Accessing a load board without authority?

I know guys say that all the time but I have pulled stellar rates from three letter brokers and some less than stellar ones as well. If you pull a less than stellar one you're not going to get pegged as forever cheap. It's all about the need. Who needs it worse you or them? That determines what it pays every time regardless of past rates you pulled.

 

That is just maintenence for the truck. Motor goes down in a big way then you can handle it. Sure, it might take your breath away writing a check for $15,000 or more but you got it.

The trailer is your money maker and doesn't typically eat revenue like a tractor. Unless it's an older unreliable reefer. I pull a dry van. It needs a little grease every now and then and a brake job every few years. Maybe a hole patch here and there and some tires. Practically nothing over the course of it's useful life 10 years, or more.

I'm leased so the factoring is covered as is the fuel. So you realize now how little $10,000 really is and how quickly it can go?

 

dont ever use the 'F' word.

 

If the company you are leased to currently pulls off of load boards, just ask them if you can use their numbers to find your own loads and act like you are doing them a favor, which you really are in a sense. If it's a small company, they should have no problem with it especially if you have a good relationship with them. Obviously you loads would have to get approved through them before accepting anything.

I did this with the company I am leased to, and they were more than happy to let me use their numbers. They even had to send a confirmation letter to DAT confirming that I could use their numbers.

 

I would want more than $10,000 myself to get started. $20,000 would be my personal minimum.

 

Yep I assumed you were trying to shoestring it like everyone normally asking this question. If you have $60,000 you have more than enough.