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The first eighteen months decide whether you have a company or a lesson.

A new authority is monitored from the day it is granted. There is an audit inside the window, sixteen violations that fail it automatically, and a sixty day corrective action clock if you do not pass. Most new carriers do not fail because they broke the rules. They fail because nobody built the file the auditor asks for, and by the time the request arrives it cannot be built backwards.

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The numbers that decide the rulebook

Four thresholds worth knowing before you buy the next piece of equipment.

18 months
New entrant monitoring. The new entrant safety assurance period runs eighteen months from the grant of registration.
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Automatic audit failures. Sixteen specific regulatory violations cause automatic failure of the safety audit, regardless of anything else in the file.
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45 days
Notice after the audit. The written result comes not later than forty five days after the audit is completed.
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60 days
Corrective action clock. A general freight property carrier that fails has sixty days to file a corrective action plan, or registration is revoked and operations go out of service.
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Nothing on this page is legal, tax, insurance, or regulatory advice. Confirm applicability for your specific equipment with your own advisors.

What we run

The office work, specific to this equipment.

WhatHow we run it
Audit index from day oneThe eleven document categories an auditor can request, built as a live file from your first week instead of assembled in a panic.
Readiness reviewsSelf audits at sixty, ninety, and one hundred eighty days, each one written down with the gaps and the fixes.
Broker qualificationMany brokers will not set up a carrier under six months of authority. We work the ones that will, and build the safety record that opens the rest.
Insurance and filingCoverage filed, the vehicle schedule correct, and any cancellation notice escalated the day it appears. This is the most common way a new authority dies.
First load disciplineRates measured against your real cost from the first load, because habits set in the first quarter are the habits you keep.
Every filing calendaredBOC-3, UCR, MCS-150, IFTA, IRP, Form 2290, the drug and alcohol pool, the annual inspection, and the driver file, all dated before they are due.

Full obligation by obligation breakdown of what stays legally yours on the who owns what page.

Pricing for this equipment

10 percent of gross, with a $400 weekly minimum per active truck.

The minimum is what the office costs to staff. The percentage is what it costs when the office is working well. Commission is calculated on gross freight revenue including linehaul, fuel surcharge, detention, layover, and truck ordered not used. Documented pass throughs such as lumpers, tolls, and permits are excluded.

The back office runs alongside it at $1,100 a month for the company, $300 per active truck, and $100 per active driver.

Start with a phone call

If your authority is less than eighteen months old, this is the most valuable call you will make this month. Bring the grant date.

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