Services
New Ventures / CDLs
obtain Complimentary Guides:
- DOT Cab Book (Having all required paperwork for DOT Inspections)
- Passing Your Safety Audit
Call Me: 615-569-8848
New Ventures / New CDLs
IMPORTANT: Age your MC Authority for 90 days prior to your hauling freight!!!!
1. File New Business Online
(Your State’s Secretary of State), (Example: Sole Proprietor LLC)
- Businesses | Tennessee Secretary of State (Your State of Business Address)
2. Get an employer identification number
3. Open Bank Account
(Bring Articles of Incorporation & Employer Identification Number)
4. Register for IRP & IFTA
(with your State’s Department of Revenue).5. Register with Unified Carrier Registration
(UCR: Registered with the appropriate authorities and operating legally across state lines)6. Acquire Insurance
(Exclusively Trucking Insurance & Trucking Consultations: Working Capital, Self-Dispatch, DOT Compliance, Regulatory Filings, Safety Audit, etc…)7. Complete Application for FMCSA Office of Registration
(MC Authority & DOT Number)- FMCSA Registration | FMCSA
- FMCSA Portal Registration for Insurance and BOC-3 Filers User Guide
- Form MCS-90 – Endorsement for Motor Carrier Policies of Insurance for Public Liability under Sections 29 and 30 of the Motor Carrier Act of 1980 | FMCSA
- Form BOC-3 – Designation of Agents for Service of Process | FMCSA
8. Register with Drug & Alcohol Clearinghouse
(Managed by FMCSA)9. Schedule Your Safety Audit
(All new carriers must undergo a safety audit)10. Form 2290
(Heavy Highway Vehicle Use Tax Return)Must Have Phone Apps
- Google Maps – Apps on Google Play (Most Real Time Highway Conditions)
- Trucker Path | Technology Built for the Trucking Industry (Real Time Truckstop, Weigh Stations Information)
- Motive: All-in-One Fleet Management & Driver Safety Platform (ELD)
- Load Board – DAT (Spot Market Load Board)
- Load Board and Freight Management Software | Truckstop (Spot Market Load Board)
- Best Fuel Discounts for Carriers from Mudflap (Fuel Discounts)
- CAT Scale Apps | CAT Scale
- The Acrobat Alternative (Submit Invoice & Paperwork to Brokers).
- QuickBooks®: Official Site | Smart Tools. Better Business. (Quick picture of your receipts to record).
- Booking.com | Official site | The best hotels, flights, car rentals & accommodations (Hotel)
- Hopper | Book Hotels, Flights, Car Rentals & More (Hotel)
- AccuWeather: Weather Radar – Apps on Google Play Current Weather Conditions to Five Day Forecast)
Good To Have Websites
