Freight

There’s a reason small trucking companies say they’re in the paperwork business, not the trucking business. A 10-truck fleet generates hundreds of documents per week: bills of lading, proof of delivery, fuel receipts, IFTA reports, driver logs, maintenance records, insurance certificates, and invoices. Then there’s DOT compliance, FMCSA filings, and the constant dance of dispatch coordination. Most small fleet owners started driving because they loved being on the road. Now they spend their evenings at a desk, buried in spreadsheets, chasing down missing paperwork, and wondering why their margins are thinner than last year. ...