Carrier Tools & Resources
Compliance tools, checklists, and reference guides for motor carriers.
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Most-used carrier checks
Authority age, readiness, startup steps, and radius prospecting — the four paths carriers and brokers open first.
Find Carriers by Radius
Radius search by domicile ZIP — fleet size, authority age, insurance triggers. Download CSV. No login.
PrimaryMC Authority Age Checker
Look up grant/reinstate date and age in days — then see brokers whose published gates you may meet. Confirm with the broker.
PrimaryReady to Operate Checker
USDOT in — check ACTIVE authority, insurance on file, and BOC-3. Public filings snapshot; verify on FMCSA.
PrimaryNew Carrier Checklist
Step-by-step guide to getting your MC authority.
Prospecting & sales lists
Build outbound lists from domicile radius, fleet growth, and insurance triggers.
Growth & Change Prospects
Carriers that crossed a power-unit threshold, grew fleet size, or changed legal name — MCS-150 import observations. CSV. No login.
Insurance Jeopardy Desk
Pending L&I cancellations, cancel soon, renewing 30–60 days — sales list with CSV. Public filings only; absence ≠ uninsured.
Rejected Insurance Filings
Carriers with rejected L&I filings — filing-failure shopping signal with CSV. Public FMCSA records only.
Insurance Cancel Desk
Owner-op USDOT lookup for pending L&I cancels and coverage gaps — links to the free jeopardy desk.
Activation Calendar
SEO entry to FMCSA grant/reinstate calendar at /find/calendar/ and by-date drill-down.
FMCSA Decisions Feed
Landing for daily registration grants at /registrations/ — prospect new authorities.
Authority, brokers & startup
MC age gates, broker setup rules, and the path from filing to active authority.
Startup Timeline
See your filed → active dates from FMCSA authority rows. Static checklist stays the how-to guide.
Qualify Brokers by MC Age
Enter how old your MC authority is — see which brokers' published setup gates you may meet. Confirm with the broker.
Broker Setup Requirements
Authority-age and insurance gates copied from public broker onboarding pages. Browse by broker or search.
Do I Need MC?
Short quiz — USDOT only, motor-carrier MC, broker authority, or intrastate path.
Broker Legitimacy Check
Carrier-side check: ACTIVE broker authority plus BMC-84 bond or BMC-85 trust when present in FMCSA L&I.
Risk screening & verification
Insurance depth checks, chameleon peers, safety peers, and contact fraud signals.
Insurance Check (deep)
BIPD gaps, cargo filings, and insurance-lapse watch tier — deeper than ready-to-operate.
Chameleon Carrier Check
Heuristic USDOT cluster peers from public census — not an FMCSA finding.
Safety Benchmark
Driver/vehicle OOS rates vs similar fleet-size peers from public SMS fields.
Email, Domain & Phone Fraud Check
Paste a load-offer email or phone — match against FMCSA contacts and domain age. Always call the FMCSA phone.
Book / Don't Book Checker
PASS, CAUTION, or REJECT for a carrier USDOT — same booking-verdict signals as our carrier pages. Public filings; verify on FMCSA.
Batch DOT Screen
Paste up to 25 USDOT or MC numbers — authority, insurance, and OOS-style signals in one table. Free, no login.
Compliance reference
HOS, roadside rights, filings calendars, fees, and violation decode.
Hours of Service Rules
Complete HOS reference with 11/14/60/70 rules and exemptions.
Roadside Inspection Rights
Know your rights during FMCSA Level I-VI inspections.
MCS-150 Due Date
Biennial census month from USDOT digits; optional lookup of last-filed date.
UCR Fee Bracket
2026 Unified Carrier Registration tiers by power units — pay on ucr.gov.
Liability Minimums
FMCSA BIPD floors by operation type; brokers often require more.
CVSA Calendar
Roadcheck and Brake Safety Week planning dates — confirm on cvsa.org.
CDL School Search
Search FMCSA ELDT / TPR schools; full directory at /cdl-schools/.
Pre-Trip Inspection
CDL pre-trip inspection checklist and reference.
Violation Code Decoder
Enter an FMCSR violation code — official label, SMS BASIC category, and OOS eligibility from our ViolationDefinition dictionary.
Fleet & operations
Open recalls across VINs and trip fuel cost estimates.
More tools
Additional checkers and guides in this catalog.