Going independent — without the theory
Živnost, tax, tachograph, tolls, rental, insurance. The things we explain to drivers on the phone every week, written down once.
From employed driver to carrier: the six steps
How the move actually starts: a conversation, documents checked in 1–3 days, a calculation on your own numbers, a contract and about a week of paperwork.
Where’s the catch? Six questions to put to any haulage firm
The kind of offer that sounds too good. Six questions that test any haulage firm, and our answers to them. No dodging.
What a C+E driver earns in Europe — and what actually decides it
A rate per kilometre is not an answer. What really determines a C+E driver's earnings: direction, empty kilometres, fuel, tolls and downtime. And why an average tells you nothing.
What the rental rate covers, and what it doesn’t
Insurance, servicing and tyres are inside. Fuel, tolls and fines are not. The full list and the price list, so you don’t redo your numbers after the first load.
Through an agency or direct: where the money goes
An intermediary takes a share of your rate and usually you cannot see how much. How to tell a direct partner from an agency, and what to ask before signing anything.
Buy a tractor or rent one: what happens to the money in year one
Buying, financing and renting look like three prices. They are really three different sets of risk. What stays with the driver in each, and why the first year decides the most.
Category C+E: what it covers, what it costs and how long it takes
What C+E allows compared with C and C1E, how it is obtained, how much theory and practical driving it takes, and the order to tackle C+E, code 95 and the tachograph card.
The tachograph card: what it is, where to get one, how long it takes
The tachograph card is the driver's smart card, and without it you do not drive. Where to apply, what it costs, how long it takes, and what to do if it fails mid-route in Europe.
Getting a tax overpayment back in Czechia: why it happens and how to claim it
Advances are paid up front and sized on last year, so an overpayment in year one is normal rather than a mistake. Where it comes from, when it comes back, and why it will not come back by itself.
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