by TruckingOffice | Aug 12, 2024 | CVSA, DOT Rules and Regulations, Trucking Authority, Trucking Management
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...
by TruckingOffice | Jul 8, 2024 | Fleet Management, IRP, Owner Operator, Trucking Authority, Trucking Management
“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...
by TruckingOffice | Apr 1, 2024 | Fleet Management, Trucking Authority, Trucking Management
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...
by TruckingOffice | Jan 2, 2024 | Owner Operator, Trucking Authority
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...
by TruckingOffice | Oct 5, 2022 | IFTA, IFTA Filing, Owner Operator, Taxes, Trucking Authority, Trucking Management, Trucking Software
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...
by TruckingOffice | Dec 20, 2021 | Business Plan, Fleet Management, Goal Setting, Organization, Owner Operator, Trucking Authority, Trucking Management, Trucking Management Software
Obtaining your trucking authority is a major milestone for a trucker. When you’ve got goals of succeeding as an entrepreneur, you need your trucking authority to get started. What is Your Trucking Authority? A trucking authority, also known as a carrier or...
by TruckingOffice | Dec 6, 2021 | Trucking Authority, Trucking Software, Trucking Software Training
The trucking industry is constantly evolving, and many different factors go into an individual’s success. One such factor is the use of technology, which has been steadily increasing over the years. To start your trucking business, you need the right trucking...
by TruckingOffice | Jan 4, 2021 | Business Plan, Goal Setting, Trucking Authority, Trucking Software
Are you making New Years Resolutions? Lots of people do that right about now, but since New Years Day was on a Friday, they decided to wait to get started until today. Then, about 3 weeks later, their trucking business goals have already been forgotten. That may be...
by TruckingOffice | Nov 4, 2019 | Goal Setting, Trucking Authority, Trucking Management, Trucking Software
A lot of people don’t like setting goals. It’s frustrating when they don’t achieve the goal. Goals lead them to blame themselves, to make excuses, and makes a person feel bad instead of helping people complete a task. So is goal setting a bad thing?...
by TruckingOffice | Aug 5, 2019 | Goal Setting, Owner Operator, Trucking Authority, Trucking Management, Trucking Software
Six months ago, we posted a series of blog posts about your trucking business – in particular, writing a business plan for your owner-operator trucking company. Did you do it? Setting Trucking Business Goals Are you seeing your company moving toward your...
by TruckingOffice | Feb 28, 2019 | Business Plan, Trucking Authority, Trucking Software
Building an Owner-Operator Trucking Business Plan Your business plan will have an executive summary a company overview a marketing plan a set of goals or milestones a list of the current staff a financial plan. TruckingOffice can help you as we break down each step of...
by TruckingOffice | Feb 25, 2019 | Business Plan, Trucking Authority, Trucking Software
Building an Owner-Operator Trucking Business Plan Your business plan will have an executive summary a company overview a marketing plan a set of goals or milestones a list of the current staff a financial plan. TruckingOffice can help you as we break down each step of...
by TruckingOffice | Feb 21, 2019 | Business Plan, Trucking Authority, Trucking Management, Trucking Management Software
Your business plan will have an executive summary a company overview a marketing plan a set of goals or milestones a list of the current staff a financial plan. Each of the separate parts helps to create a full picture of your trucking business and will help you...
by TruckingOffice | Feb 18, 2019 | Business Plan, Goal Setting, Trucking Authority, Trucking Management Software, Trucking Software
Building an Owner-Operator Trucking Business Plan Your business plan will have an executive summary a company overview a marketing plan a set of goals or milestones a list of the current staff a financial plan. TruckingOffice can help you as we break down each step of...
by TruckingOffice | Feb 14, 2019 | Business Plan, Customer Development, Trucking Authority, Trucking Management
Building an Owner-Operator Trucking Business Plan Your business plan will have an executive summary a company overview a marketing plan a set of goals or milestones a list of the current staff a financial plan. TruckingOffice can help you as we break down each step of...
by TruckingOffice | Feb 11, 2019 | Business Plan, Customer Development, Trucking Authority, Trucking Software
Building an Owner-Operator Trucking Business Plan Your business plan will have an executive summary a company overview a marketing plan a set of goals or milestones a list of the current staff a financial plan. TruckingOffice can help you as we break down each step of...
by TruckingOffice | Feb 7, 2019 | Business Plan, Owner Operator, Trucking Authority, Trucking Management, Trucking Software
The trucking industry is responsible for transporting 70% of all freight in the United States. In 2021, this translates to over $930 billion in goods being hauled across the country on trucks every year. Does this sound like something you want to be a part of? If you...
by TruckingOffice | Feb 4, 2019 | Business Plan, Owner Operator, Trucking Authority, Trucking Management, Trucking Software
North America has had a lot of winter already this year. Record-breaking temperatures, blizzards, and now Ohio is expecting to get several days in the 50s with rain. It feels like it’s been a year already and it’s barely February. Did you have a plan...
by Allen Campbell | Sep 29, 2016 | ELD, Goal Setting, HVUT, IFTA, Invoice, IRP, Maintenance, Taxes, Trucking Authority, Trucking Management
[bs_well size=”md”] TruckingOffice Wants Truckers to Succeed We’ve been focusing some of our blog posts on goals and goal setting. SMART goal setting SCHEMES to figure out your action plan Measurements to determine where your strengths and weaknesses...
by Allen Campbell | Aug 25, 2016 | Goal Setting, Maintenance, Trucking Authority
[bs_well size=”md”] TruckingOffice Wants Truckers to Succeed We’ve been focusing some of our blog posts on goals and goal setting. SMART goal setting SCHEMES to figure out your action plan Measurements to determine where your strengths and weaknesses...
by Allen Campbell | Jul 28, 2016 | FileSafe™, Goal Setting, IFTA, Invoice, Maintenance, Trucking Authority, Trucking Management
[bs_well size=”md”] TruckingOffice Wants Truckers to Succeed We’ve been focusing some of our blog posts on goals and goal setting. SMART goal setting SCHEMES to figure out your action plan Measurements to determine where your strengths and weaknesses...
by Allen Campbell | Apr 28, 2016 | Business Plan, Goal Setting, Trucking Authority
Did you already forget your New Year’s Resolutions? What about our Leap Day Goal Setting challenge? Yep, most of us do forget our good intentions within weeks of making those resolutions. There are two things that can help us be more successful: Number 1:...
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