Trucker Funds Blog

Cool Your Truck with Webasto
posted by Jeff Novak: Tuesday, October 07, 2008 | 0 Comments | Permalink

With Fall upon us and winter quickly approaching, not many truckers are thinking of ways to keep cool, but CNN recently wrote about an eco-friendly and cost efficient way of cooling your truck.

The product is called BlueCool and its by Webasto Products. Â The heart of the system is a 300-pound black box that's mounted on the truck's frame rail. As the trucker drives, the system sends refrigerant through a matrix of graphite and a water/glycol mixture inside the box, creating blocks of ice.When the truck is stopped, the driver turns on an air handler that circulates coolant around the ice and blows cold air from the unit into the bunk area of the cab. The fan and circulation pump use only 3.5 to 10 amps from the truck's battery -- which means there's no danger of draining the battery, Webasto says.

Installation costs $5500 which seems like a lot, but with gas where it is, the company says the device pays for itself in less than a year, as the EPA estimates idling consumes 1 gallon of gas per hour.

The company also offers efficient heaters for the upcoming winter months.

Labels: blue cool, reducing trucking costs, webasto

Tips on Saving Gas Money
posted by Jeff Novak: Thursday, September 04, 2008 | 1 Comments | Permalink

Â Â The BusinessWeek Small Business Section is often a great place to get tools to help run your small business more effectively. Â Recently, the topic of one article was how to reduce your gas expenses. Â The article gives advice if you are only using one or two trucks or if you have an entire fleet.

The article recommends AAA.com at the site has a gas finder that after you plug in the zip code it pulls up a map of local gas stations and prices. Â I prefer to use gasbuddy.com, as it is more community based (people are encouraged to join and post gas prices) which keeps the site current and up to date. Â They also have a mobile site as well as a partnership with Where, which adds a widget to your GPS device so you can get gas prices while on the road.

For larger fleets, Businessweek recommends Rand McNally's IntellirouteÂ which costs about $1500 and a $300/mo fee but it is one of the most complete route finding services. Â Also mentioned in the article is Roadnet AnywhereÂ from UPS. Â Â There are several other tools and services, which ones do you use?

Labels: tips to reduce truck and fleet gas expenses

Make Sure You Know All of the Fees Your Freight Bill Funding / Factoring Firm is Charging
posted by Brad Bernstein: Thursday, July 17, 2008 | 0 Comments | Permalink

Many Freight Bill factoring firms charge other fees in addition to their factoring fees.

Be aware of the following:

Same Day Funding Fee - many freight bill factors charge extra to be funded the same day that you submit invoices

Per Invoice Fee - many transportation factoring companies will charge $1 or more for every invoice processed

TruckerFunds.com does not charge any of these additonal fees. Don't sign anything until you know what you're getting into. Call us now for a quote and consultation.

Trucker Funds Blog - First Post
posted by Jeff Novak: Thursday, July 17, 2008 | 0 Comments | Permalink

Welcome to the First Post of the Trucker Funds Blog.

Trucker Funds, is the transportation division of Anchor Funding Services. Trucker Funds specializes in freight bill factoring. This blog will be a resource to truckers to learn more how they can benefit by factoring as well as financial trends and topics that effect the trucking industry.

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Labels: Freight Bill Factoring, Trucker Funds

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