Paperwork

I have been reading alot of things about doing paperwork on here and just wondering what kind of paperwork is involved. I would think the companies would have all of the paperwork done before you pick up or deliver a shipment. I don't have a problem with paperwork, just wondering what is was about. Doc

You will learn how to do the "trip" paperwork. you need to write down the mileage every time you cross a state line. And then you will have your log book..thats always fun. But the company you sign on with will have days of teaching you how to fill out their paperwork the way they want it...And it has to be right, or it will mess them up if they get audited.

Really???

You have to write the mileage down every time you cross state lines? Wow! I have to record the mileage when I am finished with a load and get the assignment to the next load to keep track of empty miles. When I get to a shipper and when I get to the consignee to record the loaded miles and whenever I fill up the tanks for fuel mileage.

The real paperwork for me is the trip planning... It still takes me awhile yet to verify the route, follow it on the map, plug it into the GPS, and verify directions with the customers against my company directions, and then find a place to park, allowing for at least 2 options, the first would be best case scenario, and the 2nd, and 3rd would be for when there is a delay of some sort. Whether it is weather, traffic, mechanical, or missed or poor directions... Whatever the case, I try and have it all planned out before I start, and it just seems to take me awhile. So I have to allow extra time at the beginning of the trip for "trip-planning" as well.

This is where Brett's truck stop locator comes in handy by the way...

Speaking of which, Brett, do you have a link to the truck stop locator that I can pull up on my android phone without going through the TT forum to find it?

This is where Brett's truck stop locator comes in handy by the way...

Speaking of which, Brett, do you have a link to the truck stop locator that I can pull up on my android phone without going through the TT forum to find it?

Hey, that's cool you're using the truckstop locator. I'm going to be working on that in the coming weeks.

The best way to install the truckstop locator on an Android Phone is to go to the truck stop locator on the web:

Truck Stop Locator

Then open your browser's menu in the top right corner of the screen. If you're using the Chrome browser, you will simply click on the star at the top right corner of the menu to add it to your bookmarks. If you're using the regular browser that comes with Android, click on "Add To Bookmarks" (there is no star).

Once you've added it to your bookmarks, click on that same menu in the top right corner again, choose "Bookmarks", and find the bookmark you just added. Hold your finger down on that icon for two seconds and a new menu pops up. Choose "Add shortcut to home" or "Add to home screen" depending on which browser you have. That's it! You now have the app installed on your home screen and you can access it with one click anytime. No visits to the app store needed for installation or future updates! It will all be handled invisibly behind the scenes.

I think tracking mileage is more for the owner/operators when dealing with the IFTA. Most companies pay what they call "practical miles." It might be a good idea to track your miles to make sure that you are NOT getting shorted.

Dave

I think tracking mileage is more for the owner/operators when dealing with the IFTA. Most companies pay what they call "practical miles." It might be a good idea to track your miles to make sure that you are NOT getting shorted.

Dave

Thats what I do.. I've got an app on my phone. I put the address or let the app use my location and then put the address to shipper/receiver. It helps. Ive got a few shorted miles and called in and it was fixed on my next pay..

Ya gotto watch with some companies that pay practical air notical miles by rand mccnally or some other type of miler like pc miler they will ask how ya came up with the shortage and the answer can not be my gps,or my phone.bc they will straight up say that doesnt follow our routing.

We keep track of our instate miles for fuel taxes....I guess a company just takes the route they give the driver to figure the fuel miles....

Ever wonder why a driver will ALWAYS go a minimum of 20% more miles on each trip? Cause companies use what is called Rand McNally Mover Miles.

In other words its zip code to zip code routing. All miles done in the beginning or ending zip code does not count. Only the miles in between those zip codes count.