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Per Mile, Per Load or Percentage: How Driver Pay Really Works
Per-mile, per-load and percentage pay can look identical in a good week and very different in a slow one; here…
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Brake Safety Week Sidelines 2,369 Trucks, Plus 2 More Trucking Stories
Brake Safety Week put 2,369 vehicles out of service, federal agencies warned of attacks on cold-chain refrigeration controllers, and a…
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Where You Unload Matters: Pricing a Load by Your Next Pickup
A load’s rate only means something once you know what you can haul out of the delivery region; here is…
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Diesel Falls to $6.127, Plus 2 More Trucking Stories
Diesel eased to $6.127 a gallon, dry van spot rates hit a four-year high of $3.05 a mile, and a…
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Fuel Surcharge Math: Index, Peg and MPG at $6.35 Diesel
A fuel surcharge is simple arithmetic once you know three contract terms; here is the formula, worked examples with an…
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EPA Engine Rule Seen in December, Plus 2 More Trucking Stories
Cummins expects EPA’s final 2027 engine rule in December, Georgia, North Carolina and Ohio have paused diesel taxes, and Daimler…
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Buying a Truck Before Year-End: What the IRS Lets You Deduct
A year-end truck purchase can lower your 2026 tax bill, but the in-service date, your business income and the IRS…
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Class 8 Truck Orders Fall 36%, Plus 2 More Trucking Stories
FTR says North American Class 8 truck orders fell 36% in October, a court challenge targets the 2027 carrier registration…
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