by TruckingOffice | Aug 21, 2017 | ELD, GATS, IFTA
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...
by TruckingOffice | Aug 14, 2017 | ELD, LTL, Reports, Sales
Amazon Prime Day was just held on July 11, 2017. Early reports say that Prime Day has officially surpassed Black Friday in one-day sales. I don’t know if that’s true, but it does make one thing clear: LTL shipping is booming thanks to Amazon. How do we...
by TruckingOffice | Aug 10, 2017 | ELD, Electronic Logging Device, Trucking Management
Many drivers have been asking one question. “When will electronic logbooks be mandatory?” Asking “When will electronic logbooks be mandatory” might be the wrong question altogether. Remember that your competitors are always trying to one-up...
by Allen Campbell | Aug 7, 2017 | ELD, HVUT, IFTA, IRP, Maintenance, Organization, Safety, Taxes, Trucking Management
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....
by Allen Campbell | Jul 24, 2017 | ELD, IFTA, Invoice, Maintenance, Trucking Management
You heard me. Don’t waste your time on your IFTA. I’m not telling you to ignore it or to not do it. I’m just pointing out that this chore has all the appeal of cleaning up my dog’s leftovers in the backyard after it rains. Many of us remember...
by TruckingOffice | Jul 20, 2017 | ELD, Electronic Logging Device
Since we announced our new ELD system, we’ve talked to a lot of truckers, and truck driver log book. The phrase “electronic truck driver log book” gets a lot of comments. A lot of comments. One of my favorite misconceptions is that the truck will...
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