Have you ever thought about becoming a commercial truck driver?, odds are you may have but I bet you never stopped to think about all the paperwork involved, everything from a log book to fuel permits and truck permits for every state or country you travel thru to increasing paperwork requirements from insurance companies and even from the companies you haul freight.

You will have to complete paperwork for fuel permits, overweight permits, hazmat permits, licensing for commercial trucking, along with insurance. As a trucker that gets paid for driving and not doing paperwork I have come up with some simple tips that any commercial trucker can use to save time and reduce the amount of time spent doing paperwork for things like truck permits so you can driving instead of pushing paperwork.

Organization is the first place to start and that means putting everything in order and in its proper place so instead of having you papers tossed all over the truck you should develop a file box and put everything into individual sections for licensing papers, truck permits, bingo stamps, fuel receipts, freight paperwork, misc papers, etc. By doing this you will save a ton of time just by having everything organized. Keep some extra pens and pencils with the papers also.

With the advent of modern technology you can save lots of time by using the internet to get most of your paperwork done for things like truck permits and fuel permits, many commercial truck stops have internet access and even many cell phones can surf the net now so you should try to complete as much paperwork online and possible.

So by now you should have all your paperwork organized and be doing as much of it as possible online. The next step is to start planning ahead and think about your up coming paperwork and try to get a jump on it by utilizing any downtime to complete the paperwork ahead of time.

The increasing amount of paperwork required for commercial truck drivers is getting excessive and needs to stop so if your a trucker and fed up with the increasing amount of regulation I ask that you contact your state congressman and senator and tell them enough is enough.