Owner-Operators

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Layover.com's Owner-Operator section is dedicated to helping trucking owner-operators better run their business. Find information on locating loads, owner-operator trucking jobs, and more.

Trucking owner-operators need special business skills and knowledge to be successful in the trucking industry. If you are an independent owner-operator, you need to have a special understanding of the motivation and dedication it takes to make it in this business. This section of Layover.com is for the owner-operators and those who want to learn how to become one.

The Dock: Tips for the Owner Operator

Staff Writer

    Getting Your Fuel Surcharge
    Being an owner operator is a tough but rewarding job! You're the General Manager, Office manager, president, CEO, and CFO. Knowing your operating cost and cost per mile is vital to your success!...

Tax Tips

PBS Tax & Bookkeeping

    PBS Tax & Bookkeeping Service will answer your tax tips questions.

    Company Driver to Independent Owner-Operator
    When you have trucking experience under your belt and your goal is to be self-employed, a practical approach is to start out as an owner-operator leased on with a carrier. This will give you experience handling your own business matters...

Trucking Industry Articles/Columns

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  • The Grapevine - Drivers who need a medical exam in the future may first have to turn to a national database of approved doctors if a proposed new rule takes effect...

Features

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  • Working With Your Dispatcher/Broker - As an Owner Operator, you are a businessman or businesswoman, so you should always carry yourself accordingly. We all know that the first impression is the lasting impression; in other words,...
  • Ask Safety - I don't understand the parts of the Emergency Response Guidebook - can you help? Answer: While most drivers will not use this guidebook, as they will not have an incident, anyone hauling HazMat must utilize it, be knowledgeable of the contents, and know how to look up particular information. The latest edition of the Emergency Response Guidebook....
  • Professional or Non-Professional - It has been an ongoing battle to raise the image of the American Trucker in the eyes of the public at large. As a child, my mother often told us to watch what we say or do because someone is always watching whether you see them or not...
  • Changing Gears - As more companies close their doors and many more scale back their work force, we as Americans are facing the most challenging times in our lives. We can't help but be concerned about our own well being...
  • Recession Proofing Yourself - We hear all too often on the news about another company laying off employees or worse, closing their doors. Unemployment is the highest it's been in twenty-six years! Since January 2008, more than one thousand trucking companies has gone out of business. And most likely...

Trucking Industry Essentials

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  • Job Finder
    Submit your application to companies seeking Owner Operators.
  • Load Finder
    The Internet is the quickest, least expensive and most cost effective means of locating freight.
  • Diesel Prices
    Keep your eye on the cost of fuel nationwide. Updated every week day.
  • Tax Rate Information
    Current info on IFTA tax rates, Canadian fuel tax schedule, general sales tax info and more.
  • Mapping and Routing
    Get truck practical directions and weather forecasts along your route.
  • Community Center
    Chat live in one of our chat rooms or join in the discussion in one of our forums.

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