Box Talk TruckingKnow what you keep before you take the load.
Rates, loads, brokers and truck economics for cargo vans, sprinters, box trucks, curtain sides and hot shots. From someone who has spent years in expedite dispatch and operations.
New What slows you down? Tell other owner operators and dispatchers what eats your time or money, and see what they deal with.Free tools
No sign-up. Built from what owner operators and dispatchers actually ask for.
Is this load worth it?
Rate, loaded and deadhead miles, detention, fuel and truck costs in. What you keep per load and per day out, plus the rate to ask for. Share the result with your dispatcher in one tap.
Open the calculator → Community boardWhat slows you down?
Post the problems that cost you time or money, hit “Me too” on the ones you share, and comment. The most common ones become new tools and videos.
Open the board →What we talk about
No hype about easy money. Just the numbers and decisions that decide whether a small-truck business makes it.
Truck economics
What a cargo van, sprinter, box truck or hot shot really costs to run per mile and per day.
Loads, rates and brokers
When a load is worth it, how deadhead eats profit, and how to talk rates with brokers.
Starting and growing
Lease on or own authority, the mistakes new owner operators make, and going from one truck to a fleet.
One question email. One detailed answer.
A written consultation for owner operators and people getting into expedite. No calls, no upsell.
- Pay for one consultation.
- Send one email: your equipment, your situation, and up to three related questions. Add numbers if you have them.
- Get one detailed written answer within 72 hours.