Gifts for Truck Drivers: The Best Gift for Independent Truckers
The best gifts for truck drivers are the ones that fit a life lived in a truck cab: small, useful, and tied to the job. Cab space is limited, so for an independent trucker or owner-operator the most valuable gift is usually something that saves time and money running...
Smart ELD Buys During Black Friday Deals
Looking for an ELD for your truck? Right now, if your internet is like ours, Black Friday and Cyber Monday special sales are slamming the feeds. Is this the right time to buy a new ELD? Reviewing your ELD contract is one piece of winterizing your trucking business...
How Profit and Loss Statements Make Trucking Businesses Grow
When a trucker has a dispatch and a route, they know where to deliver the load. The process is clear: pickup, transport, delivery. When you decided to start a trucking business, you chose to operate under your own authority. Load decisions got more complicated...
What Is A DVIR?
A DVIR is a Daily Vehicle Inspection Report — the daily record a truck driver completes documenting the condition of the rig and any defects found. Every industry has their own abbreviations and codes. In trucking, DVIR is one of many, but it’s one that a...
Efficient Trucking Software
If there’s one word in the business world that everyone wants, it’s efficiency. How efficient is that task? How can we make our work more efficient? (Hint: it often means “how can we do this cheaper?”) Developing complete trucking software fits...
How to Find Shippers for Your Trucking Company Without a Load Board
To find shippers for your trucking company, ask for a referral — from your current customers, from local businesses near your home base, and from the people who already know which companies in your area need freight hauled. Direct shippers are not hidden behind a...
How To Find Freight Brokerage Customers
Starting out in a freight brokerage business can be difficult. If a new broker doesn’t have a good network of potential shippers, it’s a huge challenge to build a business. So how do new brokers find freight shippers? Carriers face the same challenge from...
Winter Trucking on the Road
Winter trucking isn’t the same as summer on the road. The weather is obvious. Rain, sleet, snow, puddles around the fuel pumps, and that one guy in shorts who’s filling his fuel tank like it’s July. While a sunny day in midwinter might be pretty with...
Truck Maintenance Logs For Winter Prep
Talking about the weather is boring. But we have to pay attention to the changing seasons in the trucking industry the same way any outdoor business must. Driving loads across the country or even just across the city can be an easy trip or into a blizzard. Truck...Free Load Profit Calculator for Truckers
How To Get Your Own Trucking Authority
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