NEW TO THIS BUSINESS?
As a brand new carrier who just received MC Authority or planning to do so it is very important to insure that your truck or trucks are running consistently generating revenue every day for you and your business. However, as you may have already discovered many dispatch firms will only work with carriers who have been in business for at least 6 month or more. There is a logical explanation for this. You see, there are a lot of brokers who will not take a chance by booking a load with a newly registered carrier and risking potential cargo loss or damage. Therefore they will prefer a carrier who managed to stay in business for some time and will present a lower risk. For a dispatch firm this translates into more work trying to find brokers who will work with a newly registered carrier. Here at Horizon Dispatch services we believe that everyone has to start somewhere! We have relationships with many brokers willing to work with newly established companies and we are willing to service new carriers even so it may require additional effort on our part for the first 6 month or so. In return we usually get a fully “accredited” client who will continue doing business with us in a future! Also during your first year we will guide and assist you in a form of consulting.
If you are new to this business you probably have a lot of questions and you probably come to realization that you will encounter unforeseen challenges related to operation of your business. With our experience in transportation we will not only take care of booking your freight but will also share our opinion related to issues and problems you may encounter. As long you remain our client Consulting is totally free to you.
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
Yes. Unless you are leased to a carrier and just need assistance dispatching your current shipments.
Since you are running under your own Authority you will be billing (and receiving payments from) individual brokers and shippers directly! You can also use factoring company for faster payments and we’ll be happy to do credit checks for you.
We prefer time in business of 6 month, but do not require it. Other than that your authority and insurance must be active.
No. We do not have broker license and book everything under your authority. By doing so, we can not “cut” your rate as some broker-dispatch companies do!
Dry van freight is our specialty. However we also work with reefer and flatbed carriers.
No. We believe that anyone who is charging less will have to run more trucks to sustain their business, which in return will degrade service quality and lower rates booked for carrier. We have a rule of “no more than 5 trucks per dispatcher” in order to insure our client is getting highest available rates on the market. And by doing so, we basically make our service much more affordable than competition.
If you provide all necessary documents, within 2-4 hours.
We can run you in all 48 states or within area you specify. Most our clients run in Southeast, Midwest and North East regions.
This is entirely up to you!
Average rate for loaded mile in 2020 is $2.74 per mile. Our absolute average for loaded and empty is $2.48 per every mile driven. However, this depends on your time in business, safety rating and numbers of states you are able to run.
Yes, as long as you are comfortable running less miles (1000-1800 per week). On the other hand, depending on your location you can average $3.50-$5.00 per every mile running short distance.
We book all kind of freight from watermelons to airplane parts. If you have specific request please let us know.
We accept all major credit and debit cards. With weekly plan a recurring charge will be set up so you don’t have to worry about sending in payments every week.