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Adam Wingfield Saturday, July 12, 2025

Dispatch Handoffs That Don’t Drop the Ball

When dispatch handoffs get sloppy, mistakes multiply and money slips through the cracks. Drivers get left in the dark, loads fall through the cracks, and your business starts to bleed in places you can’t afford. Whether you’re running two trucks or twenty, this article will show you how to build a clean, repeatable dispatch handoff […]

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Adam Wingfield Saturday, July 12, 2025

How to Build a Bulletproof Safety Binder from Day One

If you’re operating trucks without a complete, organized, and regularly updated safety binder, you’re playing a dangerous game — one that ends with audits, violations, or worse, lawsuits. Too many new carriers treat compliance like an afterthought. They get their DOT number, get insurance, start moving freight, and figure they’ll “clean it up later.” That’s […]

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Adam Wingfield Friday, July 11, 2025

Building a Load Review Checklist That Prevents Mistakes

If you’re running loads without a formal review process in place, you’re running blind. Every missed appointment, every unpaid detention, every “I thought we agreed on that” moment — it all comes back to one thing: a lack of structure. And in this industry, mistakes don’t just cost time — they cost money, relationships, and […]

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Adam Wingfield Thursday, July 10, 2025

Building a Load Intake Process That Keeps You Organized

If your load intake process looks like scribbled notes, missed emails, and “I’ll remember it later” — you’ve already lost. Not to the load board, not to rates — but to disorganization. And disorganization is the silent killer in this industry. It’s what clogs your cash flow, confuses your drivers, and burns you out before […]

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Adam Wingfield Wednesday, July 9, 2025

How to Create a Maintenance Budget You Can Stick To

If your maintenance budget feels like a moving target, you’re not alone. Most small fleet owners and owner-operators either guess at their maintenance costs—or worse, react to them only after something breaks. That’s not a strategy. That’s survival. And in this industry, running your business in survival mode will kill your margins faster than a […]

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Adam Wingfield Tuesday, July 8, 2025

Breaking the Million Dollar Ceiling with Less Than 5 Trucks

Let’s get one thing straight—hitting seven figures in revenue with a small fleet isn’t a fantasy. It’s a formula. But it’s a formula most small carriers never get close to cracking, not because they lack hustle, but because they lack the strategy and discipline required to operate like a high-performing business with low overhead and […]

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Adam Wingfield Tuesday, July 8, 2025

The One-Page SOP Every Owner Operator Should Be Using

Let’s say this upfront: if your dispatcher doesn’t have a one-page SOP taped to the wall, you’re already behind. I’ve walked into hundreds of dispatch offices—some as clean as a cockpit, others looking like a paperwork tornado touched down. But there’s one thing that separates a dispatcher who owns the day from one who reacts […]

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Adam Wingfield Monday, July 7, 2025

How to Calculate Your Cost Per Hour Not Just Per Mile

Everyone in trucking talks about cost per mile. And yes, it matters. But if that’s the only metric you’re tracking, you’re missing a major part of the profitability picture. Because time—not just distance—is what really determines if you’re winning or bleeding in this business. Cost per hour gives you a real-world, down-to-the-minute view of how […]

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Adam Wingfield Monday, July 7, 2025

How to Build a Weekly Operations Rhythm That Scales

If your trucking operation feels like organized chaos, you’re not alone. One truck becomes two, then three, and before you know it, your phone’s ringing nonstop, your drivers are texting about breakdowns, and you’re booking loads with no strategy—just survival. Sound familiar? That’s exactly why small carriers hit a wall when they try to grow. […]

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Adam Wingfield Sunday, July 6, 2025

The KPI Breakdown Every Dispatcher Should Know

As a carrier with enough units that you hire an internal dispatch team, understanding how to measure their performance is critical. If your dispatcher is only focused on picking loads and calling drivers, you’ve got a major blind spot in your operation. Because in today’s market, dispatch isn’t just about movement—it’s about measurement. And if […]

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Adam Wingfield Saturday, July 5, 2025

July Market Recap – What Small Carriers Did Right (and Wrong)

July didn’t pull any punches. Volatile rates. Tightening capacity. Diesel spikes that tested everyone’s cash flow. For small carriers, it was either a month of smart moves—or hard lessons. What separated those who protected margins from those who scrambled to survive? Discipline. Strategy. Execution. In this recap, we break down what small carriers got right, […]

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Adam Wingfield Saturday, July 5, 2025

Driver Coaching Scripts That Actually Improve CSA Scores

Many small fleets don’t have a safety problem—they have a communication problem. Unsafe driving, HOS violations, maintenance issues—those don’t happen in a vacuum. They happen when expectations aren’t clear, coaching is inconsistent, and drivers feel like they’re being scolded, not supported. If you want to improve your CSA scores, it’s not about throwing another training […]

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FreightWaves Staff Friday, June 27, 2025

Driver Shortage Myths Debunked: Freight Demand Drives Trucking Jobs

The trucking industry’s “driver shortage” debate has persisted for decades. The American Trucking Associations (ATA) claims a chronic shortage since 1987, citing nine studies. Yet, researchers and industry experts argue the labor market functions well when freight demand is strong. A December 2024 study by Professors Jonathan Phares, Jason Miller, and Stephen Burks, published by […]

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Stuart Chirls Tuesday, May 27, 2025

Maersk, Hapag-Lloyd partner on new Asia-Long Beach service

Maersk (OTC: AMKBY) and Hapag-Lloyd (OTC: HPGLY) announced new container services from East Asia to the U.S. Port of Long Beach. The additions by the Gemini Cooperation partners, which include the redeployment of at least one ship back into the eastbound trans-Pacific to U.S. West Coast trade, come as carriers scale up during a 90-day […]

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