Category: Freight Broker Info

  • How To Use the Zip Code and City Radius Search To Find Freight near you

    Find freight in seconds in this mobile friendly page. The Trulos Zip Code and City Truckload Search make it simple to find freight using your mobile phone.

  • How To Find Freight in 30 Seconds Using State Search

    Using the Trulos Free Load Board State Search we are able to quickly find freight for free. Yep no sign in or password to remember. Just go to www.trulos.com and check out the Free load Board. Did we say you don’t even need to remember another *&^$&@ password. Yep. We did.

  • How To Video – Free Truckload Map Search

    Quick video on how to find freight in 30 seconds for free. Using the Trulos Free Load board Map Search you can find full truckload or partials in under a minute. Super easy and no sign in. Totally free. We seriously don’t even want your email.

  • U.S. manufacturing costs are now equal to Mexico and will be equal to China by 2015

    Found this great article – http://www.mhi.org/media/news/12353 In another sign that America is becoming more competitive in manufacturing, the U.S. is now equal to Mexico in “attractiveness” as a source for manufacturing operations and is on track to achieve cost parity with manufactured imports from China by 2015. That’s according to new research released by AlixPartners. […]

  • Carriers should be brokers and brokers should be carriers

    Sounds crazy but as online dispatch tools get easier to use and the functionality gets more and more encompassing it just makes sense.  Let’s look at why this insane idea makes perfect sense. Carriers first. Carriers build relationships with shippers.  These relationships are strong and there is trust.  I have spoken to many leased on […]

  • How to Grow Your Business Without Debt or Loans

    What is Invoice Factoring? Accounts receivable financing, also known as invoice factoring, is a powerful financial tool that has fueled the growth and success of a number of trucking companies. Factoring enables trucking and owner operators to capitalize on their unpaid receivables by selling them to a factoring company for immediate payment. With factoring, truckload carriers immediately […]

  • Truck Driver Freight Broker Health Plans

    There are many different types of health insurance plans but there are commonly three major kinds. Health Maintenance Organizations (HMOs): Often the most affordable plans and require consumers to pick a Primary Care Physician (PCP). Consumers have coverage for only in-network doctors and most get referrals from PCPs to see a specialist. Preferred Provider Organization […]

  • Truckload Carrier and Freight Broker Contracts

    These are contracts that every broker and carrier have to fill out. We have them in PDF and as MS Word so you can edit them. Broker Carrier Agreement (PDF / Word)| Shipper Carrier Agreement (PDF / Word) | BOL Form (PDF) | Blank W-9 (PDF) Broker Carrier Agreement – The first step between carriers […]

  • How to Negotiate pricing with the Truckload Carrier

    Freight Brokers are constantly negotiating with carriers. Unless there are rates in place with a carrier already each load will have to be negotiated. Some times there are rating tools available that will give the freight broker an idea on where to start but many times any past rates are out the window because of […]