You delivered the load on Monday. The broker pays in 30 days, maybe 45. Meanwhile, fuel, insurance, and the truck note are due this week. Freight factoring closes that gap. You sell the invoice to a factoring company, get paid within a day, and let the factor wait on the broker. It’s how most small…
If you drive on a 1099, every mile you run costs you money before it makes you any. Fuel, tires, insurance, tolls, a motel when you’re out past your hours. The good news? Most of that is deductible, and 1099 truck driver tax deductions are the single biggest lever you have to shrink your tax…
Discover the real preventive maintenance ROI in trucking — compare PM costs vs. breakdowns, engine failures, and OOS violations before they wreck your bottom line.
FMCSA just gave a straight update on the Motus rollout, and the biggest takeaway could save you a headache: if your record shows active and you have no insurance issues, you may not need to move over yet. Here is where Phase 2 stands and what to do.
Motus has been live about a month, and thousands of carriers are stuck. Claiming bugs, identity verification failures, frozen insurance filings, and system errors have left a lot of owner-operators locked out of their own records.
Learn how debt assignment works in trucking, your rights as a carrier, and how to avoid broker and shipper traps that put your money at risk.
Your Bobtail Mastercard® is now enrolled in EasySavings—earn automatic cashback at hundreds of merchants on top of your fuel savings. Log in to your app to see where.
Most brokerages won’t touch e-commerce. Hassan Transportation & Logistics built their business around it. Xander Hassan and Kanon Acker break down how small carriers can break in, a $650K freight theft that ended in an FBI raid, and why uncertainty creates demand for good partners.
FMCSA’s MOTUS system is replacing URS — and missing the transition could suspend your authority. Here’s exactly what to do before the deadline.
FMCSA has officially launched Motus, its new USDOT Registration System, and it replaces the older registration portals. If you hold a USDOT number, there is a quick action to take to keep your record current and your authority clean.
Filip started as a truck driver with one goal: buy his first truck. His truck broke down on his very first load. Today he runs 40 trucks under PT Freight. Here’s how he built it, what the real numbers look like, and the one piece of advice he gives every carrier.
Diesel jumped 30 cents in a single week to $5.37 per gallon, up $1.80 from a year ago with no clear ceiling. Here’s what’s behind the spike, what it means for your cost per mile, and the three things owner-operators and small carriers should do before accepting their next load.
