Guides

Plain-English guides for the people our tools are built for. Each one is checked against official sources, listed at the end, and links to the free tool that does the job.

For owner-operators and new carriers

• TONU, detention and layover: what your rate con should sayWhat the detention, TONU and layover lines in a broker rate confirmation should say, the fine print that cancels them, and wording to ask for.
• Red flags in a broker rate confirmation (and how to fix them)Identity, pay and fine-print red flags in a broker rate confirmation: fines, setoff, re-rates, long pay terms, free-email brokers, and what to ask for.
• New entrant safety audit: the 16 automatic-fail violations explainedThe 16 violations that automatically fail an FMCSA new entrant safety audit (49 CFR 385.321), in plain English, with what to show the auditor.
• New authority checklist: your first 18 monthsWhat a new interstate carrier must set up and keep up in the first 18 months: insurance, BOC-3, drug testing, driver files, logs, maintenance, MCS-150.

For EUDR exporters and cooperatives

• EUDR geolocation: what the GeoJSON file must containWhat an EUDR plot GeoJSON file must contain, from the EU Information System docs: WGS 84, 6 decimals, allowed shapes, the 4 ha rule, properties, limits.
• Géolocalisation EUDR : ce que doit contenir le fichier GeoJSONCe que doit contenir un fichier GeoJSON de parcelles EUDR selon le système d’information de l’UE : WGS 84, 6 décimales, géométries, règle des 4 ha.
• Common reasons EUDR plot files get rejectedThe common GeoJSON errors the EU Information System lists, grouped by cause: crossing lines, holes, open polygons, swapped or truncated coordinates, size.

For Texas mineral and royalty owners

• How to find drilling permits near your Texas mineral rightsFind new drilling permits near your Texas mineral rights with the RRC W-1 Query, the Public GIS Viewer and RRC data files, then set up a free alert.
• What a new drilling permit near your land means for royalty ownersWhat a Texas drilling permit does and doesn’t tell a mineral owner, what to check next, and the royalty payment deadlines in Texas law, per the RRC.

Not legal advice. Rules change; confirm anything important with the official source.