Oversize Load of IFTA Anxiety
IFTA Anxiety Are you a trucker who cares about what goes into your trailer? Do you double and triple check to make sure that everything on your flatbed is secured and stable before you get behind the wheel? Do you take pride in your ride and take the time to clean...
Fuel Taxes Gone Up This Year
Updating the IFTA Fuel Taxes Tables (So You Don’t Have To) With IFTA coming due in a just a few weeks, TruckingOffice has updated the fuel tax tables in preparation for the quarterly filing. To say we were surprised at what New Jersey just did isn’t a lie....
How to Calculate Your Miles by State
Knowing how to calculate mileage for IFTA fuel tax reporting purposes is important if you want to avoid being fined or audited. The International Fuel Tax Agreement was established to simplify the reporting of fuel use by motor carriers that operate in more than one...
TruckingOffice On the Road to MATS
TruckingOffice – Mid America Trucking Show – MATS Last year, I took my kids to the Mid-America Trucking Show. This year, Dad and I are going to MATS and we are looking forward to some networking and new technology review. There will be some exciting new...
Pros and Cons of Fuel Tax Software
Which IFTA Software Will You Choose? Is this even a discussion? Are people talking about the pros and cons for fuel tax software? Fuel tax software supercharges your ability to tend to IFTA matters with a minimum of time and effort. Just like the first automobiles...
What Can Free Trial Trucking Software Offer You?
TruckingOffice Free Trial Software There’s no shortage of “free” things on the Internet, including a limited amount of no-cost trucking software. While you may benefit from downloading a free app for your smartphone every now and then, full-fledged software packages...
3 Ways Our Fleet Management Software Can Help You to Succeed
Fleet Management Software Helps You Succeed If you’re thinking about moving up from owning your own truck to owning a fleet, you’re thinking smart. This field is wide open for you. Just make sure you have the right fleet management software to make it...
Taking Care of Yourself Is One More Key to Trucking Success
TruckingOffice Owner-Operator Trucking Success Achieving trucking success as a self-employed owner/operator means taking care of your equipment, all of it. That includes the one asset that’s more important to you than anything else in the world: your own body....
3 Keys to Success in Trucking: Organization, Customers, & Data
It’s not like these are big secrets. If you talk to any successful trucker or broker, they’ll tell you the same things. The three keys to success are Organization Finding the problems and solving them Building up the customer base. As a broker with many...
Trucking Software Apps: Where is your data?
Looking for trucking software apps for your smartphone? A lot of owner-operators think that the newest tech is probably the best. It seems logical to look for an app on the Apple Store or the Google Play if you want to use your phone to manage your trucking...
Here’s What the New Electronic Driver Logbook Rules May Do to Your Livelihood
The 21st Century Driver Electronic Logbook The trucking industry is always changing and evolving. One of the biggest changes we have seen in the 21st century is the electronic log book device. Some know it as the ELD, mandate. An ELD is an electronic device. It allows...
How Accounting Software for Trucking Business Owners Provides Peace of Mind
There’s an old saying that goes something like this: “Never send a machine to do a man’s job.” It was true years ago, and it’s still true, even in this high-tech age. Nothing can replace the mind, muscles, and experience only human beings can provide. That being...
Get Better Sleep with Our Fuel Tax Reporting Software
Have you seen all the recent posts about sleeping? If you don’t get enough, you’re at higher risk for heart attacks and obesity. Right on time for us when we have to file the IFTA. I either want to shove the whole thing into a drawer and go take a nap...
Record Keeping: Why you must organize your owner-operator business
How well do you keep your records? Do you know where to find them – four years later? Do you know why that’s important? TruckingOffice trucking software knows. Two words: IFTA audit. It’s pretty easy to let numbers slide and let the record keeping go....
How to Run a Successful Trucking Company
We all know truckers who don’t make it past the first year. How to run a successful trucking company wasn’t part of the training when they learned how to drive. They make mistakes that cost them their trucks, their finances, and maybe even hurts their...
What Is the Best Way to Prepare IFTA Reports?
The key to preparing IFTA reports is careful record keeping. That’s especially true when you manage your taxes without our fuel tax reporting software. IFTA Reports: Where to Start You probably don’t want to hear this, but it’s time to start thinking about IFTA...
Can Transportation Management Software Increase Your Profits?
Can Transportation Management Software increase your profits? It had better. Otherwise, what are you doing with it? In this economy, truckers feel like they’re being asked to haul loads practically for free. Or worse, the pay per mile is less than it would...
You Need the Modern Solution for Your IFTA Filing
I heard this on the radio the other day: Sitting is the new smoking. Yes, someone out there thinks that sitting is as bad for your health as smoking. As truckers, we’re probably going to take that with a grain of salt, but consider this: Sitting for prolonged...
IFTA Basics for New Owner-Operators
If you’re a new owner-operator, you may not have filed the IFTA until now. This isn’t a complete guide, but it can help you get started. TruckingOffice PRO gives you a tool to eliminate 99% of the headache that comes along with it. Because staying on top...
Three Ways that Truck Parking Hurts All of Us
Truck Parking isn’t just a one-sided issue. People want their stuff – and they want it cheap and in a hurry. We drivers get this. We want to deliver it quickly – and safely. But we hear time after time about communities that don’t want truck...
Don’t Let the IFTA Pull You Off the Road
Hate to remind you of the hard truth when you’re enjoying the holiday… But your IFTA is due in 29 days. Fast IFTA You could be done with it today – if you have TruckingOffice trucking management software. TruckingOffice can reduce this task to...
Happy New Year!
Happy New Year from TruckingOffice! 2017 is going to be a great year for our customers, and we can’t wait to get you organized for success! Thank you for all your support!...
The Goal You Never Thought Of – and Why You Must
[bs_well size=”md”] TruckingOffice Wants Truckers to Succeed We’ve been focusing some of our blog posts on goals and goal setting. SMART goal setting SCHEMES to figure out your action plan Measurements to determine where your strengths and...
Happy Holidays from TruckingOffice
Happy Holidays from TruckingOffice! We wish you many safe journeys and well deserved time off with family and friends....
Thanks For Everything (and we mean everything)
to the truckers who make it all possible. You truckers and drivers who are still on the road, carrying gifts from Amazon Probably no one realizes how completely we depend on your work, except your families. To all you truckers who are heading home to spend time with...
Moving Into LTL Shipping
Chris has a pretty famous rig that he’s got to maintain since he’s frequently on call for marketing visits during November and December. He has one customer he ships for and has only one route per year, but it’s a tricky one – particularly with...
Trucking Management Software for the Hard-to-Buy-for Trucker
What Do You Buy for the Trucker Who Has Everything? When you’re 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. This makes shopping...
The Value of Transportation Management Software
We’re all thinking about the end of the year… and the costs involved. The IFTA coming up and at this time of year, business is down, so maybe you’re planning ahead for some maintenance work. Not to mention the end of the year details to get ready...
Why Should I Know My Expenses per Mile?
Why Do Expenses Per Mile Matter? Ever heard the old saying… [bs_well size=”sm”]How do you eat an elephant? One bite at a time.[/bs_well] Big problems are supposed to be solved with easy, simple steps. Break the problem down and do the next thing,...
Keep a Tight Rein on Expenses with Trucking Accounting Software
It’s that time of year. Spending on gifts for family, friends, and customers. How can a trucking accounting software help? Simple. Keep track of the pennies in January through November and have dollars in December. Does Your Trucking Accounting Software Have...
Detention Payments: It’s About Time
It’s time to ship the goods. Who does the shipping lead call? Shipping departments will sometimes tell brokers not to put a load on a load board. The shipper doesn’t want just any trucker hauling their loads. I respect that because these...Systems: Steps to Trucking Success
TruckingOffice Wants Truckers to Succeed We’ve been focusing some of our blog posts on goals and goal setting. SMART goal setting SCHEMES to figure out your action plan Measurements to determine where your strengths and weaknesses are Handling the Challenges of...Happy Thanksgiving!
Enjoy your weekend off the road and we’ll see you next week on the...Get Paid on Time with Trucking Industry Software
Ever look at a load board and wonder if shippers realize that we can’t do this for free? I’ve been looking at some loads recently that I can’t imagine any trucker is going to take because no one can afford to take a load for that little money per...
What Do You Keep In Your Cab In the Winter?
Mother Nature is sure being kind to us here in northeast Ohio. It’s a sunny day in November and that’s a pretty rare thing for us up here. We truckers need to get serious about getting ready for winter. When the sun’s beating down on us through...Fleet Management Solutions: Lightweighting Trucks
Lightweighting is one of the hottest fleet management solutions in the trucking world today. But does it offer the kind of savings its proponents promise? Or is it just another fad that will come and go? Let’s take a closer look. What Is Lightweighting? Lightweighting...Fleet Vehicle Management: Should Self-Driving Vehicles Worry You?
When the topic of discussion turns to fleet vehicle management, someone brings up the prospect of self-driving commercial trucks. I expect you saw that self-driving truck with a load of beer handling a delivery. It was all over the Internet. (I’m not sure...Avoid Repairs with Maintenance Software for Truck Drivers
You know that keeping your equipment in top shape is vital for both your business’s health and the safety of everyone who uses the nation’s highway system.That’s why getting ready for winter isn’t just an “oh, I’ll get around to it” task....Scared About Audits? Trucking Dispatch Software Keeps You Prepared
Are you tired of hearing about the IFTA filing due at the end of the month?So are we.But there are some people out there who aren’t tired of it – because it’s their job. The auditors. IFTA Audits and Trucking Dispatch SoftwareMaybe the auditors are...Free Load Profit Calculator for Truckers
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