Trucking guides written from the dispatch desk
Real numbers with sources and dates, for owner-operators and small fleets. Every guide is reviewed by Steve Woods, who leads our dispatch desk.
Finding loads and getting paid
Where freight comes from, what a fair rate looks like, and how to collect on it.
- How to Get Loads for Your Truck
- Best Load Boards for Truckers
- Rate Confirmation Explained (+ Template)
- Detention Pay in Trucking
- Deadhead Miles: Cost and How to Cut Them
- Factoring vs Quick Pay
- Freight Broker vs Dispatcher
- Freight Seasonality Calendar
- Amazon Relay for Carriers
- How to Choose a Truck Dispatcher
- Truck Dispatcher Red Flags and Scams
Starting and running a trucking business
Authority, audits, insurance and the real cost of keeping a truck moving.
- How to Start a Trucking Company
- New Trucking Authority Checklist
- DOT New Entrant Safety Audit
- Commercial Truck Insurance: What It Costs
- Lease Purchase Trucking: Read This First
- Carrier Packet Checklist
- Hours of Service Rules, Plainly
- Cost of Trucking Statistics
- Trucking Industry Statistics
- Truck Driver Pay by State
By equipment
How each kind of truck finds work, and what each one has to get right.
- Box Truck Business Guide
- Box Truck Loads: Where the Freight Is
- Dry Van Loads: The Bread and Butter
- Reefer Loads: Finding and Running Them
- Flatbed Load Securement Basics
- Power Only Trucking
- Hotshot Trucking Guide
- Car Hauling Business Guide
- Oversize Load Permits by the Rules
- Hazmat Endorsement: Getting It and Using It
Dump trucks and construction hauling
Capacity, materials, rates and paperwork for dump work.
- types of dump trucks
- dump truck sizes
- dump truck capacity (cubic yards and tons)
- hauling aggregate
- dump truck hauling rates per mile
- starting a dump truck business
- construction aggregate hauling statistics
- prevailing wage hauling rates by state
- dump truck haul ticket template
- dump truck safety statistics (rollovers and backovers)
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