Ready for Loads

For box truck, hotshot and semi owners

Can you get loads yet?

Enter your DOT or MC number. See which brokers and load programs will set you up today, which open up at 90 and 180 days, and the coverage that unlocks the rest.

Free. Uses FMCSA's public records and brokers' published rules. We don't ask for your name, phone or email to run it.

Sample resultMC active 45 days, $1 million and $100,000
C.H. RobinsonSets you up now
TQLCheck first: no published age rule
RyderOpens in 15 days
Armstrong TransportOpens in 45 days
Mode GlobalOpens in 320 days
Amazon RelayNeeds general liability and workers' comp

Rules from each broker's own carrier page, checked October 2026.

Six tools

Answers about your own authority

Most used

Load-ready check

Who will load you today, who opens next and what each one needs. Flip the what-if switches to see what $1 million in liability or $100,000 in cargo would open.

Status check

What FMCSA shows for your authority and insurance filing, plus your MCS-150 month and the next UCR and IFTA dates.

Startup cost estimator

Fees, ELD, load board and fuel from published prices, plus your own insurance quote. A first-year budget and a cost per mile.

What does this load need?

Pick a broker or program and your truck. See the coverage, authority and paperwork it publishes.

Factoring calculator

Factoring, quick pay and waiting on the same month of loads, in dollars and as a yearly rate.

Broker check

A broker's authority and the bond you would claim against if a load goes unpaid.

From first filing to second truck

Find what's in your way

MILE 1StartCosts, equipment, lease on or your own MCMILE 2Get loadsBroker setups, Amazon Relay, load boardsMILE 3Get insuredThe limits brokers want and what owners payMILE 4Get paidQuick pay, factoring and unpaid loadsMILE 5Stay legalMCS-150, UCR, IFTA, ClearinghouseMILE 6Your stateState authority, insurance minimums, IRP, IFTA and permits

How we keep it straight

Where the answers come from

  • Your record comes from FMCSA's public files, with the file date shown next to every fact.
  • Broker rules come from each broker's own carrier page, with the date we checked. Rules we have only seen reported elsewhere are labeled that way.
  • Costs come from published fees and prices. What owners report paying is labeled as reports, with the count behind each figure.
  • No phone numbers or emails from FMCSA files appear anywhere on this site.

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