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The owner-operator's trucking playbook for long-term profits
Understanding what it takes to be an owner-operator, the risks and rewards of ownership and more are key to understand before signing a lease or buying your own equipment.
January 1, 2026
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Creating your financial map: The basics of business planning
A business plan should show all sources of revenue and costs while taking into account trucking industry averages, personal expenses and cash flow. With regular updates, it can show a complete financial picture in weekly, monthly and annual detail.
January 1, 2026
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Trucking business services providers: What they do, and how to pick one
As you learn the ropes of owning your business, focus most closely on managing business and personal expenses. A strong financial services provider can help with accounting, taxes, financial goals and more.
January 1, 2026
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Managing the trucking money: Best practices for healthy cash flow
Ways to avoid cash-flow problems for your trucking business, as well as plenty to be on guard for to avoid financial woes.
January 1, 2026
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Debt resources: Last-resort backstop to cash-flow crises
Here find a variety of lending resources, as well as strategies other than borrowing, that an owner-operator or small fleet business could tap to help manage a cash-flow crisis.
January 1, 2026
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With ID theft on the rise, guarding your trucking business is a necessity
A proliferation of sophisticated identity theft schemes are aimed at trucking companies. It’s important to understand how to protect your business' profile from the jump as an owner-operator.
January 1, 2026
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How to choose a business structure that works best for your operation
There are several ways to set up an owner-operator business, each with its own advantages and disadvantages. Find out which works best for you.
January 1, 2026
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The costs, broader considerations to keep in mind when leasing to a carrier
For any owner-operator, it's expensive to switch carriers, so keep these things in mind if you're in the market for a new business partner to lease to.
January 1, 2026
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Evaluating carriers' pay packages: Start with your own numbers
While comparing pay packages is time-consuming, the key is to start with an understanding of how much you need to make each month to cover expenses. Only then will you know whether a pay package is a good deal for you.
January 1, 2026
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The skinny on mileage v. percentage pay in trucking lease contracts
An owner-operator running on percentage shares the brunt of market conditions with the carrier, earning less money in bad times, whereas a mileage program in such times can be an attractive safety net as long as the freight's there.
January 1, 2026
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Trucking self-dispatch: How to get comfortable, and master the process
Effectively self-dispatching may well be the most difficult task an owner-operator business is saddled with. There are a seemingly unending number of moving pieces that will affect the outcome of any decision made about any load.
January 1, 2026
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Finding your niche haul: The tradeoffs and triumphs in freight specialization
Specializing in a freight niche -- heavy-haul, auto hauling, livestock, the list goes on -- can add to an owner-operator’s earning potential with higher-paying loads, but with that comes added expenses in many cases.
January 1, 2026
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