How to obtain routes and or contracts in new jersey?

[JonH]

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[Sinister]

We used to have a guy on here named @smokestack but he hasn't been around forever. He had experience in NJ.

Good luck in your search, welcome to the forum and thanks for being literate.

 

[mndriver]

Pretty much in the order I found you need to complete them in to get your authority.

1. File for an EIN number.
2. File with your states Secretary of State you DBA name or paperwork. It cost me all of $50 to file my DBA and used the form from the state. An attorney wanted $500 to do the same thing using the same form. It was another $25 fee to file the public notification with the local paper as required by law. The want ads folks KNOW what is needed so just talk to them.
3. You have to belong to a drug testing consortium. Find that locally or you can pay OOIDA $100 annually.
4. Download and USE the ETA manual from the FMCSA web. I had the local print shop print and bind for $20. It's FREE and it's the same silly thing that JJ Keller will charge you $250 for. It has ALL the forms and items you need to comply with to PASS your new carrier audit.
5. Get an insurance quote and have them ready to bind it. You can't bind it until you get an MC # after you file your MC-150.
   
   These next steps happen QUICKLY. Like one phone call right after another. I am providing the links where I can.
6. File your MC-150. This will get you a DOT and an MC#. The DOT number is free. The MC# will cost $300. You get these numbers instantly. There is a 10-day mandatory comment period after your application is filed that you must wait for your authority to go active. Once it goes active, you will receive a letter in the mail saying your authority is active. You can use ICCASAP Welcome and get your letter NOW. They cost like $25. I never did figure out where it is that they get it from on the FMCSA website. It's a public download. I think it's here.
   
   (NOTE: the website WILL ask for a credit card up front. This is purely for identification at first)
   
   Licensing Documents:
   For copies of documents pertaining to Licensing matters (i.e., FMCSA Register; Certificates, Permits, or Licenses; or Decisions concerning name changes, grants of operating authority or dismissals of operating authority) you may call 202-366-9805 during regular business hours (EST), fax a request to 202-366-3477 or mail a request to FMCSA, Licensing Team, 1200 New Jersey Ave., S.E., Washington, D.C. 20590.
7. File your BOC-3 state agent. I used OOIDA for this since I am also a member. It was free. I no sooner clicked on my "File electronically" and I was receiving phone calls from people to file my BOC-3. From $40 to $150. The first phone call come 30 seconds after I filed the payment. This WILL make a public notification so be forewarned.
8. Have your insurance company bind and file the insurance with FMCSA. They have all the forms and stuff. once you bind, plan on having 20% of your annual bill handy. Lately, new carrier insurance has been north of $9000 annually.
9. File with your state for an apportion account. This will get you set up for doing licensing stuff. I know where Minnesota is, I'd have to dig around for any other states process. This gets me in to do my IFTA filing as well as filing for my IRP plates. Plan on needing about $1500+ to get your first year plates. IFTA sticker is $30. You may want to research this out BEFORE you actually file your MC-150. This is where you ID what states you will drive in.
10. File your UCR. $80 for 1-2 trucks for the year. UCR Application
11. Get your truck lettered. You have to have your DBA name, your DOT number and that's it. If you go into CO, put the last 8 of your VIN on too.
12. File for weight/distance accounts in: KY, NM, NY and OR if you are planning to go there. File for the ad velorum tax in AR too if you are going to go there as well.
13. I use Internet Truckstop for my load board. You can use OOIDA's Members Edge or Getloaded or any other load board if you care. It's just time to go truckin is all.

I use Quicken Home & Business for all my invoicing and financial process. Don't need anything fancier.

I have spreadsheets that I use for tracking my IFTA miles/fuel and it takes me all of 15 minutes at the end of the quarter to file my IFTA. I have another spreadsheet set-up for tracking the loads I do and how much I make and the miles driven to do those loads. When I find my actual "$2.11 per mile" though, that comes from the miles off the IFTA sheet for the month/quarter/year and from the Profit and Loss statement showing my income for the same period

 

[Mike]

@JonH

I can't help with routes, but I am curious how you are able to run without a CDL. Sounds like you would need one, but I may just be overlooking something.

And welcome to the forum

 

[Mike]

Fyi, you can get MC and DOT #s without a CDL. My truck is a 2008 Hino Box Truck 268A GVW 25,950

Less taxes I ll be paying then you who have a CDL.

That is what I was curious about. We definitely don't get many members trucking without a cdl.

 

[Duck]

Fyi, you can get MC and DOT #s without a CDL. My truck is a 2008 Hino Box Truck 268A GVW 25,950

Less taxes I ll be paying then you who have a CDL.

It's sad that one can actually make more $ $ with a pickup truck or a little Hino than you can with a full size 18 wheeler, yet the country can't survive without the 18 wheelers. Perhaps if more people followed the money to the smaller trucks, the shortage of truckload capacity would cause it to become profitable again.

 

[JonH]

Its the way to go for a lot of reasons Mike. Yea I noticed you get mostly all CDL guy and ladies on here, but there is money in non cdl as well

 

[Duck]

So, I received 0 help on here. I feel unfulfilled, I know there are guys on here that have knowledge of the field I asked about.

@revelation1911 operates a hot-shot. F-350 with a gooseneck. That's about all we've got for drivers of commercial trucks that are smaller than a full 18 wheeler.

 

[Duck]

No, we're okay, stay with your18 wheeler buddy lol

Nope. I'm afraid I'm gonna have to go out & buy a fleet of Hino's now & run down your rates with excess capacity.

Actually I oughta just buy a fleet of Ford Rangers & make even more money.

 

[Duck]

@JonH what is this about:

(I don't have the funds to purchase a route)

Are you implying that the box truck facet is like the taxicab industry where you have to pay-to-play?