Category: Best Practices and Benchmarks

Cutting Motor Carrier Costs, One Line Item at a Time

My advice to anyone getting their motor carrier authority would be to create a relationship with a CPA. I have

Freight brokers moved 21% more loads in March, compared to the same month last year, setting a two-year record for

What is a Load Board? An easy way to think of a load board is as a web-based bulletin board

Freight brokers moved 29% more loads in February, at 13% higher revenue per load, compared to February 2017. That combination

It’s time to re-fuel! Your body that is. We get it. You have deadlines to meet, and traffic to beat,

My biggest regret about getting started in this industry was that I didn’t get my authority sooner. It was the

Chad Boblett is the owner and driver of Boblett Brothers Trucking of Lexington, KY. Chad also founded the Rate Per

In December 2017, Congress passed one of the largest tax reform bills since the 1980s. The Tax Cuts and Jobs

It might seem counterintuitive, but I always make sure to post my truck on the load board when there’s plenty

Being an owner-operator turned out to be a lucrative business for me, which is why I’m grateful for sites like

This is supposed to be the slow time of year, but as many freight brokers know, trucks are harder to

Revenue rose steadily throughout 2017 for freight brokers in the DAT Keypoint benchmark project. The benchmark report draws data from