Category: Best Practices and Benchmarks

6 rules for making money in the slow season

The spot market will likely be the same as it is every year around this time: From January to about

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

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

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

With DAT RateView, you can compare contract and spot market freight rates on more than 65,000 lanes in North America.

What’s the best transportation management software (TMS) for freight brokers? There are many software vendors to choose from—including a TMS

There’s one piece of advice that I’d give to any carrier running the spot market. It’s advice that can significantly

In my six years as an owner-operator who works exclusively with brokers, I’ve been able to communicate better and more

Finding a truck might not be so hard in the current market, but how do you recruit and retain the

I’ve been an owner-operator for over eight years, and I’ve learned a few tricks that help me to make more money

This week is National Truck Driver Appreciation Week. Here are 5 ways that carriers, brokers, and shippers can show respect

We write about the load-to-truck ratio a lot on this blog, but we don’t always explain it. Sometimes a customer