Welcome to your Wednesday edition of “Where’s the Freight?,” Trucker Tools’ free freight forecast for carriers and owner operators. Over the next five to seven days, the Montgomery, Ala., power only market is projected to be the hottest freight market across the United States and Canada — which is why it’s number one in today’s Top Five Hottest Markets list. This…
We recently launched a first of its kind Driver Loyalty Program in the Trucker Tools driver app. This new program rewards drivers with TruckerPoints for taking specific actions in the app. Drivers can redeem their accrued TruckerPoints for free gift cards to 200+ different U.S. retailers. In addition to providing drivers with a means of earning free gift cards for using the…
In case you haven’t heard, you now can access real-time rate and lane insights from FreightWaves SONAR from within Trucker Tools’ Smart Capacity software platform for freight brokers and logistics providers. For each load that you add to Trucker Tools’ Smart Capacity platform, you’re able to view the current average rate for that type of load in that lane, as well as average…
As an owner operator or someone working in a trucking business, you likely spend more time than you realize negotiating and finalizing rates with freight brokers and logistics companies. You must make sure that the rate per mile on a given load will cover expenses and calculate a possible backhaul loss if you’ll be coming out of a market with low-paying reloads. Trucker…
This ongoing educational blog series is for freight brokers like you who are moving U.S. and Canadian freight every day of the week! In each blog in this series, we’re providing you with tips and tricks to help you become more efficient in your daily work. This newest blog in the series is dedicated to the Stats tool in Trucker Tools’ Smart Capacity…
In our recent conversation with owner operator Kim Loescher, Kim shared what it’s been like to make the switch from company driver to owner operator. After working as a company driver for many years, Kim last year decided to start running as an owner op and today is operating under the authority of a friend and former colleague who owns a trucking…
If you want to keep pace with your competitors as a freight broker or logistics provider, you must offer your customers the option of real-time, digital visibility of their freight while it’s in transit. No longer an optional service, real-time load tracking has become a core service offering, but not all tracking technologies offer the same benefits and functionality. Trucker Tools’…
Happy Friday and welcome to the newest edition of “Where’s the Freight?,” Trucker Tools’ free freight report for drivers and fleets. This free freight report tells you where demand for flatbed, reefer, power only and dry van capacity will be highest and lowest across the United States and Canada over the next week. This week, you can expect demand and rates for…
As a freight broker, you may use 10 or more different software programs or platforms in your daily work as you source capacity, manage carrier relationships and support your shippers. Every time you must log into a new program, switch to a new browser or open another window on your desktop, you lose valuable timethat when totaled up at the end…
Big news! FreightWaves SONAR rate data is now available for free for truckers in Trucker Tools’ driver app. Trucker Tools’ integration partnership with FreightWaves SONAR’s brings real-time rate and lane insights from the SONAR forecasting platform directly to the driver app. For each non-Book It Now® load that you view in the Trucker Tools driver app, SONAR data on the current average…
