Hours of Service Calculator
Work out your remaining drive, on-duty and 70-hour time from today's log.
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The 20 tools
Every one runs in your browser, prints cleanly, and cites the section it works from. Nothing you type is stored or sent anywhere.
34-Hour Restart Calculator
Find the exact hour your 60/70-hour clock resets after a restart.
OpenSplit Sleeper Berth Calculator
Check if two rests make a 7/3 split, and what is left on your 11 and 14.
OpenShort Haul Exemption Checker
Does today qualify for the 150 air-mile exemption? Yes or no, with reasons.
OpenDriver Qualification File Checklist
Every document 49 CFR §391.51 wants, with the renewal clock on each.
OpenDOT Drug Testing Rate Calculator
How many random tests your driver pool owes this year, by quarter.
OpenDOT Physical Readiness Check
Walk your numbers before the exam and see what would flag you.
OpenCDL Class Finder
Class A, B, C or no CDL from your GVWR, towed weight, seats and placards.
OpenIFTA Fuel Tax Calculator
Net tax owed by jurisdiction from your miles and gallons, quarter by quarter.
OpenTrucking Startup Cost Calculator
Add up authority, plates, insurance and the first month before you file.
OpenUSDOT Registration Cost Calculator
What a new authority costs in federal, state and bond fees this year.
OpenForm 2290 HVUT Calculator
Heavy vehicle use tax by weight category and first-use month, with the IRS due date.
OpenBiennial Update Due Date Calculator
Your MCS-150 month, odd or even year, and next two due dates from your USDOT number.
OpenUCR Fee Calculator
Your UCR bracket and fee for 2026 and 2027 by business type and vehicle count.
OpenCost Per Mile Calculator
Fixed and variable cost per loaded mile, with your break-even rate.
OpenTruck Driver Pay Calculator
Compare cents-per-mile, percentage and hourly pay on the same week.
OpenDOT Annual Inspection Checklist
Every Appendix A item, in the order an inspector walks the truck.
OpenDOT Compliance Checklist
A one-page audit-readiness sweep across all six FMCSA record groups.
OpenNew Entrant Safety Audit Checklist
The exact records the auditor asks a new carrier for, grouped by factor.
OpenCSA Score Estimator
See how one violation moves a BASIC percentile before it does.
OpenFind the rule, run the tool, file the record
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Find the rule
Every guide opens on a rule card carrying the CFR section and its one-sentence plain meaning. If that is all you needed, you are done in thirty seconds.
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Run the tool
The calculators work the same arithmetic an auditor would, from your own figures, with the section they implement written underneath.
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File the record
Print the worksheet. The print layout drops the navigation and the buttons and leaves the sheet you can put in the folder.
Four things a carrier has to keep straight
Hours of Service & Logs
4 tools, 4 guides
Driver Files & Medical
4 tools, 8 guides
Authority, Registration & Taxes
6 tools, 6 guides
Inspections, Safety & Cost
6 tools, 3 guides
Guides
All 21- 9 min
Hours of Service Rules, in Plain English
The 11, 14, 30 and 70 explained the way a driver actually uses them.
- 8 min
The ELD Mandate: Who Must Run One
Which trucks are exempt, what the device has to do, and the transfer rules.
- 9 min
What a DOT Physical Actually Covers
Every station of the exam, the thresholds, and what the examiner records.
- 7 min
DOT Physical Form: MCSA-5875 and MCSA-5876
Who fills in which part, what the examiner keeps, and where the certificate goes now.
- 8 min
USDOT Number: Who Needs One and How to Get It
Who needs one, what it costs, and how the biennial update works.
- 6 min
UCR Registration Every Carrier Owes
Fleet brackets, the filing window, and the states that enforce it hardest.
- 9 min
BMC-84 Bond: The $75,000 Broker Surety Bond
The $75,000 bond, what it costs by credit, and BMC-84 against BMC-85.
- 8 min
DOT Annual Inspection Rules (49 CFR 396.17)
Who may perform it, what the form must show, and how long to keep it.
Comparisons
All 11ELD Devices Compared: BYOD vs Hardwired vs Phone
What separates the registered ELDs owner-operators actually buy.
60 vs 70 Hour Rule
Who runs 60/7 and who runs 70/8, and how each rolling window recaps day by day.
DOT Physical vs Non-DOT Physical
Two exams with the same name and completely different paperwork.
Class A vs Class B CDL
What each licence covers, the training and test gap, and which fits your work.
DOT vs Non-DOT Drug Test
Federal panel, form, lab and MRO rules vs an employer's own policy, and why they never mix.
IFTA Software vs Spreadsheet vs ELD Add-On
Which quarterly filers actually save a one-truck operation time.
USDOT vs MC Number: Which Do You Need?
Two numbers, two purposes — and why plenty of carriers only need one.
Lease Purchase vs Owner-Operator
The two ways into a truck, priced out over the same 36 months.
IFTA vs IRP
Fuel tax every quarter vs plate fees once a year, and why most trucks need both.
DOT Compliance Software vs a Service vs DIY
What the compliance platforms do that a spreadsheet cannot.
Owner-Operator vs Company Driver
Who pays for the truck, files the taxes and keeps the DQ file, and how pay compares.
Stay ahead of the next audit.
Start with the compliance checklist — six record groups, twenty-three lines, and the section behind every one. It takes half an hour and it is the same ground an investigator walks.