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Free tools and plain guides for owner-operators. No email required, no gated PDFs, nothing you have to hand over your phone number for.
Free course
Truck dispatcher course
Thirteen plain-English lessons on how dispatching works: equipment, authority, load boards, rate maths, negotiation, paperwork and fraud. Free, no sign-up.
Free tools
Run your own numbers
Cost per mile calculator
Work out your true operating cost and the rate floor below which sitting beats driving.
Dispatch fee calculator
Percentage or flat weekly — see which is cheaper at your actual gross, and what a dispatcher has to add to pay for itself.
Dispatcher-carrier agreement builder
Build a fair dispatch service agreement: fee base, notice period, load approval. Print, PDF or Word.
Dispatch agreement checker
Paste a dispatch contract and see the clauses that cost carriers money, with what to ask for instead.
Free CDL practice tests
General knowledge, air brakes and hazmat practice tests with the reason behind every answer.
Companies that pay for CDL training
How paid training works, typical commitments, and what to check in the contract first.
Deadhead calculator
What empty miles actually cost, what a load really pays once deadhead is counted, and which of two loads is genuinely better.
Route profitability calculator
Enter miles, rate, fuel and costs to see your weekly profit and the break-even rate per mile.
Truck valuation estimator
A rough price range for a semi truck from its year, make, mileage and condition, before you buy or sell.
VIN decoder
Decode a 17-character truck VIN: year, make, model, engine, weight class and open safety recalls.
Guides
How this business actually works
Rate confirmations explained
What every line on a rate con means, and the three clauses that cost carriers money.
Negotiating with brokers
Why the posted rate is an opening bid, and the four things that actually move it.
Getting detention paid
Most detention owed to carriers is never claimed. The fix is documentation, filed the same day.
New authority checklist
Every filing, in order, from EIN to your first legal load — and what each one costs.
Choosing a dispatcher
Eight questions to ask before you sign, and the answers that should make you walk away.
Own authority vs leasing on
The honest comparison. More money, more risk, more admin — and the three questions that decide it.
Startup costs, honestly
What it really costs to start — including the working capital nobody budgets for.
Factoring: the real maths
Recourse vs non-recourse, what the rate actually costs you per year, and when it's worth it.
Choosing a load board
How to evaluate one rather than which to buy — and why more subscriptions rarely helps.
Hours of service
The core limits in plain language, plus the exceptions carriers most often use wrong.
CSA scores
What the BASICs measure, why time weighting matters, and how a bad score costs you money.
Checking broker credit
How to check whether a broker actually pays before you haul their freight.
Questions we haven't answered?
WhatsApp or call. You'll speak to a dispatcher, and if the honest answer is that you don't need us, that's what you'll hear.