Fuel Surcharge Calculator

Mar 6, 2014

The Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association’s simple calculation tool allows drivers to compute per- mile fuel surcharges as fuel prices change week to week or lane to lane. Input the base price, your mpg and current national, regional or lane average, and it does the math.

Mileage or percentage -- which one's best for you?

June 14, 2021

Tales of three runaway trucks: Crises endured and averted, lessons learned

The advice was good then and it's good now -- see a massive pileup, a multi-fatality runaway, ask yourself, "Could it have been you?" Owner-operator Gordon Alkire's '70s runaway tale, among others, shows it could. When you least expect it.

Liability insurance hike left in House's highway funding bill

Quarterly estimated taxes due next Tuesday

DataQs: Are truckers mere 'victims' of the inspection, crash review process?

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Tales of three runaway trucks: Crises endured and averted, lessons learned

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