Can I sign up for 360 DAT without a motor carrier number?

Discussion in 'Ask An Owner Operator' started by Petros, Sep 5, 2012.

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  1. Sep 9, 2012 #11
    rollin coal

    rollin coal Road Train Member

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    Petros, lose the "cheaper will work" ingrained belief. If that shipper knows you are reliable you'll be easy and convenient for them to use covering excess loads the other carrier can't handle. Granted, you have no idea what the other carrier is making. Price yourself profitably on every load. As long as it's competitive they'll use you even if it's more than the go-to carrier.
     
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  3. Sep 9, 2012 #12
    Mr. PlumCrazy

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    No you wont get signed up without a MC # and even then brokers are not going to quote you a rate without one and 99% of the loads dont have rates posted and unless them local companies have signed a contract with you dont count on it, And the rates shouldnt have anything to do with the type of truck you buy if you think the rates are high and buy a more expensive truck and they drop then you SOL but if you buy a cheap truck spec for good fuel mileage and the rates go up more money in your pocket
     
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  4. Sep 10, 2012 #13
    Petros

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    Roolin coal,
    Thank you, I will keep that in mind and attempt to culture that idea with shippers subtly.
     
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  5. Sep 10, 2012 #14
    Petros

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    Plumcrazy,
    Thank you.
    I won't be financing a truck if I can help it. And I won't be spending a lot either, at least not in price, maybe in cost!, but I want to outift the truck myself and don't want to pay for a different set-up that I will be undoing anyway.
    What I meant about spec'ing a truck based on the available loads wasn't about the pay per load but about the work itself, i.e. whether I would be hauling light, dry-van loads on the interstate or hauling heavy chip trailer, flat-bed or tanker loads on hilly state routes (or over-weight logs on muddy back woods roads). It seems to me that optimizing fuel efficiency, safety and repair costs requires different trucks for the different work. I may end up with more than one truck and many trailers but I can't afford to do that without my first set-up being somewhat flexible (I will probably lean towards a heavy-spec'd truck with a large disp. motor that is optimized to keep the torque doing the work on and off highway and keep my speed down on the interstate if I have to haul some loads there).
     
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