Switching authority category

Spend $35 and become a member of OOIDA.

Then you can call them and they either will do it for you for a small fee, or they'll explain to you how to do it.

They will also answer any questions that you have about compliance, or your authority, or anything regarding FMCSA or regulations or anything else regarding trucking.

And if you know how to navigate it, they have pretty good tire discounts and other things too.

As far as I'm concerned, it's the best $35 you're ever going to spend in this business.

 

OOIDA will fill out most stuff for you in the amount of about $40 bucks if a member. Well worth it if you have problems with understanding how the government works. I hate the way they do things and have used OOIDA a few times. They do a great job for this kind of stuff.

 

I concur with this completely.

When you fill out your Authority paperwork or any paperwork for the government for that matter, if you make a mistake it will delay you sometimes in a way that is colossal.

They do these things every single day and when they do it, they do it right and they do it once.

 

Yep I had them do my Authority paperwork for me. I did not want to take a risk of getting it kicked backed after paying 24K on insurance. Time was not on my side when I started.