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? For the filing side of it, see our walkthrough of freight broker authority and the FMCSA requirements. Wondering if dispatching is the cheaper first step?...
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! Profit starts with direction. Here is why you should write a trucking business plan for your company. A profitable...
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
Trucker Stats™ are the report features in TruckingOffice PRO that show owner operators exactly what it costs to run a trucking business — per trip, per week or per month — so they can tell whether a load really pays. Tired of looking at your trucking business and...
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? Missing IFTA records are the...
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 vs. Trip Envelopes: Which Works Better?
Is It Time to Retire Your Trip Envelopes? There’s nothing like a week when everything goes right. Three loads with great rates and minimal deadhead. The weather was fantastic. You arrived on time for every delivery. And you fixed your...
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...
You Need an ELOG
If you’re new to trucking, you’re learning a lot of the shorthand terms we use for equipment and taxes we have to pay. IFTA is the International Fuel Tax. HVUT is the Heavy Vehicle Use Tax. ELD is the Electronic Logging Device. HOS is Hours of Service. SOL...
How to get a Freight Brokerage Authority
Have you ever watched a video where an athlete goes to a gym and pretends to be a newbie? Then the athlete shows up all the people around by showing off superior skills? Not that we’re comparing trucking brokerage to althetics. We’re just saying that...
Brake Safety Week CVSA
We know there are drivers who conveniently take their summer vacation whenever the CVSA Safety Check is scheduled. This month, we have the CVSA Brake Safety Week inspections scheduled for August 25-31. Brake Safety is Highway Safety TruckingOffice trucking management...
How to Get Your Own Operating Authority: A Step-by-Step Guide
Getting your own operating authority gives you the opportunity to schedule your own loads and to negotiate your own rates. As an owner-operator trucker, leasing on to a large carrier company has benefits, but holding your own authority will provide you with...
Heavy Vehicle Use Tax
The Heavy Vehicle Use Tax for trucking businesses is due at the end of this month. Yes, another tax on truckers. We have to go find the form 2290 to file this tax of $550 per truck. But we saw the US Supreme Court decide the case Loper Bright Enterprises v....
Trucking Management Software Statistics
Do your trucking management software statistics help you or bother you? Do you even look at your trucking management software statistics? Does your trucking software even produce any stats for you? Why you need trucking management software statistics You...What’s Your Revenue Per Mile Trucker Stat™?
What’s your revenue per mile trucker stat? You might know what revenue per mile is. It’s how much a trucker gets paid per mile to haul a load. That’s an important number because any trucker wants to know how much they’re getting paid. At the...
What is ELD in Trucking?
What is ELD in trucking? Simply put, it’s a gadget that tracks the hours that a trucker has been working. It’s a glorified time clock, mandated by the US government. In the end, that’s pretty much all ELDs do. TruckingOffice ELD offers a little bit...
What Does IRP Stand For?
“What is an IRP?” “What does IRP stand for?” “What’s IRP in trucking?” We see questions like that all the time on the trucker forums. It’s not obvious from the name “International Registration Plan” what...
“Free” Trucking Invoice Templates: What Do They Really Cost?
“Why reinvent the wheel?” is the common question that many new owner-operators ask when faced with sending out their first invoices. With everything else you have to learn when you start out driving your own truck, invoices are just One. More. Thing. ...
Most Important Trucker Stat™?
This week has been hot. Very hot. Record-breaking temps across the US have made all of us seek air conditioning and pools to cool off. Agencies track the weather to know how to manage their resources. Smart truckers do the same with Trucker Stats™ to learn how to...
No More Late Invoices With Trucking Software
We hear a lot about late pay invoices from truckers. Why is it taking so long to get paid? When we ask, many of them say that they don’t send their invoices until the end of the month. No wonder they have late payments when they’re sending out late...
ELD for Local Businesses
Because TruckingOffice usually deals with long-distance owner operators, we haven’t ever discussed the need for an ELD for local businesses. Most companies that have a truck delivery as part of their business model don’t think that they need to get an ELD....
Every Trucking Fleet Starts With 1 Truck
There are dozens, if not hundreds of stories about how small trucking fleets get started. A trucker decides to get their trucking authority. They buy another rig and another trailer. Then a family member is added to the crew. And that’s how a trucking fleet gets...
Late Trucking Invoice Payments
Nobody is going to haul freight for free. Nobody can afford to. There are simply too many costs, but some shippers seem to expect us to by making late trucking invoice payments. Late trucking invoice payments have long been a real issue for independent owner operator...
How to Get Your Trucking Invoices Right and Get Paid Faster
You gotta get paid. The question is – how are you asking for it? Shippers and brokers don’t just send you the payment. Most brokers and shippers expect an invoice with the supporting paperwork they require before they’ll process payment. What’s...
Running Your Trucking Company
Who’s running your trucking company? Most truckers on the road are independent owner operators and have to manage their businesses themselves. While the long hours on the road are the core of the business, it’s the back office that makes the business work....
Is TruckingOffice ELD Easy and Affordable?
Do you like your ELD? Or does your ELD make you crazy? Are you spending time trying to make it work? Spending too much money for what you’re getting? Is the TruckingOffice ELD easy and affordable? It sure is! We’ve worked to make the TruckingOffice ELD...
Top 5 Reasons for a Complete Trucking Software
As the trucking season ramps up, is it time to reconsider what software you use to run your trucking business? Because if you’re not using a complete trucking software package, you’re only hurting yourself. What is a Complete Trucking Software? We often...
State HOS Requirements
We’ve been getting this question recently. Since it’s the federal Department of Transportation / FMSCA requirement for an electronic logging device (ELD), do I have to have one if I don’t drive outside of my state? If my state’s hours of...
Does Your Truck ELD Help Your LTL Freight Trucking?
One of the biggest challenges of LTL freight trucking is how to bill for miles. Can your truck ELD help you? Yes – if your trucking invoice software is connected to your truck ELD. Trucking Invoicing Software for LTL Freight Trucking Why do you haul freight?...Free Load Profit Calculator for Truckers
How To Get Your Own Trucking Authority
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