by TruckingOffice | Jan 5, 2026 | Invoice, Owner Operator, Trucking Management
Cash flow may be one of the biggest issues for trucking companies. The upfront costs of hauling freight won’t wait until the shipper sends the payment – if it’s sent on time. Before you sell an invoice at a discount, check whether the real problem is...
by TruckingOffice | Dec 29, 2025 | Business Plan, Goal Setting, Owner Operator, Trucker Stats
Every year, reviewing a company’s business plan is a key step to growing an independent trucker’s business. What a thorough review will show can be the difference between no growth, slow growth, and sustained, scalable success. Setting goals first makes a...
by TruckingOffice | Dec 22, 2025 | Trucking Software
We hope your holidays are at home with your family and full of joy. We’ll see you back next week!
by TruckingOffice | Dec 15, 2025 | Invoice, Owner Operator, Trucking Software
It sneaks up on an owner operator with no warning. Business is good. And then the truck owner realizes that there isn’t any money to pay for fuel. What happened? Everything looked good – on paper. But past-due invoices haven’t been paid, and the bank...
by TruckingOffice | Dec 8, 2025 | ELD, Owner Operator, Trucking Software
No trucker wants to be stuck in a dock for hours on end. It can take money out of a trucker’s pocket to keep them waiting to be loaded or unloaded. Deadlines and commitments can go out the window when a trucker is detained. Then to add insult to injury, the...
by TruckingOffice | Dec 1, 2025 | Owner Operator, Reports, Trucking Software
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...
by TruckingOffice | Nov 24, 2025 | ELD, Owner Operator, Trucking Software
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? Before you buy, it helps to know what a legal ELD actually has to do. Our guide to...
by TruckingOffice | Nov 17, 2025 | Business Plan, Owner Operator, Reports, Trucker Stats, Trucking Software
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...
by TruckingOffice | Nov 10, 2025 | DOT Rules and Regulations, ELD, Maintenance, Safety
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...
by TruckingOffice | Nov 3, 2025 | Owner Operator, Trucking Management Software, 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...
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