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Operations. Financials. Fleet.

Operator playbooks for aggregate hauling, from your first job to your fiftieth truck. Each guide publishes as it's proven against real operations.
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Pricing· Complete Guide

The complete guide to pricing construction hauling work

Everything you need to build rate sheets that win customers and protect margin - per-ton, per-load, hourly, tiered rates, and fuel surcharges explained.

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Onboarding· Getting Started

How to set up your first job in Loadara

Step-by-step walkthrough of creating a job, configuring rate tiers, adding locations, and linking customers.

Finance· Checklist

Owner-operator financial checklist

Monthly, quarterly, and annual financial tasks every solo truck operator should run through in Loadara.

Pricing· Deep Dive

Building a fuel surcharge policy that works

DOE national average pegging, tier breakpoints, and how to word fuel surcharge clauses in customer contracts.

Hiring· Playbook

Hiring your first employee driver

From CDL verification to onboarding in Loadara - the complete workflow for adding your first non-owner driver.

Finance· Best Practices

Managing customer credit and AR aging

When to extend credit, how to set terms, what to do when customers go 60+ days past due.

Operations· Templates

Preventive maintenance schedule templates

Oil changes, brake inspections, tire rotations - mile-based and calendar-based PM schedules for common truck classes.

See construction hauling as one coordinated operation.

Walk through how Loadara connects project demand, capacity, execution, proof, approvals, billing, and reconciliation across the hauling chain.

Built for contractors, brokers, haulers, dispatchers, and drivers