# Best Practices and Benchmarks

## How hurricanes affect freight
Hurricane season always brings the risk of massive disruptions – not just to supply chains, but to people’s lives and

## How to spot good loads in bad markets
I have been a spot market pirate for almost nine years. As a pirate, you want to get in and

## Want to grow your brokerage? Dare to differ
You want to grow your freight brokerage, but what’s the best way to go about it? There are a lot

## Trucker Tips: How I find the best-paying loads
Being an owner-operator is tough. You need all the tools possible to stay profitable, including the best paying load board.

## 3 truck-finding hacks for freight brokers
You may not have a problem getting carriers to cover a load, but every freight broker occasionally hits the wall

## Pros and cons: Brokered vs. direct shipper freight
The kind of freight you choose to haul, whether it’s through a broker or direct from a shipper, is an

## Partial loads: A slow season secret weapon?
I try my best to avoid markets where demand is low, but that gets difficult at this time of year.

## Trailer pools: Friend or foe?
Imagine a transportation industry where no truck was ever detained. That’s the motivation behind trailer pools, which are an increasingly

## 6 rules for making money in the slow season
The spot market will likely be the same as it is every year around this time: From January to about

## What Does it Cost to Run Your Trucking Company?
Chad Boblett is the owner and driver of Boblett Brothers Trucking of Lexington, KY. Chad also founded the Rate Per Mile Masters group on

## Getting Your Carrier Authority – Myth and Reality
Chad Boblett is the owner and driver of Boblett Brothers Trucking of Lexington, KY. Chad also founded the Rate Per

## Confessions of an Owner-Operator: Advice for Getting Started
Being an owner-operator turned out to be a lucrative business for me, which is why I’m grateful for sites like