Truck Docs

10/12/2026

FMCSA audits new carriers sometime in the first 12-18 months. It's called the new entrant safety audit, and they go through five areas — your driver qualification files, drug and alcohol testing program, hours of service logs, vehicle maintenance records, and your insurance/authority paperwork.

Here's the part that matters: there's a list of 16 violations that are automatic failures. One strike on any of them and you're done.

I built something for this — the New Entrant Audit Pack. Here's what it actually does:

- 27-item checklist across all five areas FMCSA looks at, every item marked critical or non-critical
- Tells you exactly what's missing and matches against documents you already have
- 30-day guided prep plan that walks you through it week by week
- Audit-day checklist so you know what to have ready
- Every item links to the blank form you need AND a direct link to the .gov site where you file it (MCS-150, UCR, Clearinghouse — no googling)
- Generates your full audit package as a PDF when you're ready
- Email reminders along the way so you don't stall out

$29 one-time. Not a subscription.

I'm not going to tell you it guarantees you pass — nobody can promise that. What it does is organize your file so you walk in knowing exactly where you stand instead of scrambling when the letter shows up.

Walk into your FMCSA New Entrant Safety Audit with every required record accounted for. A 27-item checklist built from FMCSA requirements, plus a generated audit package.

10/10/2026

Sign up is free now. Try it out. We’ll add features if you want us to, as long as they’re within reason. We’ll be better than any other TMS for OOs and small fleets. We beat on price and performance.

10/10/2026

Been head down building TruckDocsAI and wanted to share what's coming, since a lot of it came from conversations in groups like this. This whole thing started to get built for my girlfriend’s family trucking business and that just made me go deep and learn as much as I could about this industry and now I have a huge respect for it.

Free tier. I'm calling Roadside Ready: snap a photo of your CDL, med card, insurance, registration, inspection — it reads the expiration dates and reminds you before anything lapses. It’s a digital binder for all of your paperwork but it also reminds you when things need renewal.

Also built a checklist that tells you straight which documents have to be physically in your cab vs which can live on your phone. I hate paperwork it is the bane of my existence so this is built to help manage it and just make life easier and I know nobody wants to pay for another app so I’m just saying f it and building a free “binder” you can upgrade for the full features if you want but you don’t have to.

Also in the works: IFTA prep. Scan your fuel receipts, log your state miles, and it does the quarterly math for you — no ELD hookup, no filing, just clean numbers for you or your accountant. Plus reminders for the calendar stuff nobody tells you about: IFTA quarterly deadlines, MCS-150, 2290, UCR.

This thing will build factoring packets, help you get through an inspection paperwork wise, log your trips and track your brokers. A TMS lite I guess but way more cost friendly

And for the small fleet guys: one screen showing every driver's documents and expirations, instead of chasing them.

Still in the shop — not live yet. But the free binder with tracking and reminders should be finished today. So tell me what else you would want to keep your business organized and save you time and money.

DC offers a lot of resources in this group and he was kind enough to let me be one of those resources so DCHOTSHOT is a checkout code you can use to get 20% off forever if you want to upgrade past the free tier and get full features.

Hopefully this can provide some value, I’ve had a lot of fun building this and I’ve learned a lot. Hope everyone has a great weekend. You can message me here if you have any questions

10/04/2026

$2.25 a loaded mile sounds good until you count the 150 empty miles to pickup. Then it's $1.64. Put in your cost per mile and the free calculator tells you whether to take the load. Don't know your cost per mile? It works that out too.

Try it free — link in bio. 50OFF for the full app.

10/03/2026

Upload the rate con and the trip builds itself. Mark it delivered, hit Package, and send it to your factoring company. Every broker you haul for is saved to your list automatically. No enterprise TMS, no per-truck pricing.

50OFF. Link in bio.

10/02/2026

No drug and alcohol testing program. A driver without a valid CDL. A medically unqualified driver. Operating without insurance. Any one of these fails a new entrant audit automatically. The Audit Pack tracks every item and builds one PDF with a cover letter, bookmarks, and placeholders for anything still missing.

50OFF — first 100 customers. Link in bio. General info, not legal advice.

10/01/2026

One number that tells you how ready you are for an audit. Audit Shield pulls your live FMCSA carrier profile, shows your out-of-service rates next to the national average, and lists the quick wins that raise your score today. The score is our readiness measure, not an FMCSA safety rating.

50OFF. Link in bio.

09/30/2026

Pulled in at the scale and digging through the glovebox? Officer Ready puts your roadside documents in one packet and shows exactly what's missing or expired before you leave the yard. Your CDL card and hazmat papers still stay on paper. The packet helps you find everything else fast.

50OFF. Link in bio.

09/29/2026

Most owner-operators find out a document expired when an officer tells them. Truck Docs AI flags expired and expiring docs the moment you log in, ranks your next three fixes, and gives you one tap to your roadside packet and DQ file.

Code 50OFF — 50% off for life, first 100 customers. Link in bio.

09/25/2026

As of September 8, running one of the ELDs FMCSA revoked in July gets you placed out of service.

FMCSA pulled several ELDs off the registered list on July 9. The 60 day window to switch ended Sept 8. Inspectors are now told to cite no record of duty status and park the driver.

→ Look up your exact device and model at eld.fmcsa.dot.gov. Check the registered list and the revoked list
→ Bought a used truck with a device already in it? Check that one too
→ If yours was on the July 9 list, the paper log window is over. You need a compliant device now
→ Keep these in the cab: ELD user manual, data transfer instructions, malfunction instruction sheet, and 8 days of blank paper logs

Running a revoked device is treated like having no logs at all. That's an out-of-service order plus a violation on your record.

Takes two minutes to check. Share this so nobody in the group gets caught.