Archive for the ‘Making Your Miles Count’ Category

One of the most interesting sections of research for my second book was the charting of fuel taxes. Over 30% of the 260 pages were dedicated to fuel costs. The specific IFTA fuel costs needed to be explored in detail in order to expose high/low cost jurisdictions (I used June 30th 2012 rates/numbers). What I…

Carrier contracts are NOT all the same. In fact they are sometimes worlds apart. In the Book “Making Your Miles Count: Choosing A Trucking Company,” a methodical comparison of contracts reveals several key issues in Lease/Owner Operator success. There are five issues I call deal breakers. The fifth one is “NEVER drive for a carrier…

Probably the most controversial section of the book “Making Your Miles Count: Choosing A Trucking Company” is the proposed analysis of carrier contracts beginning in 1996 and ending in 2012. The origins (and restrictions) of the data is explained in the book and the charts expose significant industry changes. 1996 represents a time just as…

It would be irresponsible to write a book to help lease operators become more successful and not analyze fuel costs, both past and present. Over 30% of “Making Your Miles Count: Choosing A Trucking Company” is dedicated to fuel costs. As I have presented it, if operators understand fuel taxes they will be able to…