How can I start an independent dispatching company?

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  1. Regional

    Regional Light Load Member

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    All I know is that I will provide the trailer and book loads off the load board until I make some connections with direct shippers. I will provide full book keeping and provide direction services for those who are not fluent in English.
     
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  3. TallJoe

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    Last edited: Jun 23, 2020
    Reason for edit: did not like what I typed.
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  4. Midwest Trucker

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    oh snAp
     
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  5. Regional

    Regional Light Load Member

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    I will just broker freight
     
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  6. Long FLD

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    Then you need broker authority.
     
  7. TallJoe

    TallJoe Road Train Member

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    It is one thing not to encourage someone, yet quite another to discourage someone.
    Discouraging may sound rude and I did not want to be rude.
     
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  8. Midwest Trucker

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    Keep researching, keep thinking outside the box. You’ll do just fine. And btw if you speak the language of the foreign drivers or a large group of them, that’s a big advantage. Utilize any strength you have and use it to your advantage.
     
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  9. TallJoe

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    Good!
    Go work for TQL, CH Robinson, or Coyote for a few years and there you'll have a good schooling.
     
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  10. Lite bug

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    After a while maybe a year and you are established brokers and shippers will be calling you. The first year will be your challenge. You need to be a benefit to the O/O in order to survive. Most of the people on this forum do everything on their own that is why you are getting the response from them. When I started out I met a guy starting a Dispatch Service we learned together. After a while I knew I needed to do more booking and finding freight by myself. You need freight connections in order to succeed.
     
  11. Regional

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    Is owning an owner operator only company profitable then?
     
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