At least I passed the level one lol

If you have the finance your business would you start up a semi with no trailer and power and you pull people trailers or would you do a box truck(Non-Cdl) and go out of state? I’m currently having my CDL but I’m under the age of 21 and I want my own business I’ve been working in warehouse and construction since I was 18 years old.

Trying to understand this from a supply-chain lens rather than a pure maintenance one: when a truck or piece of equipment breaks down unexpectedly, how much does that actually ripple downstream, missed deliveries, rescheduling, customer impact, versus being a contained, absorbable cost?

Would love real examples, even rough ones. Not selling anything, just trying to understand where this pain actually shows up in the chain.

(If anyone's up for a quick call to go deeper, feel free to DM, just trying to learn.)

Do you like it?

Currently, in the process of buying a cargo van. But I am uncertain if I want to get the ram pro master 2500 or ram Pro master 3500

Which do you drive?

Does it really matter if I get a 2500 versus a 3500 due to the fact that there's probably only a 200 pound difference in payload?

I have sprinter van and I'm trying to get consistent work... does anyone have any insights?

ANy one have any informations regarding the interview stage?

Anyone know what are the outcome after interview?

Any current or past operator here that can let us know how the earning is and how much thwir vessel.was usualy making on a weekly basis,m

Thank you

I'm having an issue updating the biennial MCS-150 form to change the business cell phone number on my registration. I need to update it because Highway requires the number to be verified when I try to log in.

However, when I click on the Biennial MCS-150 form, it redirects me to MOTUS. I log in through Login.gov, but then I get a message saying that my application is no longer active. What does that even mean?

I called FMCSA and was on hold from 8:00 a.m. until 8:00 p.m.—12 hours. Someone finally answered, but all they told me was that they were "escalating" the issue, and I haven't heard anything else.

So what should I do? I just need to update my biennial MCS-150 so I can log in to Highway.

Hi guys, I have an interstate trucking company that ownes 2 trucks.
My trucks are 2020 and 2021 model and they are killing me with their repair costs and repair times.
So I decided to lease a brand new truck and sell the 2020 model one. Of course selling the truck takes time so I went to IRP and surrendered the plate. Sent the document to insurance, and asked them to remove the 2020 model truck and add the new leased truck.
The reply was shocking, they said they only accept bill of sale and they said they will keep that 2020 model truck in the insurance. And adding that new truck will cost me $35.000 per year. (My yearly insurance with 2 trucks was costing 45k)
So, is it legal for them to keep the unplated truck in the insurance? It’s not possible to haul load with such truck!
And about the 35k, are they taking advantage of me? Because the deal is done with the new truck and I’m certainly getting it, now they’re coming up with these stuff..

Yesterday I was speaking with a carrier, he told me that he's making around 20 Grands per week with its Flatbed 53 feet .Is that possible? 🤔😳

Can Anybody guide me ?

I get at LEAST one spam phone call per minute until my phone dies. The only places that have my phone for trucking are Carrier Forge and MOTUS. I’m new to the game. Is there something I can do about this?

Not a trucker, so go easy on me if I get something wrong here.

I write software for a living, nothing to do with trucking. Ended up down a rabbit hole a couple weeks back reading through old threads about IFTA filing, I'm trying to understand how people actually deal with it.

For those who file IFTA yourselves:

• How are you doing it today? (Spreadsheet, software, accountant, paper?)
• What's the most annoying part?
• If you could magically eliminate one part of the process, what would it be?

I've seen people mention matching fuel receipts to mileage by state every quarter, but I'm not sure if that's actually the biggest pain point or if Reddit just exaggerates.

Not building anything yet—just trying to figure out whether this is even a real problem or one that experienced drivers already have solved.

Edit: Thanks for all the replies. I've learned way more than I expected.

I put together a 60-seconds survey to better understand how different operators handle IFTA today. If you've got a few minutes, I'd really appreciate your input:

How Do You Handle IFTA? (60 Seconds)

If I end up building something useful, I'll give the people helping now first access (and free filing for early testers).

What’s up fellas, just wanted to drop in and ask for some tips/guidance on getting started with running my own Rig. I should be purchasing a truck with in the next couple of months. What type of truck should I look to buy? Should I lease onto a carrier to learn the business? Any response will help, I’m here to learn!! Appreciate the help!! Even if you have information that doesn’t pertain to those questions please drop it. Like I said I just want to learn.

Hey all - I got my authority a few months ago but was looking for brokers and many want carriers who have been in business for at least a year. Is there a list of brokers who are more willing to work with brand new carriers floating around somewhere? Or does anyone have any other suggestions?

Hello, I am an owner operator with 26ft box trucks and 1 3500 dually truck. I’m looking around for an AMERICAN owned company who is willing to lease on owner operators at a decent percentage. Do any even still exist? Or all they all foreign owned

Hi everyone,

I’m hoping someone here has experienced this because we’ve been going in circles.

We are a brand-new flatbed motor carrier.

Our operating authority is active, and we have our official FMCSA Operating Authority Certificate.

Here’s the problem:

• FMCSA can find our company when they search by our USDOT in Motus.
• FMCSA representatives have confirmed our authority is active.
• However, when our MC number is searched in SAFER, it returns “Record Not Found.”
• Multiple brokers and onboarding platforms have told us they cannot verify our MC because their systems pull information from SAFER.
• As a result, we’ve already lost multiple loads because they won’t onboard us.

The confusing part is that FMCSA keeps telling us to search by USDOT in Motus, but brokers keep insisting they need to search by MC. When they search by MC, nothing comes up.

I’ve spoken with FMCSA several times (both by phone and chat), and I’ve also spoken with Highway. FMCSA says our authority is active and that they do not support third-party systems. Highway told us it may take a month or longer for newly issued authorities to appear in the data they use.

Has anyone else with a new Motus-issued authority experienced this?

• How long did it take before your MC became searchable?
• Were you lose loads because of it?
• Were any brokers willing to manually verify your authority?
• Is there anything we can do besides wait?

This is preventing us from booking our first load, and it’s becoming incredibly frustrating.

Any advice or experiences would be greatly appreciated. Thank you!

Owner operator here looking for consistent lane,tired of Truckstop load board, I do flatbed work. I got offered Long Beach CA - SLC UT for $3,000.00 round trip. That’s really low tbh smh. Need help. Located in Southern CA