Truck Business Cards

What Are Truck Business Cards

Truck business cards are standard-format business cards designed for the trucking industry, printed full color in 4 sizes, from a 2" x 3.5" standard down to a 1.5" x 3.5" slim card, on any of 73 stocks. Drivers, owner-operators, dispatchers and trucking companies hand them out at the dock, the weigh station, and the truck stop, anywhere a shipper or broker needs a fast way to book you. With your DOT number and dispatch line on it, a broker can check your authority and call you from the card alone. If you run adjacent trades, the Automotive Business Cards cover the shop side, and the same standard format sits right beside them.

Which trucking role the card is for

Owner operators. One truck, one name, and the card has to do the work a sales team would. Authority details go on the front with the phone number, because a broker checking you out wants the DOT and MC numbers before the conversation goes anywhere.

The options an owner operator orders from:

• Size. 2" x 3.5" standard, 2" x 2" square, 1.5" x 3.5" slim or 2.125" x 3.375", plus custom up to 2" x 4".
• Stock. 73 in all, from a 13pt recycled uncoated and 14pt Gloss Cover to 15pt synthetic plastic, 18pt rigid PVC, a 17pt indoor magnet and ultra-thick cards up to 80pt.
• Ink. Full color front with a blank back (4/0), a black back (4/1), or full color on both sides (4/4) for the DOT, MC and lanes on the back.
• Finish. Standard, or a High-Gloss UV Coating.
• Quantity. 100 to 100,000 cards across 39 tiers.
• Production. 3 business days standard, with 2-day, Next-Day and Same-Day speeds.
• Artwork. Start from a design template, build it in the online editor, or upload a file laid out on the blank template.

Dispatchers. The card is handed to carriers as often as to shippers, so it leads with the company and the lanes covered, plus a direct line and an email that is monitored after hours. A dispatcher's card that only carries a switchboard number gets passed over at 5am.

Hotshot haulers. Speed and availability are the pitch. Trailer type, deck length and capacity belong on the card, since a shipper with an expedited load is deciding in seconds whether your setup fits it.

Flatbed. Deck size, tarps and securement gear are what get you the load, so list the equipment rather than a slogan. A flatbed card that says it hauls tarped freight beats one that says it delivers excellence.

Reefer. Temperature range, whether you run continuous or cycle, and food grade or pharma experience. Shippers hand out reefer freight on those three answers.

Box truck delivery. Local and regional work turns on liftgate, pallet jack, dock height and the delivery area, and on a number that a store manager can call the same morning. This is the card that lives on a receiving desk.

What Size Should a Truck Business Card Be

Pick the size by how you hand them out. The standard 2" x 3.5" card fits every wallet, badge holder, and brokerage Rolodex, which is why most truckers pick it. To stand out on a crowded corkboard at the truck stop, the 1.5" x 3.5" slim card reads long and lean, and the 2" x 2" square breaks the rectangle entirely. The 2.125" x 3.375" size matches a credit-card footprint that tucks into any billfold. The specs panel below lists all 4 sizes, both finishes, the rounded-corner options and the full stock list. For a rugged build-site card, the Construction Business Cards lean heavier, and the Contractor Business Cards are another trade-ready pick.

What goes on the card and what it prints on decide whether a broker keeps it.

What to Put on a Trucking Business Card

A trucking business card is a credentials document more than an introduction, so lead with what a broker or a shipper checks first.

• DOT number. Put it on the front. Anyone deciding whether to give you freight will look it up, and a card that makes them ask for it has already cost you a minute of their attention.
• MC number. Sits next to the DOT number in the same block. Together they let a broker verify authority and insurance before they call.
• Equipment type. Dry van, reefer, flatbed, step deck, hotshot, box truck, and the trailer length if it decides which loads you can take. This is what turns your card into a filter rather than a name.
• Lanes served. Regional lanes, a radius from your base, or the states you run. A dispatcher looking for a carrier on a specific lane keeps the cards that name it and drops the rest.
• CDL class. Class A or B, plus endorsements such as hazmat, tanker or doubles, if you are the driver and the endorsement is part of what you sell.
• The phone number, set large, top or center. Cards get handed across a dock, into a cab, or through a truck stop counter, and they get read in the dark, in gloves, at arm's length. If someone has to hunt for the number, the card fails at the only thing it has to do.

Everything else, the logo, the email, the website, can sit smaller or move to the back, where full color printing costs nothing extra.

Pick a stock that survives the cab

A card that rides in a glove box and a greasy pocket needs to hold up. The default 14pt Gloss Cover keeps it clean and cheap, a heavier 16pt or an ultra-thick painted-center stock up to 80pt gives it real weight, and the 15pt synthetic plastic and 18pt rigid PVC survive water and diesel grease. To keep your number on a dispatcher's file cabinet, print on the 17pt indoor magnet. A High-Gloss UV Coating brightens a logo without adding bulk.

Use the back for the details

Print full color on both sides (4/4 ink) and the back becomes a spec sheet: your DOT number, the lanes you run, your equipment (flatbed, reefer, dry van, hot shot), and a direct dispatch line. The front stays clean with your name and logo, and nothing gets crowded.

Design it without a designer

Start from one of thousands of free, professionally built layouts in our business card design templates, set the DOT and MC block beside the phone number in the online editor, and move the lanes and equipment to the back.

If your artwork is ready, skip the editor and download a press-ready blank instead. Each blank truck business card template is built at the real trim size with the 1/8" bleed and safe margin already drawn in, so your design stays clear of the cut. Pick the size that matches your order below, place your art, and upload.

How Much Do Truck Business Cards Cost

Truck business cards start at $17.57 per set of 100, about 18 cents a card, and the per-card price keeps dropping as the quantity climbs toward 100,000, across 39 tiers. A 900-card run is $53.83, and a box of 8,000 drops to $179.25, close to 2 cents each. Count the docks, brokers and truck stops you hit in a month, multiply by your trucks, and drag the slider below to see the total and the per-card cost at that number.

Can You Print a Different Driver on Each Card

Yes. Turn on variable data and you can place a unique driver name, unit number or cell phone on each card in the run. One order covers the fleet, with every driver's own contact on the front. Upload a spreadsheet with one row per card, keep the design fixed, and a single run covers the whole team. Pair it with full color on both sides and a stock that fits the job.

How the per driver run works

Variable data printing means a fleet does not need a separate order per driver. The workflow is three steps.

1. Build one design. The company name, DOT and MC numbers, logo and address stay fixed on every card. Leave placeholder fields where the driver name, cell number and email will drop in.
2. Supply a CSV. One row per driver, one column per field: name, title, cell, email, and anything else that changes. The order of the rows is the order the cards print in.
3. Run it once. The whole fleet prints as a single job on one stock, so every driver carries the same card with their own details on it, and you pay for one run rather than twenty.

See variable data printing for the rest of the range that works the same way, including cards, mailers and numbered pieces.

How Do Truck Business Cards Compare to the Rest of the Range

A truck business card is a rugged card for the road. If you are weighing an automotive, construction or contractor card for a mixed crew, the chart below lines up the closest siblings with the starting price of each.

How Fast Can You Get Truck Business Cards

Truck business cards print on a 3 business day standard turnaround, and when a load lines up sooner you can move that to 2-day, Next-Day or even Same-Day production out of our New York plant. Each step buys back time for a set percentage on top of the base price, so you only pay for speed when you actually need it. Same-Day orders need to be approved by noon EST to ship that day. Compare every turnaround tier below and see exactly what the rush adds before you pick.

See the Rest of Our Cards

Truck business cards are one stop in a much larger lineup, and you can scan the full print product range any time. If a shop card, a heavier trade card or a specialty finish suits you better, each option shows its own starting price and links to its product page.

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