Essential Parts of Your Driving Logbook
Understanding a driving logbook is one of the key skills of a successful trucker. In this article we’ll look at the various log-keeping duties that you will be responsible for. The Basics The basic contents of a logbook include the following: The carrier’s name The...Fleet Maintenance Software: What the Inspector Looks For
Fleet maintenance software is essential for today’s trucking owners and operators. It helps you keep your rig in top shape at all times, saving you both costly fines and big repair bills. While we’re on the subject of “costly fines,” though, let’s talk a bit about...
Electronic Logbooks for Truckers Better with Trucking Software
Logbooks for truck drivers have been a source of controversy for decades. Originally meant to ensure that drivers were alert and well rested when behind the wheel, some people contend that they have just the opposite effect, encouraging truckers to falsify records...Truck Dispatch Software And Other Factors of Success
A lot of people are drawn to the trucking industry for the freedom and adventure associated with it. But they don’t necessarily want to be professional drivers themselves. If this is the case with you, then you might want to consider a career as a dispatcher. It’s...
Should You Get Your Own Trucking Authority? A Decision Guide for Owner-Operators
To make real money as an owner-operator trucker, you need your own authority. Sure, you can offer your services to a leasing firm, and doing so is a great way for those with challenged credit to get their own rig. But obtaining an authority can help you to...How Federal DOT Regulations Affect Safety
Federal DOT regulations require that trucking company owners have a program to inspect and maintain every truck in their fleet, whether they have one or 1,000. Understanding what’s expected is an important part of running a successful business. Here’s what the DOT...Why Is It Important to Use Trucking Maintenance Software?
If you’re wondering why you need trucking maintenance software, then take just a second to do a search on Google for “18 wheeler accidents.” You’ll find page after page of law firms across the country that specialize in suing fleet owners or single truck...
7 Things Freight Brokers Need To Do To Attract Customers
Freight brokers stand at the very center of the trucking industry. Without a doubt, the majority of trucking freight in the country wouldn’t move off a loading dock unless a freight broker was involved. We here at TruckingOffice respects these...Trucking Industry Trends
Here’s a question for you: what do your clothes, your soap, your car, your computer, and your sofa have in common? Answer: all of them were delivered by truck to the stores where you purchased them. Virtually everything you’ll find for sale is transported by...
Tips for Your FMCSA Compliance Review
Although acing a FMCSA compliance review is not totally possible, these reviews are easier if trucking company owners and managers are fully prepared. The purpose of these reviews is to keep roadways safe by making sure drivers and trucks are competent. Therefore, the...
What is Truck Brokering? What Do You Need to Know?
Truck brokering maximizes the money made in freight hauling by allowing trucking companies to negotiate cargo hauling with other freight companies. Truck brokerage software makes this process easy. Any owner interested in expanding his or her business should learn a...
Safety Tips for Truck Drivers
By using nine good motoring habits, truckers can continue to ride the highways in a safe manner. After all, no one wants to add the information of a truck accident to their financial or DOT records, even if they have easy-to-use, online truck expense management...How to Ace the DOT Safety Audit
Fleet operators can spend their time keeping trucks rolling or dealing with the complex and confusing DOT Safety Audit requirements. Of course, every operator knows what happens if trucks or businesses do not comply or pass: bye-bye business! There is an easy way and...Trucking Management: Properly Securing Cargo
In the area of trucking management, few facets have more real-world implications than loose cargo. A scenario centering on spilled cargo undoubtedly carries with it financial implications to a trucking company, but can also represent costly legal liability. Loose...Trucking Industry News: Cross-Border Transport
Arguably the biggest development to hit trucking industry news this year came toward year’s end, yet was two decades in the making. In October, the first Mexican carrier was scheduled to cross deep into the U.S. in a pilot project allowing for cross-border transport...Major Trucking Industry Trends and Issues
Every year, the American Transportation Research Institute releases a survey of the biggest trucking industry trends and issues truckers encounter. After polling hundreds of workers,managers, and owners of trucking companies, the ATRI ranks and files all of the...Proper Expense Management Can Help Prevent Audits
It’s a long, long road to receive your interstate trucking authority license, and like finding a needle in a haystack you can lose it in a fraction of the time you took to get it. New, stricter regulations from the IFTA have meant that, regardless of the size of your...What to Expect from an FMCSA Compliance Review
Any company fears inspections, but with new fines and safety measures, an FMCSA Compliance Review can especially terrify a trucking outfit. Governmental regulations and standards are in place to protect employees and companies, but even the most dutiful businesses...The Cards Are Stacked Against You
Rough road… In today’s trucking industry it sure seems like the cards are stacked against you as an independent owner/operator. It always seems like freight rates are going down and expenses are going up. In today’s troubled economy it seems tougher than ever before...What’s Involved in CSA2010 Compliance?
If you’re in the trucking industry, you know you have to adhere to CSA2010 compliance, the new compliance program from the FMCSA (Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration)—but you might not know what that entails. Given that it’s a new program, not everyone has...Free Load Profit Calculator for Truckers
How To Get Your Own Trucking Authority
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