Risky Business Why are so many Owner Ops getting their own DOT Motor Carrier Authority in 2019?

[chillout]

A couple of weeks ago Shelly Benisch and John Mueller were playing hooky from work at a cute little coffee shop when we stumbled on an interesting pattern within both CIS and The Transportation Station.

A lot of leased on Owner Ops were calling us for help to start their own brand new DOT Motor Carrier authority. But as we chatted we agreed we hadn’t really thought deeply about WHY it was happening…it just was.

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[NorthernBill]

Good article, well written and informative. Would you care to share the company's adapting this model?

 

[FlyingVan]

Doesn't this sound a lot like the "multi" model we saw in expediting? Pay your own insurance and haul for more carriers?

At least here though if you have your authority and insurance you are compensated more than a regular owner operator. In expediting with the multi model, with a few exceptions, if you paid for your own insurance you had the honor of getting paid less.

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