Just thought I'd introduce myself. I run a Ford E250 up in Boston, doing the local courier thing, and some air freight. I have been out of the game for a long time (back in the late nineties into the early 00's I spent a lot of time on the road regionally, both as an ic running cargo vans, company driver, cabbie in Boston, a little stint OTR in a tractor with JB Hunt) but just took the plunge last month. One of the places I leased on with back in the day said these days they require all their IC's to have their own authority. I always wanted to go that route, so I pulled the trigger............Seems like a big game changer to me, as I can shop around to many more prospects, right? I'm a little anxious about the added costs (my insurance went from $1850 to $7700 per year! So I gotta start making this pay...............any insight into these load boards for couriers? anyone using them? Any tips or feedback would be appreciated. Worst case scenario I close it all down and go back to my maritime job, but that's gotten old and stale.
