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We prepare and submit the filings you can delegate, coordinate your vendors, and build the compliance systems a new motor carrier needs in its first thirty days. You complete FMCSA identity verification yourself — that part is not delegable.

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01 · Authority & Registration

Form Your Trucking LLC and Get an EIN (Before You Touch the FMCSA)
How to Get Your USDOT and MC Number in Motus, Step by Step
FMCSA Motus Identity Verification: What Owners Must Complete Themselves
BOC-3 Filing Explained: Process Agents in Plain English
UCR Registration: Who Pays, How Much, and the Deadline That Bites

02 · Insurance & Filings

Trucking Insurance Requirements for a New Authority (What Brokers Actually Check)
The 91X Filing and MCS-90: How Insurance Actually Activates Your Authority
Eleven Levers That Lower a New Authority Insurance Premium

03 · Compliance & Safety

The New Entrant Safety Audit: What They Ask For and What Fails You
Drug & Alcohol Program and the Clearinghouse (Yes, Even If You Are the Only Driver)
Driver Qualification File Checklist (Including the File on Yourself)
ELD Mandate Compliance: Choosing a Device You Will Not Regret

04 · Money & Taxes

Freight Factoring for New Carriers: When It Saves You and When It Eats You
IFTA and IRP: The Two Registrations Everyone Confuses
Your Cost Per Mile Is the Only Number That Matters

05 · Operations & Technology

Choosing a TMS for 1–10 Trucks Without Overbuying
Load Boards for New Carriers: Access, Pricing, and the 90-Day Problem
The Carrier Packet That Gets You Onboarded in One Email
Booking Your First Load: Pricing, Negotiating, and Not Getting Burned

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