The Carrier’s Edge — a monthly PDF, plus a short weekly every Friday.
We ran a dispatch desk. Each month: deadlines, rate and fuel moves, and a strategy deep-dive. The weekly is a 5-minute Friday read for paid members.
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EACH ISSUE COVERS
Compliance Deadlines
IFTA, estimated taxes, insurance renewals, and FMCSA dates for the month ahead.
Market Snapshot
Rates by equipment type, volume trends, and which lanes are busy or quiet.
Fuel Outlook
Where diesel stands, from public price data, and what that means for the weeks ahead.
Seasonal Alerts
Freight shifts, weather, and regulatory dates coming up next.
Broker Watchlist
A sourced check on broker or compliance issues worth watching. A name only when a public record supports it.
Strategy Deep-Dive
One breakdown you can use on the next load, lane, or filing.
Tool of the Month
A tool, framework, or template you can use right away.
Carrier Spotlight
An illustrative example scenario, not a real carrier.
Coming Next
What the next monthly issue will take on.
Every issue is built from our years running a dispatch team and public market data. Nothing recycled, nothing generic.
The Carrier’s Edge is $4.99/month ($59.88/year). Cancel anytime. The monthly PDF is delivered the 1st of every month. The weekly goes out every Friday at 7 AM CT. Both are posted in the Payhip members area, and Payhip emails members automatically.
A full PDF of about 12 pages, named by month. Delivered the 1st of every month. Posted in the Payhip members area, and Payhip emails members automatically.
Filings and payments for the month ahead: IFTA, estimated taxes, insurance renewals, and FMCSA updates.
Rates by equipment type, volume trends, and which lanes are busy or quiet. Public market data, not a guess.
Where diesel stands this month, from public price data, and what that means for the weeks ahead.
What is coming next that affects the month: freight shifts, weather, and regulatory dates.
A sourced check on broker or compliance issues worth watching. A name only when a public record supports it.
One in-depth breakdown per issue. A tactic you can use on the next load, lane, or filing.
A tool, framework, or template you can use right away. A checklist, a scorecard, or a simple worksheet.
An illustrative example scenario, not a real carrier. One situation, the decision in front of it, and how that example works out.
What the next monthly issue will take on, so you know what is coming.
Now with a short weekly issue every Friday — more information and helpful tips for the same price.
Paid members get it every Friday at 7 AM CT. It is a 5-minute read: this week’s rate and fuel moves, deadlines in the next 14 days, one tactic, a broker or compliance alert, and a preview of the next monthly. The weekly also carries Ask a Dispatcher Q&A. Send a question. We read questions for that weekly. It is not a promise of a private reply.
The monthly issue is delivered the 1st of every month. Both are posted in the Payhip members area, and Payhip emails members automatically.
The Compliance & Deadline Tracker opens December 1, 2026. Founding Member price for joins December 1–31, 2026, kept while subscribed: $5.99/month for the tracker, or $8.99/month together with The Carrier’s Edge. After that window the prices are $8.99/month and $11.99/month.
How it arrives: The monthly PDF is delivered the 1st of every month. The weekly is every Friday at 7 AM CT. Issues are posted in the Payhip members area, and Payhip emails members automatically. You also get access to past issues in the members area: April, May, June, and October 2026.
Cancel anytime. No contracts, no penalties, no questions. If you cancel, you keep access through the end of your current billing period.
Yes. This preview is the opening, the October deadlines, and the market snapshot. Read the full October 2026 issue free.
The monthly issue is a full PDF of about 12 pages, named by month, like The Carrier’s Edge, October 2026. It is delivered the 1st of every month. Paid members also get a short weekly issue every Friday at 7 AM CT, a 5-minute read on that week’s rate and fuel moves, deadlines in the next 14 days, one tactic, a broker or compliance alert, and a preview of the next monthly. Issues are posted in the Payhip members area, and Payhip emails members automatically. Read them on your phone or tablet, or print the monthly for your cab.
Yes. Cancel anytime — no contracts, no penalties, no questions. If you cancel, you keep access through the end of your current billing period.
Join before December 1, 2026 and you keep $4.99/month for as long as you stay subscribed. Canceling ends that price. No date is set here for a later price change.
Yes. Members have full archive access in the members area. The issues posted there now are April, May, June, and October 2026.
A monthly rate and market read, a fuel outlook, broker watch for scams and red flags, a negotiation play of the month, and a deadline heads-up. One members-only template each month. Ask a Dispatcher Q&A in the Friday weeklies. Full archive access. And 15% off all American Truckers LLC products while subscribed. The Compliance & Deadline Tracker opens December 1, 2026. Founding Member price for joins December 1–31, 2026, kept while subscribed: $5.99/month for the tracker, or $8.99/month together with The Carrier’s Edge. After that window the prices are $8.99/month and $11.99/month.
Yes. The blog teaches foundational concepts. The Carrier’s Edge is the monthly PDF and the Friday weekly: current deadlines, rate and fuel moves, and a strategy deep-dive we don’t publish on the blog.
The First Year Survival System gives you the tools. The Carrier’s Edge keeps you sharp. The tools don’t change — but the market does. Rate trends shift, deadlines come and go, and new strategies emerge. This subscription keeps your edge current.
$4.99/month. Delivered the 1st of every month, plus a short weekly every Friday at 7 AM CT. Posted in the Payhip members area.
Founding Member: join before Dec 1, 2026 and keep $4.99/mo for as long as you stay subscribed.
Subscribe Now — $4.99/mo →Read the full October 2026 issue free
Cancel anytime • Delivered the 1st of every month • Weekly every Friday at 7 AM CT • Access to past issues in the members area
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