by TruckingOffice | Jul 15, 2024 | ELD, Electronic Logging Device
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...
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 | Jul 1, 2024 | Fleet Management, Organization, Owner Operator, Trucking Management, Trucking Software
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...
by TruckingOffice | Jun 24, 2024 | Fleet Management, Organization, Trucker Stats, Trucking Software
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...
by TruckingOffice | Jun 17, 2024 | Fleet Management, Invoice, Owner Operator, 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...
by TruckingOffice | Jun 10, 2024 | ELD, Electronic Logging Device
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....
by TruckingOffice | Jun 3, 2024 | Fleet Management, Trucking Management, Trucking Management Software, Trucking Software
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...
by TruckingOffice | May 27, 2024 | Fleet Management, Invoice, Organization, Owner Operator, Trucking Software
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...
by TruckingOffice | May 20, 2024 | Trucking Software
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...
by TruckingOffice | May 13, 2024 | Fleet Management, Trucking Management
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....
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