problem booking loads

Discussion in 'Ask An Owner Operator' started by pavrom, Dec 9, 2025.

  1. BoostedTeg

    BoostedTeg Road Train Member

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    The whole system is dumb. There has got to be an easier way than just going off of inspections.
     
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  3. abyliks

    abyliks Road Train Member

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    theres scales on i90?:biggrin_25523:
     
  4. alidispatch

    alidispatch Bobtail Member

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    What you’re running into is unfortunately very common, and it’s less about “scam suspicion” and more about how broker safety systems evaluate risk.

    Even though your authority isn’t new on paper, from a broker’s perspective it looks inactive:
    • long gap with no inspections
    • no current ELD history
    • no equipment showing as active
    insurance only recently reinstated

    Most brokers don’t manually review this; their safety departments rely on automated rules. No recent inspections + no active equipment usually triggers an auto-denial, even if you ran clean years ago.

    A few things that can help:
    • get at least one clean roadside inspection ASAP (it changes how you look in safety systems)
    • make sure your insurance cert is updated everywhere brokers pull from
    • confirm your equipment is properly listed and tied to the authority
    • be upfront when calling brokers; explain the reactivation instead of letting them “discover” it

    You’re not wrong for trying to age the authority, but without recent activity it still reads as high-risk to most brokers.

    Good luck
     
  5. Judge

    Judge Road Train Member

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    Bellevue Kansas scales. Go over a little heavy on trailer. He’ll note it in a level 2 inspection.
     
  6. FloridaRetired

    FloridaRetired Medium Load Member

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    The one in Spokane Valley WA was very generous to me when it comes to inspections. In one month I must have gotten 10 there alone. Each time, I rolled across there, they gave me level 2. There was that notable guy with a mustache, he wanted to get me on the log book. He told me to never show average more than 60mph in Montana, so I always showed 59.9 between Billings and there. They liked me in Billings too.
    Lol
     
  7. Cdemars316

    Cdemars316 Heavy Load Member

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    No I am not on the open market much, but when I am I don't run into to much problem, I just stay Away from the big brokers in the open deck world, like Ryan, ATS, and the like 1 because I would rather not deal with tracking BS and 2 I already know those 2 are not gonna load me because of the inspection thing
     
  8. Cdemars316

    Cdemars316 Heavy Load Member

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    I also notice when capacity changes in an area those rules become less and less. I think by next spring in open deck they are going to be playing by a different set of rules
     
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