Trucking Authority Terms Every New Owner-Operator Should Know
Starting your own trucking company means learning a new language. From FMCSA filings to IFTA and IRP, you’ll encounter dozens of unfamiliar terms while applying for your trucking authority. This glossary explains the most important terms in the order you’ll...
IFTA Report Basics
Looking for a simple explanation of IFTA reports? Let’s start with Just getting started? Our trucking authority terms glossary explains IFTA, IRP, and every other acronym you’ll meet when setting up your authority. What Is IFTA? The International Fuel Tax...
TruckingOffice announces the TruckingOffice PRO App
TruckingOffice announces the TruckingOffice PRO App Are you looking for an app to improve your company’s billing? To move the paperwork faster to get paid sooner? TruckingOffice PRO’s new app is what you need. Every trucking company owner knows the...
Revenue Billed and Revenue Paid: Two Numbers Truckers Need to Know
Trucker Stats™ show truck owners and independent truckers the importance of analyzing their data. Two statistics – revenue billed and revenue paid – sound like they should be the same thing. Unfortunately, they aren’t. The attentive owner-operator...
Trucking Cost Per Mile Explained: The Most Important Number in Your Business
Click here for Table of Contents Table of contentsThe Key to Successful Trucking BusinessWhat Is Cost Per Mile?Fixed Costs and Operational Expenses Included in CPMConverting Time FramesVariable Costs Included in CPMFuel Cost and IFTAWhen To Calculate Cost Per MileHow...
3 Reasons Why Integrated TMS and ELD Work for Independent Truckers
For independent truckers, the purpose of trucking management software (TMS) is to keep the business organized. The purpose of the electronic logging device (ELD) is to track hours of service (HOS) and stay compliant. Is there a reason to have integrated TMS and ELD?...
What is Telematics?
What is telematics? What are telematics? We’re not sure which is right – but what we do know is that telematics are a big topic in the trucking industry now. Does it matter to the average trucker what telematics is measuring? Telematics is a combination of...
Check Your ELD Before a DOT Inspection
A couple of weeks ago, we got a call from the Minnesota Department of Transportation after a DOT inspection. The agent asked if a specific trucker has an ELD account with us. We want to make it clear that we gave no private data to the agent, just confirmed the...
Developing Customers for Your Brokerage
Probably, most brokers don’t want to pay attention to the CVSA Roadcheck. The annual on-the-road safety check of trucks in mid-May shouldn’t impact freight brokers, should it? But if you’re trying to find a truck driver for that week, you may find...
Maintenance and the Roadcheck
When was the last time you did a full inspection, not a pre-trip inspection, of your rig? The upcoming CVSA Roadcheck isn’t far away. Instead of skipping the week, why not prepare now for your rig’s inspection? Looking ahead and getting ready now will...Free Load Profit Calculator for Truckers
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