Resources
Guides and tools for trucking companies and small businesses
Free tools and plain-English guides from our team: what dispatch costs, what the freight market pays, the filings every carrier has to keep up with, and reads for small businesses online.
Free tools
Work out your numbers
Quick calculators that run in your browser. Nothing you type is sent anywhere.
Dispatch fee calculator
Enter your average load, loads per week and dispatch percentage to see the fee per load, week and month, and compare it with a flat weekly fee.
New authority startup cost calculator
Add up the one-time and first-year costs of your own authority: the FMCSA, UCR and Form 2290 fees are filled in, and you add your own quotes.
For trucking companies
Trucking guides
Costs, rates, filings and authority for owner-operators and small fleets. For hands-on help, see our trucking services.
How much does a truck dispatcher cost?
Percentage and flat weekly fees compared, the ranges dispatch companies publish, the extra fees to ask about and a worked example.
Owner-operator rate guide
National spot and contract averages, trucking operating costs and diesel prices from DAT, ATRI and the EIA, plus a cost-per-mile worksheet.
IFTA filing guide
Who needs an IFTA license, the quarterly due dates, the records to keep and the mistakes that cost carriers money.
UCR registration guide
Who must register for UCR, the fee for each fleet size, how to count your trucks and the deadline.
Drug & alcohol consortium guide
Why owner-operators must join a drug and alcohol testing consortium, the Clearinghouse queries you owe and the current random testing rates.
New entrant safety audit checklist
When the FMCSA new entrant safety audit happens, what the auditor reviews, the automatic-failure violations and a printable checklist.
MCS-150 biennial update
When your MCS-150 biennial update is due, how to file it and the penalties for missing it.
Lease on vs own authority
Leasing on with a carrier compared with running under your own MC authority: costs, control and paperwork.
For small businesses
Reads for small businesses
Notes from our web and marketing team. For websites, software and marketing, see our digital services.
Google Business Profile Updates 2014–2021
Key Google My Business (now Google Business Profile) changes from 2014 to 2021, and what each one meant for local businesses.
White Label Web Services for Agencies
How agencies add services with white label development instead of hiring, how it compares with in-house staff and freelancers, and what to look for.
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