by TruckingOffice | Feb 7, 2019 | Business Plan, Owner Operator, Trucking Authority, Trucking Management, Trucking Software
The trucking industry is responsible for transporting 70% of all freight in the United States. In 2021, this translates to over $930 billion in goods being hauled across the country on trucks every year. Does this sound like something you want to be a part of? If you...
by TruckingOffice | Feb 4, 2019 | Business Plan, Owner Operator, Trucking Authority, Trucking Management, Trucking Software
North America has had a lot of winter already this year. Record-breaking temperatures, blizzards, and now Ohio is expecting to get several days in the 50s with rain. It feels like it’s been a year already and it’s barely February. Did you have a plan...
by TruckingOffice | Jan 28, 2019 | IFTA Filing, Maintenance, Reports, Trucking Management, Trucking Software
We’ve been reading your comments on our blog posts (Hey! Thanks for reading!) and it’s clear that a fast IFTA program is important, but we’re getting a lot of people asking some pretty smart questions. They want more than just a fast IFTA program....
by TruckingOffice | Feb 12, 2018 | IFTA, Invoice, Trucking Management
St. Valentine’s Day is just a few days away and you have a problem. You need a gift. Might we suggest a trucking management solution? TMS is now Trucking Management Solution What do you give a trucker who spends days on the road and then hours at home managing...
by TruckingOffice | Feb 8, 2018 | Invoice, Maintenance, Safety, Trucking Management
You probably have something set up to be your truck maintenance software if you’re running a fleet of trucks. You simply cannot keep track of the maintenance requirements in your head. Or on your calendar. TruckingOffice PRO has you covered. Too many...
by TruckingOffice | Feb 1, 2018 | ELD, Maintenance, Trucking Management
Tomorrow is Groundhog Day. Did you ever see that movie with Bill Murray where he repeats the day over and over until he finally gets it right? I think driving a truck can sometimes be that way too. We do all the same things over and over – load, drive, unload,...
by TruckingOffice | Jan 29, 2018 | ELD, IFTA, Trucking Management
Maybe because it’s Friday. On a trip across town this morning, I saw 3 bobtails and 3 empty flatbeds. I could assume they’re going home, or maybe they’re on their way to the next load. But it got me thinking about deadhead miles and the IFTA and...
by TruckingOffice | Jan 22, 2018 | IFTA, Invoice, IRP, Maintenance, Reports, Taxes, Trucking Management
It’s the new year and based on some scientific study, if you made a new year’s resolution, it’s likely you already broke it. Yes, someone paid for that study. We could have told them that. But if your resolution was to be more organized in your...
by TruckingOffice | Jan 18, 2018 | ELD, IFTA, IFTA Filing, Invoice, IRP, Reports, Taxes, Trucking Management
Did you pick out an ELD program based on the IFTA? Maybe not. Most people don’t even think about IFTA when they’re picking an ELD? After all, the software for IFTA isn’t related to the ELD, is it? (Hint: It does, if you use TruckingOffice...
by TruckingOffice | Jan 15, 2018 | Maintenance, Organization, Trucking Management
Is there anything more annoying than driving through South Carolina during a snowstorm? Change that – is there anymore more frustrating than driving through South Carolina during a snowstorm? When the roads aren’t so bad but the drivers...
by TruckingOffice | Jan 11, 2018 | ELD, IFTA, IFTA Filing, Invoice, Maintenance, Reports, Taxes, Trucking Management
There are a lot of trucking accounting software packages out there. Some of them are comprehensive package that offer entire trucking management software programs. Others focus down on just one part of being an owner-operator: the IFTA filing or maintenance...
by TruckingOffice | Jan 8, 2018 | IFTA, IFTA Filing, Invoice, Maintenance, Owner Operator, Reports, Taxes, Trucking Management, Trucking Software
What happens if you don’t file the IFTA? Do you really want to know? The consequences to not filing start at mildly annoying and move up to painful and expensive. The citation is only the first step. Tickets costs vary from state to state, but the fines will...
by TruckingOffice | Jan 4, 2018 | IFTA, IFTA Filing, Invoice, Owner Operator, Trucking Management
QuickBooks is probably the best-known small business software out there. I hear a lot of owner-operators tell me that it’s how they manage their finances. I can understand that for those people who are running a small fleet and have a bookkeeper. On one hand,...
by TruckingOffice | Jan 2, 2018 | IFTA, Invoice, Organization, Owner Operator, Reports, Taxes, Trucking Management
Happy New Year! Did you make any resolutions – especially about organizing your trucking business? Welcome to the club. Resolutions are one of those traditions that we recognize. Not keeping those resolutions is also part of the tradition. How well do you...
by TruckingOffice | Dec 28, 2017 | IFTA, Maintenance, Organization, Safety, Taxes, Trucking Management
After days on the road, coming home might mean there’s a list waiting: the Honey-Do list. It’s not that those people at home can’t do those tasks themselves. Maybe they want to enjoy watching you do them. Maybe it’s a team effort. But home...
by TruckingOffice | Dec 21, 2017 | ELD, Invoice, Maintenance, Trucking Management
The Trucker Who Has Everything When you’re gift shopping for a trucker who’s been on the road for a while – they probably already have everything that they need. Or at least, everything that they think they need. Trucking in the future is not going...
by TruckingOffice | Dec 18, 2017 | Trucking Management
It’s the last week of the busiest shipping season and you’ve probably moved more freight in the past two months than the first six months of the year. As an owner-operator, that’s a tough way to run a business. We can’t deny that...
by TruckingOffice | Dec 14, 2017 | ELD, IFTA, Invoice, Maintenance, Reports, Trucking Management
I listened to a trucker podcaster recently. He talked about a rough survey he took at a truck stop one day this year. Less than half of truckers use smartphones. That surprised us. Smartphones go with trucking like french fries and ketchup. Why aren’t...
by TruckingOffice | Dec 11, 2017 | IFTA, Invoice, IRP, Reports, Taxes, Trucking Management
I’ll bet you’re not even thinking about your IFTA right now. Most truckers can barely keep up with the loads they’ve got to haul before the holidays – they’re not thinking about anything else right now. So why are we even talking about...
by TruckingOffice | Dec 7, 2017 | ELD, IFTA, Maintenance, Trucking Management, Trucking Software Training
Looking for any truck driver log app isn’t any easier now than it was 5 years ago when the ELD mandate was put in place. There are still too many bad apps written without the trucker in mind. That’s why we at TruckingOffice decided that keeping the rules...
by TruckingOffice | Dec 4, 2017 | Freight Sales, LTL, Organization, Trucking Management
Black Friday and Cyber Monday can’t happen without truckers. Black Friday got its name from the custom of retailers to write their losses in red in and their profits in black. Black Friday is the day that most retailers put the red ink away for the year. Cyber...
by TruckingOffice | Dec 2, 2017 | ELD, Electronic Logging Device, IFTA, Reports, Trucking Management, Trucking Software
We saw this article about the ELD delay request from Indiana. It seems that the attorney general is questioning the validity of self-certification of the ELD equipment currently on the market. We know that older electronic logging devices don’t comply with the...
by TruckingOffice | Nov 30, 2017 | DOT Rules and Regulations, Driver Logbook, ELD, Electronic Logging Device, Fleet Management, Safety, Trucking Management
The new ELD requirements for the trucking industry are strict and for truckers, owner-operators and fleet builders. There’s no avoiding them once they go into effect. At that point, you will be required to comply with the ELD mandate or risk being penalized. We know...
by TruckingOffice | Nov 27, 2017 | ELD, IFTA, Invoice, Maintenance, Owner Operator, Taxes, Trucking Management
Keep Your Owner Operator Trucking Business Going and Growing Whether you’re a long-time owner-operator or new to the field, you know that the only way to build a successful owner-operator trucking business is to have a way to keep the business end working....
by TruckingOffice | Nov 9, 2017 | FileSafe™, IFTA, Invoice, Maintenance, Trucking Management
Did you just sign up for your TruckingOffice free trial of our trucking management software to get your IFTA done fast? You’ve filed your IFTA in record time and now… what? How can you maximize your TruckingOffice free trial? It would be pretty sad to just...
by Allen Campbell | Oct 31, 2017 | IFTA, Invoice, Trucking Management
No, I’m not going to tell you to give up interstate driving. But I am going to tell you to eliminate your IFTA struggle in a perfectly legal way. It’s just like ice cream. Have you ever made ice cream? It’s not hard to mix everything up. Milk,...
by Allen Campbell | Oct 30, 2017 | IFTA, IFTA Filing, Reports, Taxes, Trucking Management
Can you imagine doing your IFTA in your cab? Not if you’re using paper log books. I can’t imagine trying to keep those on my bunk along with all the receipts, the calculator, a calendar, and my credit card or checkbook without everything spilling onto the...
by TruckingOffice | Oct 19, 2017 | IFTA, Maintenance, Taxes, Trucking Management
Our IFTA preparation software can save you money and endless hassle. But is that all it should do? Do you remember long nights sitting hunched over your desk or dining table, calculating and recalculating? Drinking stale coffee, and hoping that you’ve done all the...
by Allen Campbell | Oct 16, 2017 | IFTA, Invoice, IRP, Maintenance, Reports, Trucking Management
I typed the words “FREE IFTA” in a Google search tonight. I didn’t think I’d find anything, but sure enough, there was a free IFTA calculator on the screen. But was it free? Technically, it’s free for you to enter your data – for...
by TruckingOffice | Oct 5, 2017 | ELD, IFTA, Invoice, IRP, Maintenance, Taxes, Trucking Management
It was a dark and stormy night. One Friday when the fleet manager went out to inspect each of the trucks, he noticed that in the first truck the odometer was 1,000 miles off from the driver’s logbook. In the second truck, the difference was even greater…...
by TruckingOffice | Oct 2, 2017 | IFTA, Invoice, Maintenance, Reports, Taxes, Trucking Management
Use your IFTA to beat your stress Can IFTA fuel tax software help you make a profit? Looking at the bottom line after paying your IFTA? Are you wondering if you’re getting ahead? Making money? Able to think about retirement? Is this the wrong week to ask...
by TruckingOffice | Sep 28, 2017 | ELD, Electronic Logging Device, Trucking Management
The idea of switching over to an electronic logging device system may seem like a huge hassle for drivers, owner-operators and fleet builders alike. After all, paper logs may not have been 100% accurate all the time, but they got the job done, right? Well, we are here...
by TruckingOffice | Aug 31, 2017 | ELD, IFTA, Invoice, IRP, Trucking Management
The TruckingOffice truck driver log app is on its way! We anticipate its official release by early fall. This will give you plenty of time to prepare for the December 17 switch to electronic logbooks. We’ve spent a lot of time looking over the government...
by TruckingOffice | Aug 24, 2017 | LTL, Organization, Trucking Management
Is organization important? I was sitting in the office last month and listened to one of the dispatchers as she talked to a customer. It seems that the trucker with his load had just called and said, “I can’t deliver tomorrow and I’m leaving on...
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 TruckingOffice | Aug 3, 2017 | Invoice, Safety, Trucking Management
Can One Day of the Week Be To Blame For Some of the Main Truck Safety Problems? Like every industry, the trucking industry faces occasional challenges, most which revolve around the safety of the industry itself. Some people go into trucking because they think it will...
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 3, 2017 | ELD, IFTA, Invoice, IRP, Maintenance, Reports, Trucking Management
I’m hearing about Uber Freight – some people love it, some people hate it, some people fear it. What do you think? Is Uber going to take over trucking? I was trying to see exactly what Uber is offering. They say they want to speed up payment to...
by TruckingOffice | Jun 19, 2017 | ELD, Electronic Logging Device, IFTA, Invoice, IRP, Maintenance, Reports, Trucking Management
Are you getting started as an truck owner-operator? Don’t buy an ELD now! Yes, I know that it’s got to be on your truck this year. But don’t buy it now. Not yet. You need to be sure that the ELD you buy will be compliant and manage your data...
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