Simple ELD Hardware for Zombies
Zombies need simple ELD hardware. If it’s too hard to install, they’ll just go eat somebody’s brains, and still not know how to set up an ELD for their truck. The ELD mandate was created to make sure we have alert truckers driving loads, not...
Freight Broker and Cash Flow Vampires
It was a dark and stormy night when the new freight broker discovered that the lifeblood of her new brokerage had been sucked dry. How? Unpaid invoices were killing her. So it wasn’t dark or stormy or night. But unpaid invoices can indeed suck the chances of a...
The Search for the Missing IFTA Records
When your IFTA audit notification arrives, what do you do when you discover there are missing IFTA records and data? Could the fines and penalties bankrupt your small trucking business? Can you survive the auditor’s call? You check your dark and cobwebbed...
IFTA Audits Don’t Scare Us
The envelope looks normal, but the letter inside freezes your insides. It’s not good news. Hands trembling, the news can’t possibly be worse. Bring the records to prove miles per state and fuel purchases for two years ago. Fines and penalties will apply....
Trucking Management Software And ELD
It’s that time of year again. Either your trucking business is picking up a lot more freight – or loads are disappearing. It just depends on what you’re hauling. Not only that, the contracts for your ELD may be expiring soon, so you’re faced...
Get Your Truck Ready for Fall
The first day of fall was last week. Not that you could tell here in northeastern Ohio. We’re having a late summer – just the time to get ready for the weather that’s to come. When is it better to get your truck ready for fall? Do it while the sun is...
TMS Trucking Software for Your Trucking Business
Whether your trucking business has 1 truck or 10, you know you need a reliable trucking management software (TMS trucking software) for your company to manage. Systems to manage a trucking business can be computerized to be most efficient and effective for a trucking...
Average Costs and Average Spot Rates
We got some reports recently that confirmed what we thought: Truckers and trucking are in trouble. Average costs for a trucking company and the average spot rates aren’t at the same place at all. So what do truckers need to do to make money in trucking? We have...
You Need an ELOG
If you’re new to trucking, you’re learning a lot of the shorthand terms we use for equipment and taxes we have to pay. IFTA is the International Fuel Tax. HVUT is the Heavy Vehicle Use Tax. ELD is the Electronic Logging Device. HOS is Hours of Service. SOL...
How to get a Freight Brokerage Authority
Have you ever watched a video where an athlete goes to a gym and pretends to be a newbie? Then the athlete shows up all the people around by showing off superior skills? Not that we’re comparing trucking brokerage to althetics. We’re just saying that...
Brake Safety Week CVSA
We know there are drivers who conveniently take their summer vacation whenever the CVSA Safety Check is scheduled. This month, we have the CVSA Brake Safety Week inspections scheduled for August 25-31. Brake Safety is Highway Safety TruckingOffice trucking management...
How to Get Your Own Trucking Authority
Getting your own trucking authority gives you the opportunity to schedule your own loads and to negotiate your own rates. As an owner-operator trucker, leasing on to a large carrier company has benefits, but holding your own authority will provide you with...
Heavy Vehicle Use Tax
The Heavy Vehicle Use Tax for trucking businesses is due at the end of this month. Yes, another tax on truckers. We have to go find the form 2290 to file this tax of $550 per truck. But we saw the US Supreme Court decide the case Loper Bright Enterprises v....
Trucking Management Software Statistics
Do your trucking management software statistics help you or bother you? Do you even look at your trucking management software statistics? Does your trucking software even produce any stats for you? Why you need trucking management software statistics You...What’s Your Revenue Per Mile Trucker Stat™?
What’s your revenue per mile trucker stat? You might know what revenue per mile is. It’s how much a trucker gets paid per mile to haul a load. That’s an important number because any trucker wants to know how much they’re getting paid. At the...
What is ELD in Trucking?
What is ELD in trucking? Simply put, it’s a gadget that tracks the hours that a trucker has been working. It’s a glorified time clock, mandated by the US government. In the end, that’s pretty much all ELDs do. TruckingOffice ELD offers a little bit...
What Does IRP Stand For?
“What is an IRP?” “What does IRP stand for?” “What’s IRP in trucking?” We see questions like that all the time on the trucker forums. It’s not obvious from the name “International Registration Plan” what...
Trucking Invoice Template
At some point, anyone with a trucking business has to produce an invoice in order to get paid. That’s how business works. So many new owner operator truckers are looking for an easy way to produce those invoices. The obvious answer is to find some trucking...
Most Important Trucker Stat™?
This week has been hot. Very hot. Record-breaking temps across the US have made all of us seek air conditioning and pools to cool off. Agencies track the weather to know how to manage their resources. Smart truckers do the same with Trucker Stats™ to learn how to...
No More Late Invoices With Trucking Software
We hear a lot about late pay invoices from truckers. Why is it taking so long to get paid? When we ask, many of them say that they don’t send their invoices until the end of the month. No wonder they have late payments when they’re sending out late...
ELD for Local Businesses
Because TruckingOffice usually deals with long-distance owner operators, we haven’t ever discussed the need for an ELD for local businesses. Most companies that have a truck delivery as part of their business model don’t think that they need to get an ELD....
Every Trucking Fleet Starts With 1 Truck
There are dozens, if not hundreds of stories about how small trucking fleets get started. A trucker decides to get their trucking authority. They buy another rig and another trailer. Then a family member is added to the crew. And that’s how a trucking fleet gets...
Late Trucking Invoice Payments
Nobody is going to haul freight for free. Nobody can afford to. There are simply too many costs, but some shippers seem to expect us to by making late trucking invoice payments. Late trucking invoice payments have long been a real issue for independent owner operator...
Streamline Trucking Invoices for the Owner Operator
We gotta get paid. But the time and effort it takes to create an invoice often discourages owner operators from getting those invoices out quickly. Do you need to streamline trucking invoices in your business? The Old Way vs. The New Way We know that there are owner...
Running Your Trucking Company
Who’s running your trucking company? Most truckers on the road are independent owner operators and have to manage their businesses themselves. While the long hours on the road are the core of the business, it’s the back office that makes the business work....
Is TruckingOffice ELD Easy and Affordable?
Do you like your ELD? Or does your ELD make you crazy? Are you spending time trying to make it work? Spending too much money for what you’re getting? Is the TruckingOffice ELD easy and affordable? It sure is! We’ve worked to make the TruckingOffice ELD...
Top 5 Reasons for a Complete Trucking Software
As the trucking season ramps up, is it time to reconsider what software you use to run your trucking business? Because if you’re not using a complete trucking software package, you’re only hurting yourself. What is a Complete Trucking Software? We often...
State HOS Requirements
We’ve been getting this question recently. Since it’s the federal Department of Transportation / FMSCA requirement for an electronic logging device (ELD), do I have to have one if I don’t drive outside of my state? If my state’s hours of...
Does Your Truck ELD Help Your LTL Freight Trucking?
One of the biggest challenges of LTL freight trucking is how to bill for miles. Can your truck ELD help you? Yes – if your trucking invoice software is connected to your truck ELD. Trucking Invoicing Software for LTL Freight Trucking Why do you haul freight?...
Owner Operator Trucker: Is It Time to Change?
If you’re an owner operator trucker, you’re seeing what’s going on in the industry right now. Are you worried? You’ve got a right to be. The transportation industry is crazy right now with high fuel costs and low offers from brokers....
What Do You Think of Highway.com?
Have you heard about Highway.com? This new company says it offers information about carriers, such as their trucking authority, their DOT number, proof of insurance, that sort of thing. Not a bad idea – we’ve all heard about fraudsters in the trucking...
Your ELD Trucking Data Is Safe with TruckingOffice
Since the ELD Mandate went into effect in 2017, drivers have gotten used to the electronic logging devices collecting data about their trips. ELD trucking data was one of the biggest concerns that truck drivers back then. No one wanted the US government to have more...
How to Pass the CVSA Inspections
We all know the truckers who conveniently take off the week of the CVSA inspections for their vacation. As soon as those dates are posted, they plan to get off the road. We’d like to ask – what are you afraid of? Don’t think you can pass the...ELD and Light Duty Truckers
A growing segment of the trucking industry is the light duty truckers – people with big pickups who haul small loads in the bed or on a trailer. Sometimes we get questions whether these light duty truckers need an ELD. So let’s take a look at who needs an...How to be a Strategic Fleet Builder
If you’re currently running a small fleet of trucks, maybe you’re thinking it’s time to grow. But how do you decide what type of vehicle to buy? Being a strategic fleet builder requires data to make the right decisions to grow and not just take on...
MATS: Mid-America Trucking Show
If there’s one truck show we think you should go to this year, consider going to MATS, the Mid-America Trucking Show in Louisville, Kentucky. Why should you go? 1 It’s Big. Like BIG. This show is huge! And since it’s so big, you just can’t...
How to Finance a Truck Purchase
If you’re one of the brave who’s ready to step into the trucking industry, the biggest investment is buying a truck. Your equipment choices will impact your trucking career for years to come. A truck purchase requires careful research into the make and...
Time to Expand Your Trucking Business?
We saw an article come across the internet today about how there are now 9,000 fewer trucking authority permits active now. After we started breathing again, we read further, but one thought keeps coming back: Is it time to expand your trucking business? Look,...
Time to Start a Trucking Business?
Are we nuts, suggesting that right now might be time to start a trucking business? Don’t we know we are in a trucking recession? That may be why we’re talking about it now. Contrarians Start a Trucking Business TruckingOffice PRO has a new customer this...Free Load Profit Calculator for Truckers
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