Personal dispatch services

What is the average cost to get the authority and for MC and DOT number?

 

The MC app is $350 and the DOT number is free. Most of the cost comes from the stuff you need in order to get that app approved, which is insurance.

 

What do i need, in order to dispatch(find loads) the truck. I bought the truck with a friend of mine. He has the CDL and he's driving all the time. I would like to help by looking for loads and such. Right now, we don't have our own MC and DOT and we drive under our dispatch authority(dot&mc). So, I was wondering, what would i need to start helping with loads/dispatch?

P.S. Thanks "RedForeman" for the kind answer

 

Here is your answer, you need your own Dot and Mc

 

I'm taking a break from intermodal my friend recommended me a guy that does the dispatching for him he takes 10% of the load and the owner operator pays truck insurance and the trailer rent which is 400 a month. only runs ny,nj,pa I checked him out but I saw a lot of c h robinson loads on his board

 

anybody using a service like that I'm curious I think this guy is taking a bigger piece of the pie.

 

Hi, do you know where she finds the loads? I do the same for my dad on the side, but I mostly get loads from CH Robinson. They're easy to work with since I have a full time job and just do this to help out my dad, but I want to see if I can get better rates for him somewhere else. Thank you!!!

 

During last year I only took one load from them, they usually offer the cheapest price up to last minute. Just use truckersedge.com

 

Takes a lot of time and effort to get solid rates from CHR. I've had good success with them over the years and rate them at the top of my list. You have to put up with a lot of rejection in dealing with them. But if you're in the right spot and they need you they will pay what they have to. I haul a lot of freight for them over the course of a year's time.

Some good, some really good, some not so much so. It just depends on the needs in the moment. It really helps out a lot if you can establish a good working relationship with a few people there. I have an office I work with a person on first shift and another in the same branch on second shift. This office has good freight of their own but I will go to them cross booking loads that belong to other branch offices.

That's where you can run into unknowns (cross booking other offices loads) and headache loads. But the guys I work with will always give me every bit of customer info they have when I'm looking at cross booking a load and with their own freight it's always good info there. And they take care of the little things if you do the same.

 

Thank you SO MUCH for your suggestion and reply. Would I have to deal with a lot of new paperwork set up using truckersedge.com? One thing I like with CHRW is that he's already set up so it's easy for me to get loads without zero paperwork involvement. As I mentioned, I only do this to help him out, I don't get paid for it, and I can't really be on the phone at work, taking care of personal business, unfortunately. So, would I have to deal with a lot of phone calls and new carrier paperwork? Thanks again for your suggestion. I am checking out their website now.