# Carrier News

## The Carrier Survival Guide: How to protect your margins when diesel won’t stop climbing

Take a look at some strategies and tools to help combat rising diesel costs, from deadhead-reduction strategies to cash flow solutions.

## Understanding DAT Rate Analytics: A Carrier’s Guide

You face a key question every day: “What’s a fair rate for this haul?” DAT provides tools and data to

## Master your operating costs: Three essential tips for owner-operators

You know firsthand the challenges of controlling operating costs while keeping your margins healthy. Salaries, fuel, equipment, tolls, insurance, licenses

## Falling asleep at the wheel and how to avoid it: Sleep hygiene for carriers part 6

Welcome to DAT Freight & Analytics’s six-part series on napping, sleep physiology, scheduling, and trip planning. While aimed at truckers

## How to take the wheel: Wanda Billups

It takes a heavy dose of courage to go out on your own and make a life for yourself. For

## Drivers: Don’t neglect your mental health

Truckers have enough on their plate. It’s easy to overlook something as important as mental health. Almost 28% of truckers

## How To stay profitable in a down market

In times like these, you can use the extra time to build your business to sustain you through both up and down cycles in the market.

## How to optimize your load board

You’ve signed up for a load board — now what? Hear from experienced owner-operator Chad Boblett on how to make

## The tools you need to increase your rate

Don’t go it alone — owner-operators can make the most of their trucking business with effective tools that help them

## Top 5 trucking mistakes for owner-operators to avoid

Since I started my trucking business in 2011, I’ve learned a lot about being in the trucking industry and what it takes to make your operation successful.

## 8 Ways Carriers Can Win at Finding the Best Loads Fast

Axele TMS and DAT recently partnered for a webinar to show how carriers can use our combined tools to find

## Top tax questions owner-operators ask

While death and taxes may be the only certainties in life, of the two, taxes come around way more often.