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Need to know how to avoid sticky situations with the boss? Or do you want to get on the fast track to a big fat raise? See these user submitted tips on how to succeed on the job.
In the same way that annual health screenings help prevent future problems, an annual insurance checkup can keep your business’s bottom line healthy. Evaluating each of your commercial policies at least once a year puts you in the driver’s seat when it comes to getting the right coverage at the best price.
You took the time to choose the best structure for your trucking business – sole proprietorship, partnership, corporation, or limited liability company – for tax and personal liability purposes, and you titled your business vehicles in the company name for the same reasons. Now drive that final mile and make sure your business is listed as the principal insured on your commercial vehicle policy. Having the right owner on the policy will save you time and trouble if claims arise.
Is your trucking business delivering the goods along the electronic data highway? From e-filing your heavy vehicle use tax return to using the electronic federal tax payment system to pay taxes to e-manifests that save time at ports of entry to electronic fund transfers that lower your insurance premiums, technology reduces the cost of operating your business.
You’re a trucker. Don’t be a sucker. You can save money and get the kind of coverage and quality of service you want if you choose smart.
The insurance you choose says a lot about you. The folks that have your back have to be as reliable as you need people to know you are.
If your business is growing and you have invested money in adding extensive remodeling or more property value to your business don't forget to add more insurance. Shudda , Wudda, Cudda is to late.
Losing your butt in the trucking business is always a possibility but even worse is looking down and finding it seeping out your bellybutton and wrapping around the steering wheel! Get some exercise. Sitting in that seat for hours on end creates "truck driver belly".
Insurance is the only thing I always buy but hope I never have to use! So I shop for the best price.
When you are on the road and see that beautiful deer leaping across in front of you, brake because there is always one right behind the first! Plus a fawn may run into the side of the truck.
To change a older truck tire its a good tip to loosen the lug nuts a little then drive back and forth in a small space to break it loose from the drum before jacking up the truck to change the tire.