What is a Fuel Surcharge?
A fuel surcharge is a mechanism in the trucking industry that helps balance the fluctuations in the cost of fuel. Incorporating a fuel...
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- Mar 16, 2022
- 4 min
Diesel Fuel Cards for Owner-Operators
When it comes to diesel fuel, you may have control over how much fuel you use or how efficiently you use it but you don’t have very much...
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- Mar 12, 2022
- 5 min
How Does The Rising Cost of Fuel Impact Your Business?
Find out how to manage rising fuel costs in your owner-operator business
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- Nov 1, 2021
- 3 min
How Truck Load Choice Affects an Owner-Operator's Fuel Costs
Fuel is expensive right now. This causes owner-operators to change how they manage truck load choices. There are two main factors we will...
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- Jul 23, 2021
- 3 min
Managing Your Cash Flow & Your Fuel
As an owner-operator, one of the most important pieces of your business that you need to manage is your cash flow. How much money (cash)...
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- Jul 15, 2021
- 4 min
How Does the IFTA Reporting System Work?
What is IFTA? The International Fuel Tax Agreement (IFTA) is a pact between the lower 48 states and the ten Canadian provinces that...
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- Jun 17, 2021
- 5 min
How to Make Your Truck More Fuel Efficient
Even though semi-trucks aren’t known for their fuel efficiency, there are steps you can take to help improve how much fuel you’re using....
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- May 19, 2021
- 3 min
How Much Are You Spending on Fuel Compared to Other Owner-Operators?
As we have now talked about a few times, as an owner-operator truck driver, fuel is your most expensive controllable cost. So are you...
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- May 13, 2021
- 2 min
How to Understand and Analyze Your Biggest Cost as an Owner-Operator
For any business, the formula for increasing profits is pretty simple - you’ve got to maximize your revenue and minimize your costs. And...
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- May 10, 2021
- 6 min
How to Drive a Truck for Maximum Fuel Efficiency
As a truck driver, there are some expenses you know are going to cost you the most from month to month. Unlike many of your other biggest...
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- May 1, 2021
- 2 min
Why is the Price of Fuel Going Up?
No doubt, everyone that drives for a living has noticed the increase in fuel price over the last six months. We saw the national average...
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- Apr 1, 2021
- 2 min
What Does Fuel Mean to You?
Fuel: What does it mean to you? For many owner-operators, fuel is simply their largest annual business expense - a necessary evil on the...
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- Nov 1, 2019
- 2 min
How Fleets Can Save on Fuel Economy
Organizations that manage a fleet of vehicles can achieve significant savings by following certain fundamentals on sustainability and...
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- Mar 25, 2019
- 4 min
How to File a 2290 Tax Form
Form 2290 is the Heavy Highway Vehicle Use Tax Return. Any person operating a vehicle weighing more than 55,000 pounds is required to...
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- Nov 11, 2018
- 4 min
How to Winterize Diesel Fuel
If you operate in the northern half of the United States, diesel winterization should be a priority to keep you moving through the cold...
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- Oct 1, 2018
- 3 min
Top 20 Ways for Truck Drivers to Improve Fuel Efficiency
Improving your fuel efficiency by 1 MPG can save you over $10,000 per year! Luckily for you, there are many simple ways to improve this....
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- Dec 21, 2015
- 3 min
5 Things You Need to Know Before Switching to CNG
CNG is produced both domestically and worldwide at a relatively low cost and it burns cleaner than diesel fuels.
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- Jul 11, 2015
- 3 min
Save Your Tires; Improve Your Fuel Mileage
Two of the biggest costs in the trucking industry are fuel and tires. They are some of the expenses that eat into your profits more than...
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