One of the great joys of trucking is the opportunity for an individual to move from employee to owner of a small business with relative ease. Set your own schedule, develop new clientele, expand your business, and afford you the flexibility to run your business inside and outside the cab of your rig. It’s not […]
Commercial Truck Winter Maintenance Tips
North America is a beautiful continent to explore throughout the year—with 4 distinct seasons through much of the northern regions. The gorgeous reds, oranges, and golds of Fall will swiftly change to bare trees and ice and snow up north. Fortunately, we have time to plow through the winter maintenance checklist. If you don’t have […]
Getting Paid: 4 Effective Collection Strategies
You’re already having success finding work, but you’re finding the back-office and bill collection on loads delivered is taking too long or your communicating with the customer only after the bill is past due. At that point, cash flow is non-existent and you’re either dipping into your reserves, borrowing for operating expenses, or even worse, […]
Top Tips for Local Freight Fleet Operational Zen
As a local delivery fleet manager your job is to maximize the number of deliveries while minimizing driver delays. Your main focus must be on the equipment used to provide deliveries for customers. If your fleet is not up-to-date that has negative repercussions from risking delivery schedules to displaying a poor image to customers. Delivery […]
How To Purchase A Big Rig
If you’re an established owner operator or manage a small fleet and you’re looking to purchase a new truck, you have a few options for financing a truck, however just starting out, purchasing your first truck can be difficult due to lack of established business credit. Lets begin with financing a truck for established businesses; funding […]