TODAY’S TIP: When you apply for a loan, be prepare

Jan 20, 2010

Updated Jan 25, 2010

TODAY’S TIP: When you apply for a loan, be prepared to provide as much information as you can. The more you tell a potential lender about yourself and your operation, the more comfortable he will be lending you the money. Show that you are a business owner first and a truck operator second. The Partners in Business program is produced by Overdrive and the consultants at ATBS, the nation’s largest owner-operator business services firm, and sponsored by the load-matching service TruckersEdge, powered by TransCore DAT, and Schneider National, Inc.

Yet another device to install? More inspections? Or just more targeted inspections? What can owner-operators expect out of the current federal attention to the long-examined notion of setting a unique ID standard for heavy-duty trucks with the ability to communicate that ID to the roadside? Find some answers here.

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