Are You an Owner Operator or a Fleet Builder?
That’s a pretty funny question to ask a trucker. But for some truckers, it’s the crux of what kind of business they want to build. And that difference between owner operators and fleet builders drives many decisions in different directions. Choosing the...
Make This Year’s CVSA Inspections Your Best Yet
You know it’s coming. The CVSA Roadcheck inspections are annual events. Some truckers decide to take their vacation that week. Why do they want to avoid it? Are they afraid their vehicle isn’t in good enough condition to be on the road? Is preparing for...
What is LTL freight?
LTL shipping, or less-than-truckload shipping, is in high demand in the trucking industry. When companies need to ship product but it’s not a full load, the LTL trucker comes to the rescue. While this is a way for a trucker to take multiple loads at one time to...
How Does the Split Sleeper Berth Rule Work?
Do you understand the split sleeper berth rule? The DOT’s rules regarding the number of hours of service have an exception but it’s complicated. It’s hard to explain in simple terms, so let’s use an examples of how it works. Using the Split Sleeper Berth...
What are Trucker Stats?
What are trucker stats? If you google the term, you get transportation industry statistics. Those can be interesting, but if you want to know how you’re doing in your trucking business, they’re no help. TruckingOffice PRO trucking software has...
Steps to Simplified Trucking Taxes
As a trucker, you know that you pay a lot of taxes. The Government demands its due and expects us to pay on time. Failure to do so has penalties and fines that are supposed to motivate us to pay. (That doesn’t make it any better, does it?) So how do...
Spring Cleaning Your Truck
Oh, is it spring yet? Melting snow and increasing temps may lead owner-operators to think about what the springtime has in store. Who doesn’t want to see the end of this winter? As much as we take time to clean our rigs during the winter just to get the salt and...
What is a Blind Shipment and How to Handle One?
What Is a blind shipment? Is it different from a drop shipment? How does an owner operator trucker to handle one? A bill of lading lists the shipper, the address where the load was picked up, and the receiver, including the delivery address. Seems pretty...
What is Freight Shipping?
What is freight shipping? Simply put, freight shipping is the movement of goods from one location to another by land, sea, or air. Trucking is a critical part of that transportation chain. Trucks handle the last-mile delivery as well as hauling loads...
IFTA and Income Taxes Double Whammy
IFTA and Income Taxes in April Are there any two worse months than January and April for truckers? IFTA and quarterly taxes fall together all the time, but in April, we get the personal income tax too. Quarterly business taxes AND IFTA AND income taxes make these...
What is a Bill of Lading?
Every business transaction has paperwork. We can’t avoid it. The bill of lading in the transportation industry is a key piece of paperwork that documents what a trucker hauls and where and when it’s delivered. We often call a bill of lading a BOL. Bill of lading...
How Smart Owner Operator Truckers Eliminate Paperwork
We got this note from a trucking business owner operator recently. She says everything we hear all the time from other truckers about organizing their trucking business. Is TruckingOffice PRO the solution to this problem? HELP! I’m about to lose my mind! We have...
ELD for Private Fleets
Not all truckers work off a load board. For example, private fleets of trucks. These fleets aren’t for hire. They exist strictly for their companies. They haul for a business, like WalMart or Pepsi. Those fleets are huge! And those truckers need an ELD system...
Work Truck Week
Generally, TruckingOffice focuses on long-distance truckers and owner-operators who have their own trucking authority and small businesses. Small fleet managers and fleet builders use TruckingOffice for trucking software and ELD. So Work Trucks might not look like...
The Secret to Surviving an IFTA Audit
It’s time to do IFTA. Again. TruckingOffice PRO makes it easy. An IFTA report from TruckingOffice PRO can be run in a matter of seconds. But an IFTA audit is likely to take a lot more than a few seconds of your life. IFTA Audit Prep? IFTA audits can be random....
Top 10 Ways Trucking Software Improves Trucking Business
1. Get Organized – Avoid the paper pile up! 2. Invoicing – Create Send Track 3. Load Details – Track all of the details in real time. 4. Miles By State – Tracked on every trip save so that they are ready for reports in real time. 5. Driver...
Florida Trucking Show
There’s nothing like spending time with the people in your industry. That’s why we want to go to the Florida Trucking Show this year. It doesn’t hurt that it’s in February in Florida. Potential Truckers Can Learn about Trucking If you’re...
New IFTA Tax Rate Changes
Is there anything more annoying than repeating work? Just imagine having to repeat your IFTA filing because the IFTA tax rate changes weren’t in your computations. The IFTA tax rate table is updated quarterly. TruckingOffice PRO trucking software updates our...
Owner-Operators Goals for Next Year
During this last week of the year, we here at TruckingOffice have a question for you owner-operators. What can we do to help you? Do you have plans for next year? Goals? What changes do you need to make to make your trucking business successful? What do you need?...
Why Truckers Need Trucking Software
There’s a sense of adventure the first time a person climbs into the driver’s seat of a truck cab. No doubt, that person has imagined what it would be like to sit up front, controlling the power of the big rig, heading down the highway and looking...
IFTA Mileage Calculator Strategies
Put your IFTA mileage calculator to work every month, not just during IFTA months. That’s easy to do with TruckingOffice PRO. Your miles per state and fuel purchase data can be used at any time to compute an IFTA report. You can project your next IFTA bill any...
Perfect Trucker Gifts
Are you looking for the perfect trucker gifts this holiday season? It’s always hard to buy for a long-distance trucker. There’s not a lot of space inside a truck cab, so everything needs to function in that small area. That’s why TruckingOffice PRO...
Cyber Monday Special Offers
Cyber Monday Special Offer 1 TruckingOffice ELD Free Truck Data Tracker with Annual Purchase When you need an electronic logging device (ELD) for your truck, there are plenty of expensive options out there. Lots of bells and whistles that they want you to pay for that...
Black Friday Special Offers
Black Friday Special Offer 1 TruckingOffice PRO One Month Free Looking for a tool to reduce the time in the office? Want to spend more time with your family and friends? Then TruckingOffice PRO is for you. By using trucking software, you can take control of your...
TruckingOffice Black Friday Offers (And Cyber Monday!)
This Black Friday, as we think about the upcoming holidays – and beyond into next year – many of us are thinking of gifts we can give the truckers in our lives. Or, if we’re the truckers, how can we make next year better? TruckingOffice has a few...
Thanks to You from TruckingOffice
It’s Thanksgiving in the US this week. The holiday season starts with the surge of thankfulness, which seems right. We here at TruckingOffice have a lot to be thankful for – because of you. Thanks to You This was not the normal year for anyone this year....
Free ELD? Don’t use one!
Free ELD sounds like a good deal, doesn’t it? What’s the problem with free? Apparently, there were free ELD options in 2017. But they’re all gone now. And those so-called free ELD packages that you find on search engines now – they’re not...
Make ELD Data Work for You
The ELD mandate started years ago. Many of the complaints were resolved over time . Truckers are used to them now. The ELD’s purpose was to reduce the number of accidents. But the usefulness of the ELD data isn’t just about hours of service. It has plenty...
File IFTA Now With TruckingOffice PRO
The end of this month is the IFTA deadline. Have you filed yours yet? If you’re using TruckingOffice PRO, you can hold off until the very last minute if you want. If you don’t use TruckingOffice PRO, you might be in trouble. IFTA Due Dates IFTA is due on...
Trying to do IFTA with QuickBooks?
The quarterly IFTA filing is due soon. It’s taxes, right? So using an accounting software like QuickBooks makes sense to compute your IFTA taxes due. People are looking for that right button or menu in a standard accounting program right now, and they’re...
Who Knows Your IFTA Data?
If you’re a long distance trucker, an owner-operator, or a small fleet builder, here’s a question you have to have the answer to. (We hope the answer is TruckingOffice.) Who has your IFTA data? Why do we ask who has your IFTA data? Because many times, the...
Don’t Not File IFTA
Plenty of drivers have stopped driving in the last quarter. Whether it’s bad rates, unreasonable shippers, or just plain burnout, truckers are parking right now. Maybe they’ve only taken loads in state. Maybe they’ve only driven 10 loads in the last...
IFTA Sticker: Costs, Possible Fines, and How to Get One
What Is IFTA? IFTA, which stands for the International Fuel Tax Agreement, was started in order to simplify the reporting of motor carrier fuel used for tax purposes. The IFTA covers the lower 48 United States and many Canadian provinces. Trucking companies often...
Why File IFTA Now?
It’s the beginning of the month. Why should anyone file IFTA now? After all, it’s not due for weeks. And for those of us who hate to prepay any taxes, why would we file early? With TruckingOffice PRO, an IFTA report takes seconds to produce. Why rush?...
Quarterly Taxes
We are not here to give you legal advice about your taxes. That’s for lawyers and accountants, not TruckingOffice. Our perspective is about taxes and truckers. Quarterly taxes are a fact of life for independent truckers. For those coming into the trucking...
Where Will You Park Your Truck Tonight?
Where are you going to park your truck tonight? TruckingOffice want to to know. Finding a safe place to park your truck remains a huge priority for truckers. Priority? How about major challenge everyday we’re on the road. Figuring out where you’re going to...
Winterize Your Truck
Is it time to winterize your truck? That depends on several things, such as where you drive and what you haul. TruckingOffice PRO can help you prioritize your truck maintenance and organize your maintenance records to make sure that you’re ready when the snow...
Light Duty Trucks, Box Trucks, & ELD
“What trucks does your ELD work on?” is a question we at TruckingOffice get. We hear it frequently, but most of the time, it’s from hot shot truckers or light duty trucks. ELD for light duty trucks and box trucks Q&A Do I need an ELD if I’m...
What Are Your Expenses Per Mile? Know Your Numbers Series
Why do we think you need to know your expenses per mile? Isn’t that a little too deep into the details? Good questions. We don’t think it’s too deep because the future of any trucking business is based on keeping trucks on the road. So unless...Free Load Profit Calculator for Truckers
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