Mar 29, 2025 | Start a Business, Career Growth, Money & Compliance, Trucking Insights
One of the fastest ways to fail in trucking is to keep moving freight without understanding what it actually costs to run your truck. Many new owner-operators assume that if they’re rolling, they’re making money. But as Hoyt Moore explained in Episode 5 of the Miles...
Mar 28, 2025 | Money & Compliance, Start a Business, Trucking Insights
Getting paid fast is a priority for any trucking company, especially when you’re still finding your footing. But when it comes to choosing a factoring partner, speed alone shouldn’t be the deciding factor. There’s a difference between a company that cuts...
Mar 28, 2025 | Career Growth, Start a Business
What makes a small carrier stand out in a crowded industry where brokers are flooded with options and shippers stick to what’s familiar? If you don’t have a large fleet, a national sales team, or a big budget, how do you get noticed—and remembered? It’s a question...
Mar 28, 2025 | Start a Business
This article is based on Episode 4 of the Miles and Mentors Podcast, where we spoke with Rob McCutcheon, Vice President of Strategy and Growth at TAFS. Rob has spent the past eight years working with thousands of small carriers and owner-operators, helping them not...
Mar 28, 2025 | Start a Business
Episode 4 of the Miles and Mentors Podcast features Rob McCutcheon, Vice President of Strategy and Growth at TAFS, a company specializing in transportation factoring and support for small and mid-sized carriers. Rob entered the industry with a background in college...
Mar 8, 2025 | Start a Business, Career Growth, Trucking Insights
Many truck drivers become owner-operators with the dream of independence, higher earnings, and control over their schedules. However, most first-time owner-operators fail within their first two years, not because they are bad drivers but because they do not understand...
