LLC · EIN · USDOT · MC · BOC-3

Trucking businessSetup

READY TO START YOUR OWN TRUCKING COMPANY?
Most clients legal in 3–4 weeks
76

steps between you and your first paid load.We run all 76.

RUN BY A 9-YEAR OWNER OPERATOR
OPERATING
AUTHORITYUSDOT · MC · BOC-3
EVERY
FILINGIFTA · 2290 · UCR
TRUCK &
DRIVERSourced and placed
What we doPackages, pricing and all 76 steps→ Let us help youTick what you need, see your tier→ About usNine years running our own trucks→ Contact usCall, text, email or DM→

Seventy-six steps stand between you and your first paid load. Most people quit somewhere around step twenty, or find out at step forty that they did step twelve wrong. We run trucks every day — we'll run these for you.

BUILT BYA 9-year owner operator
STEPS WE HANDLEUp to 76
DONE FOR YOU3–4 weeks
DONE ALONE6–10 weeks

Every tier is a full start-up for a brand-new owner. The only question is how far you want us to carry you.

WHAT WE DO

The packages
Tier 1
REGISTRATION ONLY
$1,500

You want the company formed and the authority filed. From there you'll build the rest of the operation yourself.

ONLY IN TIER 2
READ THIS BEFORE YOU CHOOSE TIER 1

Tier 1 does not put you on the road. It forms your company and files your authority — that's all. You will not have apportioned plates, an IFTA license, a 2290, a drug & alcohol program or an ELD, and you cannot legally haul freight without them. Those are in Tier 2. We would rather tell you now than sell you a package that leaves you parked.

Tier 2
ROAD READY · MOST CHOSEN
$2,500

You want us to carry it all the way to the first load — legal on the road, connected to brokers, and getting paid.

ONLY IN TIER 2
Tier 3
FULL LAUNCH
$5,000

You want the truck and the driver too — the whole operation standing up at once.

The truck is the decision that makes or breaks year one.

À LA CARTE

Add one piece instead

We won't help you buy or finance a truck you can't legally move. Get road-legal, then we source.

Funding file prep & lender introductions$450
Driver sourcing, vetting & placementWe recruit and screen; you choose. One free replacement inside 30 days.$750
Truck & equipment sourcingThrough Truk Kingz Truck & Equipment Sourcing — follow @truk_kingz for available units$1,500
Once you need three of these, the upgrade is the better deal — and we'll say so rather than sell you the add-ons.

MOVING UP LATER

Upgrade pricing

Buying the tier you need up front is always the cheapest way in. Upgrade inside your first 30 days and you pay only the difference — your file is still open and the work runs straight through. After that we're reopening a closed file: quotes have expired, records have gone stale, and work that would have been done once gets done twice. The $500 re-open fee covers that, and nothing more.

Tier 1 → Tier 2within 30 days$1,000
Tier 1 → Tier 2after 30 days$1,500
Tier 2 → Tier 3within 30 days$2,500
Tier 2 → Tier 3after 30 days$3,000
Tier 1 → Tier 3within 30 days$3,500
Tier 1 → Tier 3after 30 days$4,000
Tier 1 then Tier 2 later costs $3,000. Tier 2 today costs $2,500. If you already know you'll need it, buy it now.

THE COMPLETE BUILD

All 76 steps, and who does them

This is the real list — every filing, registration, account and inspection between forming a company and factoring your first invoice. The tag on each step shows the lowest tier that covers it.

T1 Tier 1 and upT2 Tier 2 and upT3 Tier 3 only
SHOW ALL 76 STEPS
PHASE 01

FORM THE BUSINESS

01Choose entity type — LLC or corporationT1
02Business name search and availability checkT1
03File articles of organization with the stateT1
04Designate a registered agentT1
05Operating agreementT1
06EIN from the IRST1
07Physical business addressFMCSA will not accept a PO boxT1
08Business bank account guidanceT1
PHASE 02

FEDERAL AUTHORITY — MOTUS

09Login.gov account and identity verificationGovernment ID scan and facial scan — new in 2026T1
10Motus account creationT1
11USDOT number applicationT1
12Operating authority selection — carrier, propertyT1
13Filing fee submissionT1
14BOC-3 process agent designationAuthority will not activate without itT1
15Monitor the vetting and protest periodT1
16Confirm authority activationT1
PHASE 03

INSURANCE

17Coverage requirements explained$750k liability minimum, $100k cargo typicalT1
18Placed with our licensed insurance agentsThree independent agents writing with twenty providers — competing quotes, not one numberT2
19Underwriting packet prepared for the agentsCDL, MVR, experience, VIN, radius of operationT2
20Quote comparison reviewed with youT2
21Confirm the insurer files your BMC-91XThis is what turns your authority onT2
PHASE 04

TAX, PERMITS & PLATES

22UCR registrationT2
23IFTA license and decalsT2
24IRP apportioned plate applicationT2
25IRS Form 2290 heavy vehicle use taxRequired before plates are issuedT2
26Base-state jurisdiction and weight class setDecides what your plates cost you every year — worth getting right onceT2
27MCS-150 biennial update calendar setT2
PHASE 05

DRUG PROGRAM & SAFETY FILES

28FMCSA Drug & Alcohol Clearinghouse registrationT2
29Consortium / C-TPA enrollmentT2
30Random testing pool placementT2
31Designated Employer Representative namedT2
32Written drug & alcohol policyT2
33Supervisor reasonable-suspicion trainingT2
34Hours of service policyT2
35ELD selected and registeredT2
36Accident register and maintenance files startedT2
37New entrant safety audit file preparedYour audit comes inside the first 12 monthsT2
PHASE 06

MONEY & FREIGHT

38UCC filing and notice of assignmentT2
39Factoring rate negotiatedT2
40Fuel card program enrollmentDiscount network access from day oneT2
41Bookkeeping and accounting setupT2
42Load board accounts — DAT and TruckstopT2
43Broker onboarding portalsHighway, RMIS, MyCarrierPackets, Carrier411T2
44Carrier packet builtW-9, COI, notice of assignment, authority letterT2
45The New Authority Broker SheetBrokers that actually onboard carriers under six months old, with contact namesT2
46Dispatcher placed with your operationT2
47Rate confirmation, BOL and POD process taughtT2
48Invoicing and submission workflowT2
PHASE 07

FUNDING THE TRUCK

49Credit review and repair roadmapT3
50Funding document package assembledT3
51Introductions to new-authority lendersT3
52Down payment and deal structure guidanceIncluding what a predatory lease-purchase looks likeT3
PHASE 08

TRUCK & EQUIPMENT

53Match equipment type to your freight goalsReefer, dry van, flatbed, hotshot, power onlyT3
54Truck sourcingT3
55ECM fault code read and service records reviewT3
56Independent pre-purchase inspectionT3
57Purchase negotiationT3
58Title and registrationT3
59DOT annual inspectionT3
60USDOT number lettering on both doorsT3
61Trailer sourcingT3
62Equipment list — straps, chains, tarps, PPET3
PHASE 09

FILLING THE SEAT

63How to recruit and vet a driver — walked through with youSo you can hire again on your own next timeT3
64Driver ad written and posted for your truckT3
65Applications screened and shortlistedT3
66MVR pulled and reviewedT3
67PSP report pulledTheir inspection and crash historyT3
68Employment application — 49 CFR 391.21T3
69Previous employer safety performance historyThree years backT3
70Clearinghouse full query before first dispatchT3
71Pre-employment drug test — negative resultT3
72DOT physical and medical certificate verifiedT3
73Road test or equivalent certificateT3
74Driver qualification file assembled and securedT3
75Driver added to your insurance policyT3
76Driver dispatched on the first loadT3

LET US HELP YOU

Tick what you need done
Go through the list and tick everything you want handled. We'll show you which tier that lands in — then send it over and we'll talk it through.

FORM THE BUSINESS & FILE THE AUTHORITY

GET LEGAL ON THE ROAD

GET BOOKED AND GET PAID

FUND AND BUY THE TRUCK

PUT A DRIVER IN THE SEAT

NOTHING TICKED YET
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GET A CALL BACK

Tell us where you're at

Most calls are just questions. No obligation.

GOT IT

Your information came through. We go through these in the order they land, and you'll hear from a real person — usually same day.

Need us sooner? Call or text (848) 324-2300.

ABOUT US

We've been in your seat

We are owner operators. Nine years running our own trucks, our own authority, our own paperwork — and every mistake that comes with learning it the hard way.

That is why this exists. We kept meeting drivers who had the money, the work ethic and the freight lined up, and were still parked six months later because a BOC-3 never got filed, or an insurance policy was written wrong, or nobody told them a 2290 has to clear before plates are issued. Good people, stopped by paperwork.

We are not a filing service reading off a script in an office. We run trucks every day. We know what a broker actually asks a new authority for, which lenders will look at a carrier with no history, and what a bad lease-purchase looks like before you sign it — because we have seen all of it up close.

So we will tell you the truth even when it costs us the sale. If Tier 1 leaves you parked, we say so. If three add-ons cost more than the upgrade, we say so. You are trying to build something that feeds your family, and you deserve a straight answer more than you deserve a pitch.

Seventy-six steps. We have run all of them for ourselves. Now we will run them for you.

CONTACT US

Reach us direct

Call, text, email or DM — whatever's easiest. A real person answers.

CALL OR TEXT
(848) 324-2300
EMAIL
carrierstartup76@gmail.com
INSTAGRAM
@truk_kingz
IFTA · IRP PLATES · 2290 · UCR · INSURANCE