Freight Industry Resources & Advisory
Practical training and guidance for freight company owners and teams, with an emphasis on understanding information, using available tools, and applying that knowledge to daily operations.
Freight Industry Resources & Advisory
Practical knowledge.
Better freight decisions.
Drawing on more than three decades of transportation experience, Prax Advisory Group provides practical guidance on business strategy, transportation technology, consulting, and advocacy. Our tools and training help freight businesses make informed decisions and put that knowledge to work.
Explore Our Services
How We Help
Knowledge your team
can put to work.
Work directly with Dale Prax across training, tools, advocacy, and consulting. The focus is helping freight businesses understand the resources available and put them to practical use.
Operating Costs & Load Evaluation
Help teams understand cost per mile, fixed and variable expenses, deadhead, and load profitability using practical examples and tools such as TruckCost.
Freight Tools & Technology
Guidance on using freight technology and available resources in everyday workflows, including facility preparation and information available through DockReview.
Consulting & Advocacy
Practical consulting to help your team assess transportation developments, use available resources, and address operational questions. Explore FreightFiles for primary-source updates and USBCA for resources that connect industry voices with lawmakers.
The Perspective Behind Prax
Grounded in
real experience.
Dale PraxFOUNDER • PRAX ADVISORY GROUP LLC
Useful training starts with understanding the work your team does every day.
Dale Prax brings more than three decades of transportation experience to Prax Advisory Group. His work spans freight brokerage, carrier ownership, owner-operator operations, freight forwarding, and commercial driving, giving him a practical understanding of the decisions facing business owners, executives, and the people moving freight.
As the founder of FreightValidate and former President and CEO of Direct Expedite LLC, Dale combines company leadership with experience developing transportation technology and industry resources. That perspective informs his advisory work on business strategy, technology adoption, operational decision-making, and industry advocacy.
Dale also served as a U.S. Marine Corps Warrant Officer. His military leadership experience brings an emphasis on accountability, preparation, and clear execution to his work with freight businesses.
View Dale’s Professional Background on LinkedInTools & Platforms
Built around the
industry we serve.
Four platforms bring this work together: transportation information, industry advocacy, operating cost tools, and facility intelligence. Explore each resource directly below.
Industry Intelligence↗
FreightFiles.com
Trucking and transportation developments with a focus on primary sources, including government actions, regulatory updates, legislation, and enforcement.
Explore FreightFiles.com →Industry Advocacy↗
USBCA.com
United States Broker-Carrier Advocates. A platform for industry voices to follow legislative issues and connect with lawmakers.
Explore USBCA.com →Operating Costs & Load Decisions↗
TruckCost.comKnow Before You Roll
TruckCost.com
A free tool to help owner-operators and small fleets understand operating costs and evaluate a load’s revenue against expenses, including deadhead miles.
Explore TruckCost.com →Facility Intelligence↗
DockReview.com
A free facility information and review platform that helps drivers, owner-operators, and small fleets prepare before arriving at a pickup or delivery.
Explore DockReview.com →
Industry Leadership & Advocacy
A Commitment to Highway Safety & Freight Integrity
Dale Prax cofounded The Dalilah Standard with Marcus Coleman to advance a private, voluntary national standard for highway safety and freight integrity. The initiative brings industry participants together through a shared pledge, participant recognition, and independent oversight.
Learn About The Dalilah StandardWays to Work Together
The right scope.
A clear objective.
Start with an information need, an industry issue, a tool your team wants to use, or a topic that needs focused training and guidance.
Focused Training Session
A session on a defined freight topic, such as operating costs, evaluating a load, facility preparation, or applying practical guidance to your operation.
Tool & Workflow Guidance
Hands-on guidance for incorporating practical tools and information into the way your team plans and performs its work.
Ongoing Freight Advisory
Continuing support for owners and teams as training needs, consulting priorities, and operational questions arise.
Our Approach
A useful path
forward.
Understand
Identify what your team needs to learn and how it relates to the work.
Learn
Walk through useful information, examples, and tools together.
Act
Apply the learning to a practical next step in your operation.
Start a Conversation
How can we help
your freight business?
Tell Dale about your freight business and your interest in training, tools, advocacy, or consulting.