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Anyone who is experienced know what the best way to go about researching/ looking for an owner/operator truck driver to contract for a few months for our business.

We have recently started a seperate llc for our business that will capture some of the packaging and storage that is generated from our business of auctioning medical equipment.

Is there any good source or government website that could provide us with info on how to pay these types of drivers. We have a very unpredictable shipping need that varies a lot per month, and a lot of other variables such as location pickups, and different stop/load times to fill load up the truck at various stops. Any info or direction?
Thanks for your answer i appreciate it man. Thats what the company currently does. CTS and United are doing most of the hauling for our company at the moment. The possibility of leasing a truck was brought up, as well as hiring an o/o.

I think you are looking at your needs in the wrong way.

You probably shouldn’t be trying to hire an owner operator directly. You will have scads of paperwork, and it doesn’t sound as though you would have enough freight to keep him busy enough to make it profitable for him, or worthwhile for you.

What I would suggest is for you to look for a trucking company. Look in the phone book for "Trucking - Motor Freight". Call them and work out a deal.

They will have lots of available trucks. When you have a load that your want hauled, give them a call and they will dispatch a truck and take care of everything for the pick up and delivery. Then they will bill you. You can call them for one load a day, or one load a year. With your unpredictable shipping, this will fit your needs nicely.

When you discuss your needs with the trucking company, here are some things you need to know:

A partial truck load is called an LTL, which stands for Less Than Truckload.

Be prepared to be required to pay a fuel surcharge in addition to the freight rates.

Until you get established, the company may not want to bill you, but may want to work out some other payment arrangement.

Call several companies before deciding on one. Make sure they can meet your needs. Not all trucking companies operate the same way, or are set up to haul all kinds of freight. Some don’t do LTL’s, some only operate tankers or only haul heavy equipment (such as bulldozers, cranes, etc.). From what you have written, I think you probably would need a company that pulls dry vans.

I hope this has helped. Good Luck.

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