by TruckingOffice | Dec 21, 2017 | ELD, Invoice, Maintenance, Trucking Management
The Trucker Who Has Everything When you’re gift 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. Trucking in the future is not going...
by TruckingOffice | Dec 18, 2017 | Trucking Management
It’s the last week of the busiest shipping season and you’ve probably moved more freight in the past two months than the first six months of the year. As an owner-operator, that’s a tough way to run a business. We can’t deny that...
by TruckingOffice | Dec 14, 2017 | ELD, IFTA, Invoice, Maintenance, Reports, Trucking Management
I listened to a trucker podcaster recently. He talked about a rough survey he took at a truck stop one day this year. Less than half of truckers use smartphones. That surprised us. Smartphones go with trucking like french fries and ketchup. Why aren’t...
by TruckingOffice | Dec 11, 2017 | IFTA, Invoice, IRP, Reports, Taxes, Trucking Management
I’ll bet you’re not even thinking about your IFTA right now. Most truckers can barely keep up with the loads they’ve got to haul before the holidays – they’re not thinking about anything else right now. So why are we even talking about...
by TruckingOffice | Dec 7, 2017 | ELD, IFTA, Maintenance, Trucking Management, Trucking Software Training
Looking for any truck driver log app isn’t any easier now than it was 5 years ago when the ELD mandate was put in place. There are still too many bad apps written without the trucker in mind. That’s why we at TruckingOffice decided that keeping the rules...
by TruckingOffice | Dec 4, 2017 | Freight Sales, LTL, Organization, Trucking Management
Black Friday and Cyber Monday can’t happen without truckers. Black Friday got its name from the custom of retailers to write their losses in red in and their profits in black. Black Friday is the day that most retailers put the red ink away for the year. Cyber...
by TruckingOffice | Dec 2, 2017 | ELD, Electronic Logging Device, IFTA, Reports, Trucking Management, Trucking Software
We saw this article about the ELD delay request from Indiana. It seems that the attorney general is questioning the validity of self-certification of the ELD equipment currently on the market. We know that older electronic logging devices don’t comply with the...
by TruckingOffice | Nov 30, 2017 | DOT Rules and Regulations, Driver Logbook, ELD, Electronic Logging Device, Fleet Management, Safety, Trucking Management
The new ELD requirements for the trucking industry are strict and for truckers, owner-operators and fleet builders. There’s no avoiding them once they go into effect. At that point, you will be required to comply with the ELD mandate or risk being penalized. We know...
by TruckingOffice | Nov 27, 2017 | ELD, IFTA, Invoice, Maintenance, Owner Operator, Taxes, Trucking Management
Keep Your Owner Operator Trucking Business Going and Growing Whether you’re a long-time owner-operator or new to the field, you know that the only way to build a successful owner-operator trucking business is to have a way to keep the business end working....
by TruckingOffice | Nov 20, 2017 | ELD
What will your truck look like if you skip the ELD? Just ignore the ELD mandate requirements? That’s what it will look like. Unless something highly unlikely happens, the ELD mandate will take effect on December 17, 2017. That’s a month away. Will you be...
by TruckingOffice | Nov 17, 2017 | Electronic Logging Device, Maintenance
In an industry littered with software solutions and so-called “game-changing” technological advances, it can be hard to boast one of the nation’s top 10 freight broker software options year after year. But we at TruckingOffice keep on doing it. It’s not a stroke of...
by TruckingOffice | Nov 16, 2017 | CVSA, Maintenance, Safety
An ounce of prevention is worth far more than a pound of cure. Especially in the winter when we’re talking truck maintenance. Those emergencies on the road can destroy any profit from a load. We can’t predict when a part is going to fail. Debris on the...
by TruckingOffice | Nov 13, 2017 | ELD, Electronic Logging Device, IFTA, IFTA Filing, Safety
Log book requirements have long been fixtures of the trucking industry.It’s important that carriers, drivers, and all trucking professionals are fully informed before the new requirements go into effect. You probably saw the news announcement that there’s...
by TruckingOffice | Nov 9, 2017 | FileSafe™, IFTA, Invoice, Maintenance, Trucking Management
Did you just sign up for your TruckingOffice free trial of our trucking management software to get your IFTA done fast? You’ve filed your IFTA in record time and now… what? How can you maximize your TruckingOffice free trial? It would be pretty sad to just...
by TruckingOffice | Nov 6, 2017 | ELD, Organization
We’re not going to endorse any candidate or policy. That’s up to you. But since politicians were the ones who put the ELD mandate out there, voting is clearly important. Did you vote yet? Life on the road means you see a lot of this country. ...
by TruckingOffice | Nov 5, 2017 | Maintenance, Safety
This article contains our updated 2017 DOT compliance checklist. Some of the information has changed since we published our original version in 2013. This is especially true when it comes to electronic logbooks, which are scheduled for mandatory use by December 2017....
by TruckingOffice | Oct 28, 2017 | IFTA, LTL, Taxes
Load planning is a great way to maximize your efficiency and your profit margins. In this post, we will cover the basics. However, please remember that load planning is more of an art than a science. Consider the following information an introduction to this topic....
by TruckingOffice | Oct 26, 2017 | IFTA, Maintenance, Taxes
Our free trial IFTA software can help take the sting out of paying fuel taxes. That’s because TruckingOffice has easy-to-use features like these: Automatic per-state mileage calculation that takes the uncertainty out of calculating your bill. With TruckingOffice in...
by TruckingOffice | Oct 23, 2017 | CVSA, ELD, Electronic Logging Device, IFTA, Safety
Trucking is an ever-changing industry. It’s important to stay abreast of the latest news. But doing so is easier said than done. With hours-of-service requirements to meet and so many days on the road, the last thing you want is to spend your free time reading the...
by TruckingOffice | Oct 19, 2017 | IFTA, Maintenance, Taxes, Trucking Management
Our IFTA preparation software can save you money and endless hassle. But is that all it should do? Do you remember long nights sitting hunched over your desk or dining table, calculating and recalculating? Drinking stale coffee, and hoping that you’ve done all the...
by TruckingOffice | Oct 5, 2017 | ELD, IFTA, Invoice, IRP, Maintenance, Taxes, Trucking Management
It was a dark and stormy night. One Friday when the fleet manager went out to inspect each of the trucks, he noticed that in the first truck the odometer was 1,000 miles off from the driver’s logbook. In the second truck, the difference was even greater…...
by TruckingOffice | Oct 2, 2017 | IFTA, Invoice, Maintenance, Reports, Taxes, Trucking Management
Use your IFTA to beat your stress Can IFTA fuel tax software help you make a profit? Looking at the bottom line after paying your IFTA? Are you wondering if you’re getting ahead? Making money? Able to think about retirement? Is this the wrong week to ask...
by TruckingOffice | Sep 28, 2017 | ELD, Electronic Logging Device, Trucking Management
The idea of switching over to an electronic logging device system may seem like a huge hassle for drivers, owner-operators and fleet builders alike. After all, paper logs may not have been 100% accurate all the time, but they got the job done, right? Well, we are here...
by TruckingOffice | Sep 25, 2017 | ELD, IFTA, Invoice, IRP, LTL, Maintenance, Taxes
The new IFTA tax tables are out. We updated our table so you don’t have to. The news from Indiana was pretty awful. Indiana just raised their fuel taxes. They more than doubled them! West Viriginia added another 10% on their taxes too. In Illinois, the diesel...
by TruckingOffice | Sep 21, 2017 | ELD
According to the government’s ELD mandate, trucking companies are now required to install an electronic logging device in their trucks. This is to monitor truckers’ driving time. The mandate is also to ensure compliance with hours of service rules. To make this...
by TruckingOffice | Sep 18, 2017 | ELD, Freight Sales, Reports
We all know that the ELD mandate has created a bit of turmoil within the trucking industry. Truckers aren’t happy with the new ELD standards because they think it’s going to limit their hours, restrict their independence and make it impossible for them to make as much...
by TruckingOffice | Sep 14, 2017 | IFTA, Maintenance, Taxes, Trucking Management Software, Trucking Software
We get calls asking about our app sometimes. “It’s not an app,” we say. “It’s a web-based software program. You can access from anywhere you have an Internet connection.” A lot of people don’t understand that....
by TruckingOffice | Sep 7, 2017 | ELD, Electronic Logging Device, Freight Sales, IFTA
The electronic logging device mandate has been in effect since December 2017. In 2019, some new changes were implemented. But, truckers’ attitude toward the ELD requirements haven’t changed with the passing of time. Spearheaded by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety...
by TruckingOffice | Aug 31, 2017 | ELD, IFTA, Invoice, IRP, Trucking Management
The TruckingOffice truck driver log app is on its way! We anticipate its official release by early fall. This will give you plenty of time to prepare for the December 17 switch to electronic logbooks. We’ve spent a lot of time looking over the government...
by TruckingOffice | Aug 24, 2017 | LTL, Organization, Trucking Management
Is organization important? I was sitting in the office last month and listened to one of the dispatchers as she talked to a customer. It seems that the trucker with his load had just called and said, “I can’t deliver tomorrow and I’m leaving on...
by TruckingOffice | Aug 21, 2017 | ELD, GATS, IFTA
Apparently, someone is worried about us truckers. I saw this about the eclipse on the Overdrive website: Oregon, Idaho, Wyoming, Nebraska and Colorado are placing restrictions on oversize/overweight loads in the days around the eclipse. The Oregon Department of...
by TruckingOffice | Aug 14, 2017 | ELD, Freight Sales, LTL, Reports
Amazon Prime Day was just held on July 11, 2017. Early reports say that Prime Day has officially surpassed Black Friday in one-day sales. I don’t know if that’s true, but it does make one thing clear: LTL shipping is booming thanks to Amazon. How do we...
by TruckingOffice | Aug 10, 2017 | ELD, Electronic Logging Device, Trucking Management
Many drivers have been asking one question. “When will electronic logbooks be mandatory?” Asking “When will electronic logbooks be mandatory” might be the wrong question altogether. Remember that your competitors are always trying to one-up...
by TruckingOffice | Aug 3, 2017 | Invoice, Safety, Trucking Management
Can One Day of the Week Be To Blame For Some of the Main Truck Safety Problems? Like every industry, the trucking industry faces occasional challenges, most which revolve around the safety of the industry itself. Some people go into trucking because they think it will...
by TruckingOffice | Jul 20, 2017 | ELD, Electronic Logging Device
When we announced our new TruckingOffice ELD system, we talked to a lot of truckers about truck driver log books. The phrase “electronic truck driver log book” gets a lot of comments. A lot of comments. One of my favorite misconceptions was that the truck...
by TruckingOffice | Jul 17, 2017 | ELD, IFTA, Invoice, Maintenance, Taxes
Maybe fuel tax reporting software isn’t on your radar because you enjoy the challenge of filing the IFTA. Ok, jokes aside. Maybe IFTA software isn’t on your mind. After all, it’s just 4 times a year and why spend money on it? What about your...
by TruckingOffice | Jul 10, 2017 | Brokerage, ELD, GATS, IFTA, Taxes
The Great American Truck Show – truly one of the best times you can have with thousands of other truckers all around you. Are you going to GATS this year? Or is your IFTA going to stop you from going to GATS? Did you have to skip a load to do the filing so you...
by TruckingOffice | Jul 6, 2017 | Maintenance
TruckingOffice fleet maintenance management software can save you time in two ways. One, it simplifies the process of maintaining your vehicles with at-a-glance screens that are easy to review and update as needed. Two, it helps to prevent problems that can lead to...
by TruckingOffice | Jul 6, 2017 | ELD, Electronic Logging Device, Safety
Are you asking yourself, what does ELD mean? You’re not alone. This simple term is causing a lot of waves in the trucking world. In this post, we’ll explain the basics of ELDs and why they’re important. We think you’ll be pleasantly surprised...
by TruckingOffice | Jul 4, 2017 | Trucking Software
We hope all truckers are at home and enjoying the holiday off the road! We’ll be back in the office tomorrow when you’re getting back on the road. Happy Birthday...
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