Most fleets switch ELDs while running freight, and the order of operations decides whether the cutover is boring or a compliance incident. The rule: nothing goes dark until its replacement is proven.
August 30, 2026 · 8 min read
Fleet ELD reviews don't apply to you. For one truck, the math is different: three-year total cost, contract exit terms, and whether anyone answers the phone at 2 a.m. matter more than dashboards you'll never open.
August 30, 2026 · 9 min read
Thirty-four consecutive hours off duty, and your 60- or 70-hour clock starts from zero. Simple rule, endless myths. What it resets, what it doesn't, and when taking it actually costs you miles.
August 30, 2026 · 7 min read
Lights, tires, and brakes fill the violation tables every year, and all three are visible from the ground before you ever release the parking brake. A walk-around order that catches them in 15 minutes.
August 30, 2026 · 8 min read
Eighty dollars a day, no meal receipts, for every full day on the road away from home. Per diem is the biggest routine tax deduction in an owner-operator's year, and the rules are simpler than the myths.
August 30, 2026 · 7 min read
Most fleets have a maintenance information problem rather than a maintenance problem, and the bill arrives as roadside repairs at three times shop rate.
August 15, 2026 · 8 min readThe rule has been in force since 2017, but fleets still get written up for the same handful of things. Here is what the mandate requires, in plain language.
August 14, 2026 · 9 min read
Cameras don't lower premiums by existing. They lower them by producing evidence, changing driver behavior, and giving an underwriter something to price other than fear.
August 12, 2026 · 8 min readFour numbers govern almost every driving day: 11, 14, 30, and 70. Here is what each one means, and where drivers most often lose a load to a clock they misread.
August 11, 2026 · 8 min read
Safety is the one investment everyone agrees with and nobody can price. Here is where the money shows up: claims, insurance, downtime, and turnover.
August 9, 2026 · 7 min read
Four real exemptions, a couple of narrow ones, and a long list of things drivers believe are exemptions but aren't. Know which category you're in before an officer decides for you.
August 7, 2026 · 7 min read
Most coaching programs generate events, meetings, and paperwork without changing a single driving habit. The ones that work share four traits.
August 5, 2026 · 7 min readMost out-of-service orders come from a short list of repeat offenders: brakes, lights, tires, and logs. Fix those four and inspection days get boring, which is what you want.
August 4, 2026 · 8 min read
Every fleet has an idle problem and most attack it with a memo. The ones that succeed separate discretionary idle from necessary idle first, then only fight the first kind.
August 1, 2026 · 7 min read
An audit is a document request with a deadline attached. The fleets that struggle are rarely the unsafe ones. They are the ones who can't produce six months of records in two weeks.
July 30, 2026 · 9 min read
Fuel is the largest controllable cost per mile in most fleets. Four levers move it: driving behavior, equipment, purchasing, and shrinkage. They're worth very different amounts.
July 28, 2026 · 8 min read
IFTA is tedious rather than hard, and tedium is where errors live. Here is the mechanism, the records you're required to keep, and how the quarterly filing gets automated away.
July 24, 2026 · 7 min readManual processes don't show up on the P&L, which is exactly why they survive. Count the hours, the errors, and the decisions made on week-old data.
July 21, 2026 · 7 min read
Detention pay covers a fraction of what waiting costs. The bigger bill is the hours burned off a 14-hour clock that can't be recovered.
July 17, 2026 · 6 min readEvery ELD demo looks the same. The differences show up at month six, in support wait times, hardware failures, contract terms, and whether your data is actually yours.
July 14, 2026 · 8 min read
Pay gets a driver in the seat. Predictability, fairness, and not being treated like a number keep them there. Eight things that move the number.
July 10, 2026 · 8 min readLogs, DVIRs, IFTA, tracking, and maintenance in one place. See it running on your own operation in 20 minutes.
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