Get your authority and start your own trucking business

How to find customers who need your services

Invoice factoring for owner-operators, small carriers

Trucking regulations and compliance made easy

Getloaded and Get Paid

DAT's guide to everything you need to start your trucking business

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Guides

How to Become a Truck Dispatcher

Trucking is an essential part of the economy, and truck dispatchers are vital to every successful trucking company. However, getting started as a truck dispatcher isn’t as easy as it sounds. You’ll

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Guides

How to Become a Freight Broker

Trucking is a billion-dollar industry ($791.7 billion in fact, according to American Trucking Associations), serving as one of the most crucial legs of the U.S. economy. With businesses desperate to get their

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Get Authority

Be your own boss

  • How to start a trucking company
  • Federal and state permits
  • DOT and MC numbers
  • Broker and freight forwarder authority

Find Loads

Get customers and get to haulin’

  • How to use a load board
  • Search for van, reefer, flatbed, and specialty freight
  • Find hot shot and LTL loads
  • Connect with brokers and shippers that need your business

Get Paid

Improve your cash flow

  • How to use freight factoring
  • Get paid within 24 hours
  • Invoice factoring for owner-operators and small fleets
  • Get fuel advances for a flat fee

Stay Legal

Keep your company compliant

  • IFTA fuel taxes
  • How to survive an audit
  • Vehicle titling and registration
  • Driver qualifications, Hours of Service, consultations, and more

Stay Loaded

Everything you need to start and grow your trucking business