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There's a lot involved in starting a hotshot trucking company but follow along and check out the steps and links below to help you get setup.

Steps to starting your hotshot trucking company:


Register your business
Google search: “[your state] Secretary of State”
LegalZoom: [ Ссылка ]
Inc File: [ Ссылка ]

Request an EIN (Tax ID)
IRS website: [ Ссылка ]
LegalZoom and Inc File can include this if you go through them


Setup a bank account
Novo: [ Ссылка ]


Sign up for QuickBooks
QuickBooks - $7/month: [ Ссылка ]


Start Building Business Credit
Divvy: [ Ссылка ]


Setup a professional email
Google Custom Email: [ Ссылка ]
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Get a business phone line
Ring Central: [ Ссылка ]
Verizon Business: [ Ссылка ]


Apply for Sales Tax Exemption
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Apply for your Motor Carrier Authority
Application - $300: [ Ссылка ]
Watch this video for step by step guide: [ Ссылка ]


Get your BOC-3 and UCR done
BOC-3 - $25: [ Ссылка ]
UCR - $62: [ Ссылка ]


DOT Physical Exam for Medical Card
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Fill out this form to get Insurance Quotes
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Driver Recruiting and DOT compliance: [ Ссылка ]


Enterprise Rental Trucks: [ Ссылка ]


Trucking Funder - Truck Financing: [ Ссылка ]


Ram Trucks Commercial Financing: [ Ссылка ]
GMC Commercial Financing: [ Ссылка ]
Ford Commercial Financing: [ Ссылка ]
Big Tex Trailer Financing: [ Ссылка ]
Kaufman Trailer Financing: [ Ссылка ]


Freight Factoring
Triumph Business Capital: [ Ссылка ]


Fuel Cards
RTS: [ Ссылка ]


Sign up for Load boards
Truckers Edge: [ Ссылка ]
DAT Power: [ Ссылка ]
Truckstop: [ Ссылка ]


Order your ELD
Keep Truckin - now Motive: [ Ссылка ]


Order your Vehicle Decals
Custom Decals: [ Ссылка ]


New Entrant Phone Call
You will get a letter in the mail from FMCSA for your audit call. Do this ASAP. It’s easy, they basically just go over your application to verify what you’ve entered.
FMCSA Phone Number: 877-905-8016
Call them once you go active to request your Letter of Authority to be emailed to you. You need this in your compliance binder and you don’t have to wait 10 days for it to come in the mail.


Apply to brokers
Broker List: [ Ссылка ]


Create a Compliance Binder
Binder: [ Ссылка ]
Sheet Protectors: [ Ссылка ]

Hauling Equipment
Mytee Products: [ Ссылка ]


Create a Driver Qualification File
Fill out this form:
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Donate to Truckers Against Trafficking: [ Ссылка ]
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