New carriers

Dispatch service for new authority and new MC numbersWe charge new carriers more. Here is exactly why.

If you got your authority in the last twelve months, you cost us three to five times more work than a driver with history. We would rather tell you that now than hide it in the rate.

What that extra money pays for

Brokers do not want you yet

Most brokers will not set up a new authority under six months old. So every load starts with getting you approved first. That is calls spent on paperwork, not on the rate.

You have no bargaining power

Brokers offer new MC numbers less money on purpose. Pushing back on that takes more calls per load, not fewer.

Your file is not built yet

Insurance certificates, W-9s, safety file, new-entrant audit. Every broker packet has to be built from nothing.

You do not know your numbers

This is the one that closes companies. We work out your real cost per mile in your first week.

Four mistakes we watch new carriers make

MISTAKE 01

Looking at the big number, not what you keep

A $4,000 load looks great until you count the 400 empty miles to get to it, diesel at $5.20, and a broker who pays in 45 days.

We have watched drivers post their best month ever and still lose money.

Your cost per mile is the only number that matters. Most new carriers have never worked it out honestly. We do yours in week one, before we book you anything.

MISTAKE 02

Taking cheap loads to build history

It does not build history. It builds a name as the carrier who runs cheap.

The rate you take in month two is the rate you are offered in month ten.

Brokers remember. Their computer systems remember too.

MISTAKE 03

Buying a second truck before the first one makes money

One truck that makes money every month is a business. Two trucks that do not is a faster way to lose your house.

We will tell you when we think you are not ready.

We would rather keep you for five years than take a percentage of a company that closes in eight months.

MISTAKE 04

Hauling for brokers who do not pay

You can check whether a broker pays before you take the load. New carriers often do not check.

A $3,000 load from a broker who pays in 90 days, or never, is not a $3,000 load.

We have worked with more than 400 brokers. We know which ones pay.

One of our drivers came to us in February 2024.

Here are his numbers.

Month 1 · Feb 2024

Trucks1

Loads that month5

Booked that month$8,275

Average load$1,655

Today

Trucks4

Loads booked359

Total booked$971K

Average load$3,495

359 loads · $971,000 booked

Months one to six are when most new carriers quietly run out of money. In that window we made sure he was pricing his loads correctly, set up with brokers who pay, and not buying trucks faster than his profit could carry.

That is what the higher rate pays for. It goes back to normal once you no longer need it.

Mistake 01 is the one that closes companies. It is also the easiest to fix today: calculate your real cost per mile. Then read how dispatch fees are structured so nobody can quote you a percentage of gross without you noticing.

Talk to us about your first 90 days →