Respect my Authoritay!

Dispatching service. It was a word of mouth kind of thing from a buddy of mine. They find and book the loads, pay every Monday, and take 15% off the top. I believe I'm going to start using DAT load boards, but I'm in over my head on that. I haven't looked into it more than calling DAT, and asking them if Pro had everything TruckersEdge has. I don't even know where to begin with talking to brokers directly, or what paperwork they need in order to pay me, or what to do if they don't pay, or any of that stuff.

It makes me cringe asking this, but for those of you that run load boards, what's the general flow from start to finish? You contact the broker, and submit insurance? And then what?

 

Hi there. You're asking the wrong guy. I have a dispatch service that finds them. You can also get on a load board. Other people here will be better at explaining this than me.

 

@Lite bug could you explain this part again?

So I have to make the decision right then and there? If so, how do you know how many miles the drive will be, or be able to figure what time you'll arrive, and all that stuff? Or is that something you just gradually get good at? Right now, I'm just Google mapping the trips to determine exact miles and time, and then making adjustments based on fuel stops, possible traffic, etc. Usually takes me a couple minutes.

For the W9, would I download something like this: https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/fw9.pdf and fill it out, save as a PDF, and it would be the same form sent to any broker I deal with? When you say "credentials", what are you meaning? For insurance, would I send a declarations page? And for authority, are you talking about the form FMCSA mails you about a week after you go active?

I read in another thread that the driver would get the rate con, and write his detention fees on it, and send it back to them. Did I misunderstand what he meant?

You're talking about phone numbers, right? If you are, is this for networking purposes to call them and see if they have any work?

This is one thing I did do. I got the Voyager Legend. Thanks for your help.

 

That ain't no lie! The gist is, I was in the oil patch for a little over a decade. I understand HOS, HazMat law, load securement, and I can drive a truck. Stuff like that. But I'm no trucker.

Yet.

As long as I can haul enough freight to keep us from starving to death in the short term, I'll get it figured out I hope.