Brokers blacklisting me because of no inspections-Blaming Highway

You're gonna maybe think I'm crazy but I'll keep it as short as I can.

Weigh stations get enough trucks to inspect by filtering only for tire pressure and temp most of the time. Due to that they ignore the flags from the fed to inspect based on other metrics like date of last inspection and late new entrant audit.

Drivewyze participates in the feds in motion credentialing program soooo... state cops and highway patrol will snatch you out of a pack so they can get a quick inspection. Your phone is a homing beacon that leads them right to you if you're using the drivewyze app.

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Yeah that's the workaround I stumbled and used for the catch 22.

I have all the docs from the fmcsa website and a few state dots that outline the whole structure so it's just not widespread info which is why I said "crazy" but it's public info and real.

Cancel sub when you get your inspection as well

 

In general you're right but for this specific issue brokers are 100% responsible.

All the tools are available for them to implement a good system but they choose to outsource it to protect their margins.

It's the same as a nightclub that has a bunch of fights blaming the sheriff's office instead of hiring bouncers.

Walmart can't outsource their loss prevention to unpaid sheriff's deputies

 

Safer check is free and the simplest way to see if an MC# calling on a load has any equipment at all: inspections mean you were 100% physically present on the road; no inspections may mean that you have sold the equipment, sold the MC#, and now someone is running a fraud among other possible scenarios.

That's not what it was designed for but the brokers use it because it somehow works for them. I guess, there's enough carriers with inspections vs those without and, evidently, the number of cases that bad carriers with inspection wouldn't get the job done is lower than the risk of entrusting a carrier without inspections, no matter how good the carrier might be.

The sad side of it is that by doing that, they ignore and disregard all the good work ethics and equipment care of the likes of the OP which is an essential part of being reliable and safe and, it takes money and effort. So now, you have someone with questionable safety record laughing at you because they got the load and you didn't.

I would not count on this situation to improve for owner operators like op because it simply works for brokers and the downside effects are ignorable.
The only way is to find inspections. I wouldn't do anything stupid like behaving provocatively but I'd hide the prepass for the time being and go to places when they have scales open 24/7. I'd book a long haul to Northwest. IA, ID, MT, WA scales is where you have a better chance they may inspect you. Those women working at the Utah port of entries are very friendly too...smile, tell'em they smell good, and ask for an inspection.

 

This thread is becoming my theme song for about 8 months. I went to the scale house the other day to ask about getting inspected, no we don’t do that was my answer.
I told my wife I should take my name off of my truck and tape a piece of cardboard with my name and numbers on them and run around until I get inspected.
The guy at the scale said you got old numbers but you are a hotshot and was surprised that I was running into that problem.
Sad to see the brokers asking about a ELD as I have a 99 and don’t use one.
Oh well every broker does not need a carrier who is safe and dependable who have served his country as well as his customers and can communicate but some appreciate one that can.

 

We have steering wheel holders and some brokers have kids answering phones, a quick look on SAFER and the canned response is I am sorry I can’t work with you.
The last thing I want to hear after spending 2 hours looking and find the load going back home.

 

I have done that on a Friday and found the perfect load. The guy never answer my return call.