Many of you may already know, but for those who haven’t run across this information, there are major changes coming September 30, 2025. These changes will affect how you send or receive federal tax payments or refunds....

All federal disbursements and receipts will transition to electronic payments by September 30, 2025. This means paper checks will no longer be accepted for tax payments. This is part of an Executive Order issued earlier this year. The IRS is still working to fully implement these new rules. We have transitioned to making or quarterly payments starting with the September 15th payment.  We also have scheduled the January 15th 2026 one also.  So, no worries on getting future o...

A simple “thank you” will never be enough for the men and women who dedicate their lives to keeping America moving. Every day, professional truck drivers crisscross our highways, spending countless hours, and often days or weeks away from home to deliver the goods and essentials that power our economy. From groceries and medicine to construction materials and fuel, nearly everything we rely on makes its way to us because of a driver’s commitment behind the wheel. This c...

We are all creatures of habit. Our habits can be good or bad. We can choose to break bad habits and we can choose to develop good or better habits. The catalyst for changing your habits, good or bad, is entirely up to you. Whether conscious or not, based on your decisions, you choose which habits you will develop....

Month End I don’t know about you, but I always enjoy coming to the end of the month. Why? Because I enjoy crunching the numbers to see how we did. Last month turned out to be a very good month for us. Having said that, we had to work very hard to make it happen. What I mean by that is that the flow of work did not seem to change from previous months; however, we found ourselves driving further to get to the work. Despite driving more miles than we average in a month, we sti...

Transitions Last week we found ourselves looking to the future. A retirement future. If the last several days are any indication, our retirement looks like a great time. In this blog, I hope to show that moving from one season of life to another does not have to be dramatic or scary. While there are many decisions that must be made, the process does not have to be difficult. The first decision must be: what does retirement look like? Coming from a colder climate in the Winter...

Slow Down Last week I talked about how the expedite business is a “hurry up and wait” type of business. This week was the wait portion of that phrase. Or was it? Let’s take a look at how the week went. Oh! And if you thought this was going to be about speed limits, you would be wrong. For those readers who are not familiar with the laws under which commercial truck drivers must work, I will give a brief explanation of them here. Any commercial driver (that is one who ho...

Owner operators are forever looking for customers… or should be. While you may have a good customer currently, however you define good, at any time, your customer can decide to restructure, change managers or CEOs or even just decide costs need to be reined in and they decide to go with a cheaper or less costly transportation carrier....

A Long Weekend While it is rare for us to get weekend loads, we are usually happy when one comes along. This past weekend made us rethink our position on weekend runs. Because of the type of freight that we carry most loads requires that one of us be on duty monitoring the load at all times. This means that each of us has to use twelve hours every day from the time we pick up the load until the time that we make delivery. Unfortunately, most of the places to which we deliver ...

Whether you’re the owner/operator of your own truck or Sprinter van, or perhaps you’re simply wanting to drive as an independent contractor, the following are some general rules to follow for both the novice and the seasoned vet. These are simply suggestions to help jumpstart your business, either as a beginning expediter or as a longtime logistics professional. Owner Operators The first thing to keep in mind is that you are the master of your own truck, so you decide wha...