Why your IFTA came back wrong, and what the auditor actually wanted
A rejected or amended IFTA return is almost never a maths problem. It is a records problem that only shows up when the maths is checked.
Insights
Insights
What we spend the week explaining to carriers, written down. No theory — the things that actually cost owner-operators money.
Reading the load board: spotting a cheap lane before you book it
The posted rate is the least informative number on the screen. What decides whether a load pays is the three things the posting does not tell you.
Clearinghouse queries: the annual check most small fleets miss
Nothing reminds you. Nothing breaks when you skip it. It is discovered at an audit, where it is a countable violation with a date on it.
Factoring at 1.5% or 3%: what the difference actually costs you
The gap between two factoring rates looks small on one invoice and serious on a year. But the rate is often not where the money goes.
Detention claims that get paid, and the paperwork behind them
Detention is the accessorial carriers most often earn and least often collect. The claims that get paid are not the strongest ones. They are the ones raised while the truck was still sitting.
How much does a truck dispatcher cost?
Percentage or flat weekly, and the honest answer is that the cheaper headline number is not always the cheaper year. Here is how to work out which one costs you less.
Truck dispatcher vs freight broker: the difference that costs you money
They both find you loads. Only one of them works for you, and the distinction decides who sees the real rate.
Do you need your own authority to use a dispatch service?
For dispatch, yes. And the arrangements that promise otherwise are usually the ones worth reading carefully.
How to start a trucking company: the order things actually have to happen in
Most of what stops a new carrier is not difficulty. It is doing the right things in the wrong order and losing six weeks to it.
Is a truck dispatch service worth it?
Sometimes not. Here is the arithmetic that answers it for your operation rather than in general.
Ready to move smarter?
Tell us what you run and where you run it. A dispatcher answers, usually within one business day.