Most owner-operators do not lose profit due to bad rates. They lose profit due to incoherent unpaid time. A load may appear acceptable from a paper. The miles make sense, the gross doesn’t seem insulting, and the lane does not appear unworkable. One way or another, then the clock begins stealing the week. You get […]

A federal court has paused the FMCSA’s non-domiciled CDL rule after weeks of uncertainty, allowing thousands of professional drivers who were abruptly denied renewal to reapply. While a more extensive legal challenge is ongoing, the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals granted a stay on the rule, preventing its enforcement. For drivers, this means that you […]

If you ask any driver who regularly drives in California, they’ll tell you the same thing: “The miles are here.” The cargo is here. The challenging aspect lies in the intricacies involved. For a lot of owner-operators, picking the right California truck dispatch service can mean the difference between making steady, profitable miles and dealing […]

Usually it begins in the same manner. You pull over for the night and grab something to eat and open up your phone “just to check tomorrow’s loads.” But then it’s 2AM in a truck stop your food is now cold and you are still refreshing load boards instead of sleeping. Sound familiar? You’re tired […]

Spending $150/month on DAT yet constantly running empty 20% of the time? There might be a better way. Today’s freight market offers more choices than ever to the owner-operator in the U.S., and it also brings confusion. Do you stick with load boards, hire a dispatcher, develop direct broker relationships, or have a combination of […]

When the D.C. Circuit Court issued an emergency stay on FMCSA’s non-domiciled CDL rule, many drivers let out their breath for the first time in months. For a while, it had looked as though the freeze on renewals and new applications would finally be broken. But the reality on the ground turned out to be […]