes AND IFTA AND income taxes make these...
What is a Bill of Lading?
Every business transaction has paperwork. We can’t avoid it. The bill of lading in the transportation industry is a key piece of paperwork that documents what a trucker hauls and where and when it’s delivered. We often call a bill of lading a BOL. Bill of lading...
MATS: Mid-America Trucking Show
If there’s one truck show we think you should go to this year, consider going to MATS, the Mid-America Trucking Show in Louisville, Kentucky. 1 It’s Big. Like BIG. This show is huge! And since it’s so big, you just can’t expect to see it all in...Free Load Profit Calculator for Truckers
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