Rig books or Rig Expense Tracker ?

I have been using quicken now for 5 years.

I used it years ago for my manufacturing business too.

 

OK, couple issues with a lot of the different solutions that I see out there right now. First, if you tale someone that is not excited about computers and they do what they do then a program like Quicken will get frustrating fast. People like MN and Myself get excited about setting these things up and over time it is second nature. But the downside is it is not all that trucker specific.

Now some of the simple programs designed for truckers can give you useful information and you don't have to go create it. But they are expensive and they seem to be old technology or are buggy.

Another course is hiring someone. But that can get expensive and it requires getting all the information to the person. And you are looking at monthly, delayed reports vs. getting almost real time data.

What is needed is a hybrid of this. OO can enter info and see it real time and can also send stuff to an office person who can enter and clean stuff up, provide additional value, etc.

 

If you make the wrong entry in fuel gauges you can just go in and modify I always put in pumps cash price and modify the next day upon receiving my actual price from nastc . I have not had any problems with crashes or any other issues. It seems to be set up more for a 1 truck operation. If you have the knowledge and time to set up another program then I am sure something like profit gauges is probably not for you. As for me and my operation it has performed as advertised. I put fuel and maint receipts in as I get them and total the other receipts at the end of the month... normally in less than 20 minutes if you keep the receipts separated as recommended. It is a pain if you try to do a partial month so I highly recommend waiting until the end of the month to put info into profit gauges.