Compliance and Dispatch
Trucking compliance and dispatch, explained
Short, plain-English answers to the questions owner-operators and small fleets ask before they file or before they hand off their freight. No hype, no filler. Each topic points you up to the page that actually does the work.
Compliance
Getting and keeping your authority
Education-stage answers on the filings that make and keep you road-legal. Each one hands you up to the page that gets it done.
How do you get a DOT and MC number?
Reads up to USDOT registration and MC authority.
What is IFTA, and who has to file it?
Reads up to IFTA registration.
What is an ELD, and when is one required?
Reads up to ELD services.
What is CSA, and how does your score work?
Reads up to driver files and the Clearinghouse.
Surviving the FMCSA MOTUS transition: PINs, Pay.gov, and manual filings.
Reads up to DOT registration and the MCS-150 update.
The new-carrier safety-audit checklist, in order, before you haul.
Reads up to driver files and consortium enrollment.
Dispatch
Running loaded once you are legal
How dispatch actually works for owner-operators and small fleets, from rates to who books your freight. Each one links up to the dispatch page that fits.
What is the load-to-truck ratio, and why does it move rates?
Reads up to truck dispatch.
Freight broker vs dispatcher: who does what for you?
Reads up to truck dispatch.
How do you find a dispatcher for a box truck?
Reads up to box truck dispatch.
Do you need a CDL for a box truck?
Reads up to box truck dispatch.
The Amazon-approved box-truck blueprint: entity setup and the one-year authority rule.
Reads up to MC authority and box truck dispatch.
Not sure which filing you need first? Start at the compliance hub, or see how setup hands off to truck dispatch once your authority is active.