Linehaul Books · The Logbook

The Logbook.

Field notes on the finance, business, and operations of trucking — from the firm that keeps your books. Short reads. Real numbers. Zero fluff.

Finance

From IFTA deadlines to per-mile math — the financial fluency every trucking operator deserves.

Late penalties, missed jurisdictions, fuel receipts in the wrong column — the small stuff that quietly adds up at year-end.

January 31 is the headline, but the contractor onboarding work starts in October. Here's the cadence.

Your loaded revenue per mile, minus your true cost per mile, minus dispatch, equals your real hourly rate. Most operators have never calculated it.

Need this work done — not just read about?