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How To Use Technology To Boost Your Trucking Business

There is no doubt about it. Technology has made so many things easier for us. From how we buy things to how we communicate with people—everything has become instant with the touch of a button. It is not any different with starting and managing a business like a trucking business.

Modern technology can certainly do wonders for your trucking business in ways you can hardly imagine. It can increase management and employee efficiency, maximize profits, and reduce expenses. Here are the top ways on how you can take advantage of technology to grow and boost your business.

Go Online
Starting a trucking business required buying trucks and finding customers. If you are a traditionalist who has never heard of the online market yet, you surely are missing many things. The online world can open up various kinds of opportunities for you and your business.

For one, you can put up a website to make it easier for clients/customers to deal and transact with you. You can also find potential customers via the online route by posting free advertisements in different online classified ads. You would probably be surprised at the huge number of people who now do their daily businesses online. Advertising online will reap wondrous benefits for your company.

Moreover, you can also purchase your trucks in the online market. Yes, it is hard to imagine that you can buy such a gigantic thing over the Internet but that is what technology has been doing to us since time immemorial—surprising us with incredible feats we never thought possible. This would save you time, energy, and even money since moving trucks are often cheaper in the online market. If you are starting with 2 to 3 trucks in your realm, you can soon expand to 10 or more in no time.

Use Custom Software
Managing a business can be a big challenge especially if you are a newbie in the trucking industry. Nowadays, it can be a cinch. Thanks to custom software applications that would handle operations such as recordkeeping, billing, accountancy, and reporting automatically. Manual handling of these tedious tasks would eat up a good amount of your time, which you can use instead for formulating strategies to grow your business or overseeing that your employees are doing a great job in keeping customers satisfied.

Equip your Drivers with Gadgets
Cellular phones and GPS are few must-haves that every truck driver needs to do well in his job. The cell phone is necessary to be able to communicate with you and the customers at all times. The GPS meanwhile is to ensure that the driver is always on the right track. You don’t want your perishable fruits and vegetables delivered to the wrong location, do you?

Now if you are feeling extra generous, you would also want to equip your drivers with a portable dash mountable camera with DVR that can record important details on the road like weather, road conditions, rude drivers, and so on.

Whether you have moving truck rentals or hauling trucks, technology can be on your side when it comes to boosting your business. Be sure to take advantage of the benefits it can bring you and your trucking business.

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Lovell Third Quick up Pikes Peak – Video

 

Having always lived in the shadow of Pikes Peak, the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb has always been part of Brad Lovell’s life, even though he’s never taken the 12-mile trip up the mountain. After building a formidable racer for the TORC Series presented by AMSOIL, this year was different.
“I never thought the V-8 powered AMSOIL Pro-Light would be competitive in the Pikes Peak Open class but I knew I needed seat time” said Lovell. “Especially after two tough rounds of racing at Crandon.”
Lovell rushed back home to Colorado from Crandon, Wis. only to complete tech and make the drivers meeting with two minutes to spare. There are no breaks for latecomers at Pikes Peak International Hill Climb. Even a poor sole from Hungary was turned away after his car was stuck in customs during the practice days. The Pikes Peak Open class for the 88th running consisted of nine vehicles including a modified Cobra, a dedicated hill climb car from New Zealand, a WRC rally car from Luxembourg, and a Honda Ridgeline outfitted for Baja.
“I can’t say too much about the run itself as I was really trying to concentrate,” said Lovell. “At one point I got to jerking the wheel around way too much and needed to slow my hands. I could feel tension in my body and several times told myself to relax and focus. On the narrow exposed turns it occurred to me that my tires were actively saving my life.”
After getting through some early nerves, Lovell finally reached the pavement near the top and knew there wasn’t much holding him back. He rounded the last corner to see the checkered flag and a third place trophy. His total time was 13:17 over 12.42miles with an elevation gain of 4,720 ft and average speed of 56 mph.
Pikes Peak is an amazing race. It is the second oldest race in the country and has been sustainable longer than most of us have been alive. It has big names and unknowns, record setters and adventure seekers.
“I was there for seat time in my new truck but fell in love with a phenomenal local race that I have neglected my whole life,” continued Lovell. “It has the same airs of adventure that attract people to the Baja. I don’t care if they pave it, I almost now welcome it. Either way, I can’t wait to get back up the mountain next year.”

 
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Upcoming Events

Thursday, July 1, 2010

Upcoming Events

Traxxas TORC Series Presented by AMSOIL

July 10-11

Bark River Raceway – Bark River, MI

Team Geico Powersports/AMSOIL/Honda Motocross

July 3

Red Bud Track-N-Trail – Buchanan, MI

Terry Rinker

July 3-4

Three Rivers Regatta – Pittsburgh, PA

July 10-11

Marietta River Front Roar – Marietta, OH

Bob Teague

July 2-4

SBI/OSS Suncoast Offshore Grand Prix – Sarasota, FL

AMSOIL Shock Therapy and Excaliber Monster Trucks

July 3

Mt. Pleasant, MI

July 9-10

Bark River, MI

AMSOIL Cult Energy Activator and Ground Pounder Monster Trucks

July 9

Missouri State Fair

AMA ATV MX Championship

July 3-4

Pleasure Valley – Armagh, PA

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AMSOIL Offshore Team Dominates at Sunny Isles Beach and Biloxi

Thursday, July 1, 2010

AMSOIL Offshore Team Dominates at Sunny Isles Beach and Biloxi

Two weeks after winning the OPA Miss Geico Series opener in Ocean City, Md., Team AMSOIL offshore racers Bob Teague and Paul Whittier traveled to Sunny Isles Beach, Fla. for the third annual Miami to Bimini Ocean Race and the second race of the OPA Miss Geico Series. Currently the Cat Lite record holders in the 106-mile Miami to Bimini Ocean Race, Teague and Whittier expertly navigated through the rough conditions and earned the best time in the Cat Lite class, finishing approximately nine minutes ahead of the second place Team Infinity boat. Team AMSOIL capped the weekend by jumping to a quick lead and taking the win in the OPA Sunny Isles Beach Offshore Challenge.

Teague and Whittier also recently competed at the OSS Smokin’ the Sound Race in Biloxi, Miss. Engaging in close battles with Team PhoenixParts.com, Team AMSOIL ultimately passed the very fast PhoenixParts.com boat early in each heat for the victory.

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AMSOIL Agrees to Sponsor Cup

Thursday, July 1, 2010

AMSOIL Agrees to Sponsor Cup

Crandon is famous for its Cup races. With the 17th Annual Crandon Cup race in the books, the track now turns its attention toward the biggest race of the year on Labor Day Weekend.

Previously known as the BorgWarner Shootout Cup, the end-of-the-year, winner-takes-all race will now be known as the AMSOIL Cup. The format of the race will return to the Pro 4×4 versus Pro 2wd shootout that has become popular with the more than 50,000 fans that pack the small town on the holiday weekend.

“AMSOIL loves the tradition that has evolved with this race,” said AMSOIL Race Program Manager Jeremy Meyer. “We believe that ending the 2010 TORC season with the inaugural AMSOIL Cup race, and bringing back the two-class structure, will provide an exciting finish to an unbelievable year of racing.”

The winner of the AMSOIL Cup race will have his name engraved on the newly-designed AMSOIL Cup, which replaces the now retired BorgWarner Trophy.

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