How to start booking your own loads.

Sorry . I use hello sign

 

I’m on iPhone and use all free apps.
I use google drive for saving everything.
I use Adobe Fill and Sign for filling out ratecons and carrier packets. Let’s you type anywhere, saves signature and initials. Best part is it remembers things so I put in first 2 letters and it knows what I’m im typing.
I use Microsoft Office Lens to take pictures. Take a picture in bad light or glare, you can change the shade to make it look perfect.
Finally I use InvoiceGenerator to get paid! Super basic to fill in and I save all my invoices in a folder, so I don’t need an app that “saves them for me”.

 

Hello,
Okay I want to understand when you say you have to have insurance under your own authority that means what? I'm new to this whole thing and what to understand specifically. Also I have 2 questions if I would like to become a licensed freight broker under my husband's MC# can I do that or will I have to file as a company myself and get my own MC#? Also my husband's wants to Dispatch his own loads as well but want type of insurance is needed? Are you talking about a surety bond? What do you mean when you say insurance?

 

Husband = Motor Carrier = Commercial Insurance. Normally, 1million liability, 100,000 cargo, and full coverage on the vehicle. No insurance, no business.

You = Aspiring broker = Brokers insurance/bond under your own MC, can’t share with a carrier

 

Yep, and try starting your own thread and perhaps reading a bit first @Catreas.

 

First, judging by your response to critics above you've got thick skin and you can keep calm. This is important! I commend you. You gotta be cool when people try to start stuff with you in this industry.

The way I do it is slower and more paper trail but I do it for a reason. I have a paper back up and an online back up of everything.

1. Lots of brokers have online packets. These are awesome. No paper, no printing. You are gonna need to print rate cons though which leads me to......
2. Get a laptop or at least a printer. I not only have a laptop but I have an inverter in the truck for cooking but also for a printer. I run a $100 laser printer in the truck. It has worked great daily for 2 years.
3. Camera scanner for your phone. I use Adobe Scan. It saves all my stuff to Dropbox. There are lots out there.

I print out carrier agreements, sign and camera scan and email them back with my phone. I do online packets, email and everything else on a laptop for speed and accuracy.

There are a couple of tricks for saving paper like printing on both sides.

Also, I keep a file with my personal carrier packet on my phone and laptop so I can email it at a moment's notice. It has authority letter, insurance, w-9 and a couple of other things like voided check if I'm setting up quick pay.

Try some different things, you'll find what works for you. For me, my truck is my office. Even when I'm at home if I need to do business I go out to the truck where my office is. It's always quiet and organized for the task.

 

There’s no need for printing any of that. You can use Adobe Fill & Sign app, although it seems like this feature is now available on the Acrobat (Adobe) app.

 

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