Emergency on the Road – How Will You Handle It?
Forget Your Goals? Or Get Derailed By an Emergency? Keeping your focus on your goals with reminders or frequent review of your business helps move you forward, but there are days when the road to success has some expensive tolls. Emergencies crop up and we have to...What Should an Owner-Operator Do to Keep Organized?
As an owner-operator, you’re responsible for all of your paperwork and compliance to all the laws. I found I could get snowed under really quickly if I didn’t take care of my paperwork. If I didn’t do it after every load, I at least had to do it...Why Build a Customer Base When You Use a Load Board?
Just starting out on my own as an owner/operator and I wanted to know why you think it’s important to work on getting customers. I get all my loads from a load board. Don’t you think that’s enough? Welcome to the world of being your own boss. As...
Fleet Vehicle Management: Keeping Track of Mileage, Invoices and Maintenance
Shane wanted to be in business for himself. When he got out of the Army, he looked around for a while and decided that there wasn’t much he could do that would get him to self-employment faster than driving his own truck. Three years later, he...Building Your Trucking Business for Success
Building your trucking business takes an eye for the long haul. Successful fleets are based on long-term partnerships with clients, not on one-time deals. Load boards may help you to find work quickly, but they can’t create the kind of steady, ongoing relationship...4 Ways Freight Management Software Boosts Your Business
How do you determine which freight management software is the best for you? It’s not a choice you want to make without due consideration. Who wants to buy multiple software packages? Who’s got the money or the time to learn different programs?...How is using old software like fixing a bad tire?
I was driving down I-71 last week, dodging road gators. Somebody was driving on bad tires. Or maybe lots of somebodies driving on bad tires. I guess it’s a bad habit, counting the number of trucks pulled over on the side with truck rescue crews parked in front...TruckingOffice Offers Logistics Management Solutions for Truckers
At a six-year-old’s birthday party, no one is thinking about how the gifts got to the party. How the caps and gowns arrived, to be worn by the students, never crosses anyone’s minds as the graduates cross the stage to receive their diplomas. The brides...The 12 Days Before the Roadcheck Blitz
We decided to have some fun with the Roadcheck Blitz this year. Sing along with us! But at the end, this is how we feel: You know why we pass the Roadcheck Blitz every year? Because we don’t just care about our trucks for only the week before the Roadcheck. We...Free Load Profit Calculator for Truckers
How To Get Your Own Trucking Authority
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