I looked at that this morning. It appeared that you have to become a member to even look at the loads. I will have to check it out better this evening.
Thanks
I have gotten on there and signed up for a trial to see what it was.
I got referred to it when I was considering adding car hauling to my trucking business I used to have.
But you do have to have a DOT number and commercial authority to haul for money.
I don't think it's required for membership in the load board but it is required to contract loads.
Without the papers, insurance will not cover you if in an accident hauling commercial illegally; the law will not enforce your contract; you will be fined and I have been present in the port of entries in several states where there was an amateur hauler who did not know the authority and the permits he needed and they impounded their rigs.
They would not let them leave the scale-house with their trailers until they either hired a licensed carrier to transport it across the state or came back with the right papers.
If you don't get the authority and the permits it's considered a form of tax evasion.
They have been cracking down on shady brokers and trucking outfits the last few years.
They recently raised the broker's liability bond from 10k to 100k.
If you do not have carrier authority you have to lease on under someone who does and contract through them under their name.