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...“I Hate My ELD!” TruckingOffice ELD to the Rescue!
We got a call in the office last year. “I hate my ELD!” the trucker said. “But I’m stuck in a contract.” In other words, it was Tuesday. Not that we don’t hear this on other days. We hear complaints about ELDs from other companies...
Trucking Business Goals for 2024
Trucking Business Goals It’s that time of year again, when we set goals and forget them in 21 days. At least, that’s what most of us do. So did you set your trucking business goals for this year? So we’re going to make the effort to remind you at...
Convoy: Truck Technology and the Freight Recession
What did we learn from Convoy? In Florida on I-75, I saw that there are signs ahead of every roadside stop that had automated a solution to the trucking problem. A sign announced the number of available truck parking spots ahead. This technology is neither new or...
Roles In TruckingOffice PRO Trucking Software
We’ve been asked about how to use TruckingOffice PRO for a fleet. How do drivers report? Who sees the data? What roles in TruckingOffice PRO can be assigned to people? Good questions. Good business owners know that trucking management doesn’t mean all the...
How to Become a Truck Owner Operator
You promised yourself that you’d take that step to become a truck owner operator next year. It’s next year. How to become a truck owner operator is the question. So let’s talk about moving into your own rig. Recession: Time to Wait or Time to Jump...
Streamline Your Trucking Business
During a trucking recession, making a profit in your trucking business requires a long, hard look at every part of your company. And we’ll bet that the thing you see is that your business systems could use some finetuning. How do you streamline your trucking...
Trucking Business Plan 2024
Maybe you’re a new trucker. Maybe you’ve got a million miles under you. Either way, it’s time to make your trucking business plan for 2024. Why We Need a Trucking Business Plan Can you imagine getting a load and not being told the delivery location?...
Trucker Gift for Christmas
Got a new trucker in your life? Need a suggestion for a trucker gift? The New Trucker Gift If you’re looking for a gift for a new trucker, there’s a lot out there. Probably your trucker needs everything. So what’s the most important thing you can get...
ELD Compliance for Your Trucking Company
Did you see that the FMCSA has revoked 10 more ELDs from the Registered Devices list? Those systems failed to meet minimum requirements. ELD compliance is not optional for truck owner operators or fleets. The systems must be replaced in 60 days. Not exactly news you...
Make More Money in Trucking: Cyber Monday
So you’re thinking about investing in some software today, since it’s Cyber Monday. Maybe you’re thinking it’s time to upgrade. Or your cobbled together Google docs, maps, and spreadsheets are taking more time than you want. Or maybe you just...
Is the Cheapest ELD Best for You?
When you’re starting out in a new trucking business, either as an owner-operator or as a fleet manager, it’s tempting to cut corners. When making a choice, sometimes the biggest decision-maker is cost. But is the cheapest ELD best for you? Maybe not. How...
ELD Compliance for Your Trucking Business
If you’re in the cab of a semi truck, then there’s an ELD (electronic logging device) in there with you. The rules for ELD compliance are pretty clear. Failure to have a working ELD in your truck can cause you a lot of trouble. Sure, ELDs can fail and...
LTL Freight Meaning?
What’s the meaning of LTL Freight? It’s a question that’s often searched on the Internet: LTL freight meaning. Every industry has their own abbreviations. ELD – electronic logging device TMS – trucking management software IFTA –...
New In Trucking? Need an ELD Now!
Are you new in trucking? Just got your first rig? Think you can make it work? We believe you can, but you may need some information to make it. TruckingOffice is here for you with the software and equipment you need right now, like the TruckingOffice ELD. For example,...
ELD, IFTA, and Trucking Software
There are more complicated decisions that we have to make in starting a trucking company. Trucking businesses have many moving pieces and, yeah, I did make the pun. You need ELD and IFTA software. But if there’s one solution to three (or four) problems,...
Which Is First: ELD or Trucking Software?
When starting a trucking business, there are a lot of moving parts for a trucking owner-operator to get in place first. (Yeah, pun intentional.) The question is: what’s first? It doesn’t matter which came first, the chicken or the egg. But it does matter...
Will Electric Trucks Have to File IFTA?
Will electric trucks have to file IFTA? People ask this question for good reasons. If the future of vehicles is electric engines, then what happens to the roads as the fuel taxes disappear? Will drivers of electric trucks have to abide the the Hours of Service...
Hot Shots and ELD
If you’re running a hot shot trucking business, does your rig need and ELD? Hots shots and ELD is a question we hear often enough. There’s a split on the topic. Some people think they don’t need an ELD. Others believe they do. Why is there any...
Best ELD for Owner Operators
The Electronic Logging Device (ELD) mandate for trucks went into effect five years ago. So unless you’ve been on the road more than five years, you’ve never driven a truck without an installed ELD. The ELD tracks the hours that a driver is driving the rig,...
What is a Double Blind Delivery?
Do you know what a double blind delivery is? It’s almost like Mission: Impossible. Your job, if you choose to accept it, is to deliver the cargo to this address, but do not release the shipper’s name or location to the recipient. In this crazy logistics...
LTL Freight Shipping for Beginners
Less than a full load of freight shipping (LTL) potentially can create a profitable business model for a trucker or small fleet manager. It’s not a niche for everyone. But when you’re working with a box truck or hauling a small trailer, this may be the way...
How to Create A Bill of Lading for Trucking
A bill of lading for trucking is a critically important document in the shipping sequence. This form proves that a trucker has agreed to move the freight from one place to another. It’s proof of pick up and proof of delivery – absolutely necessary for...
Trucking Business Goals for This Year
Back in January, did you make some resolutions? Did you set trucking business goals for the year? How are you doing on those? New Year’s Resolutions and goals are often forgotten or abandoned before the end of the first month. It’s easy to get lost when we...
Variable Expenses Per Mile Trucker Stats™
At some point, we truckers are going to ask ourselves two questions: How much did we make these loads? and “How much did we spend on these loads?” Why those numbers? Because variable expenses per mile give us some important information to improve our...
Calculate the Cost Per Mile for Your Trucking Business
Ever try to figure out what it costs to keep your fleet on the road? How to not only stay in in the trucking business, but to make a profit? There are a lot of ways to look at your trucking business finances, such as a profit and loss statement or the balance of your...
Fix Your Trucking Businesss: Build a Niche
We’re sure you’ve noticed that the load boards have gotten crazy recently. The spot market rates are normally over contract rates. But instead, this summer, the world looks like it’s turned upside down. Is there a way that you can make a living in...
IRP Prep, IFTA Prep and Trucker Stats™
Do you hate doing the same work over and over? We do too. That’s why we take the dispatch and routing information when a load is entered into TruckingOffice PRO and use it over and over for you. Instead of asking your data entry to be redone for each task, you...
Recurring Expenses Planners For Your Peace of Mind
When you run a trucking business, you’ve got expenses that you pay consistently. That’s a good thing. You know the bottom line that your business needs to break even. If you’re hauling a regular load for a customer, you can look at your records and...What is the Cost of Your Trucking Business Operation?
In the trucking industry, especially for small fleets and owner operators, watching the bottom line of your company is the normal course of action. Right now, there’s no room for error. We have to know details. What exactly is your cost of trucking business...
Don’t Wait To Fix Your Trucking Company
In today’s market, trucking feels like a risky business. Shippers expect to cut their expenses by lowballing their shipping rates. Brokers aren’t helping. We have to keep a constant eye on our trucking financial reports. At some point, you can’t fix...
Split Loads: New Invoice Feature
TruckingOffice Announces New Billing Feature Many trucking companies move freight by relaying the loads instead of a single driver. This type of load management helps keep truckers close to home and that makes driver retention far easier. But the billing has always...
Trucking Software Changes the Trucking Industry
Tech in Trucking It’s hard to understate the ways that technology has changed the trucking industry in the past 25 years. Today, it’s almost impossible to imagine what trucking would be without the use of the internet, GPS, or Bluetooth technology. Take...
There’s No Such Thing as GPS Miles
Mileage matters more to truckers than probably to anyone else. We get paid per mile. We get taxed per mile. Even when we’re on vacation, we track miles per state. So what are we talking about when we say that there’s no such thing as GPS miles?! GPS Miles?...
Is Your Trucking Accounting Software Holding You Back?
Are you good at driving a truck but not so good at running a trucking business? Driving a long-distance truck and running a trucking business is very different. We’re not saying that if you’re good at one, you won’t be good at the other. But those...Free Load Profit Calculator for Truckers
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