Dispatch service for a new MC authority
The first year is the hard one. Brokers will not set you up, the good boards want history you do not have, and every mistake costs more than it should. A dispatcher who has taken carriers through it is worth more now than at any later point.
Why the first twelve months are different
A new authority is not a smaller version of an established one — it is treated as a different risk. Many brokers will not set up a carrier whose authority is under six months old, some want a full year, and the ones who will often start you on their less attractive freight. Factoring companies price you higher. Insurance certainly does.
None of that is personal. A large share of new authorities do not survive the first year, and the industry has priced that in. What it means practically is that your first months are spent building a record: clean deliveries, on-time arrivals, answered phones and paperwork that arrives complete. That record is the asset.
There is also a lot of administration that has to be right before a broker will even look at you — the MCS-150, the BOC-3 process agent, the insurance filings that keep your authority active, UCR, and a carrier packet that does not need chasing. Getting one of those wrong stalls everything.
BSG Carriers is a dispatch service, not a freight broker. You keep your own authority, your own insurance and your own carrier packet — the loads are booked under your MC, and you are paid by the broker or shipper directly.
What we do in the first ninety days
Build the carrier packet once
Authority letter, W-9, insurance certificate, notice of assignment and references, assembled properly so broker setup is same-day rather than a week of emails.
Work the brokers who take new MCs
Some will, some will not, and the list changes. We start where you can actually get set up rather than where the best rate is posted.
Keep the compliance side straight
We flag the filings and renewals that keep your authority active, because an insurance filing lapse revokes it without warning.
Build a record worth having
On-time, complete paperwork, no service failures. In twelve months that history is what gets you onto the freight you actually want.
What you need in place
- Active MC operating authority and a USDOT number
- Auto liability and cargo insurance at the limits your brokers require, with the FMCSA filings made
- BOC-3 process agent designation on file
- UCR registration for the current year
- A business bank account, and ideally a factoring arrangement or enough working capital to wait 30 days to be paid
What it costs
Dispatching is charged as a percentage of the linehaul, agreed before you take your first load, and there is no long-term contract to sign. Ask a dispatcher for the current rate.
There is no set-up fee and no minimum term. If the first year does not go the way either of us hoped, you are not tied in.
Questions carriers ask
Put your truck to work
Send your MC and DOT numbers and a dispatcher will call you within one business day.