Six printable checklists and a broker tracker for dispatchers who book through brokers. New dispatchers learn the broker side the hard way: a missed line on a rate confirmation, a broker who never pays, detention nobody wrote down. These are the checks we would put on every dispatcher’s desk. We booked loads through brokers every day.
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Set one of your carriers up with a new broker: the carrier packet, who signs, and keeping the money with the carrier.
Broker authority and bond on FMCSA’s lookup, factoring approval, and 8 double-brokering red flags. Then a clear decision.
Two pages: parties, pickup and delivery, freight, accessorials, payment terms, fine print, and how to sign only as the carrier’s agent.
What to ask before you talk rate, how to open the call for a named carrier, and what never to say on a booking call.
Write down in and out times as they happen, who you told, and what was approved, so the carrier can bill detention, TONU, and layover.
FMCSA’s 2023 factors on one page, plus a 5-question self-check before every load. The source is cited on the card.
Every broker in one spreadsheet: setup status, pay terms, actual days to pay, a days-late flag, and do-not-use rows. Plus a detention log tab. Opens in Excel, Google Sheets, and Numbers.
How the pieces fit into a day, from vetting a new broker to Friday’s tracker update. The ZIP also includes one combined PDF of the checklists.
New dispatchers who already know what a rate confirmation is. Dispatchers adding a second or third carrier. Small carriers who book their own loads can use the vetting, rate confirmation, and detention lists the same way.
Every checklist keeps you on the dispatcher side of FMCSA’s 2023 guidance on dispatch services (Definitions of Broker and Bona Fide Agents, 88 FR 39368, June 16, 2023): a written agreement with each carrier, pay only from the carrier, bookings only through brokers for a named carrier, and no part in the load money. There are no shipper scripts, and you never sign as a broker.
American Truckers LLC started as a dispatch company. We booked loads through brokers, and these are the checks we would want every new dispatcher to run.
The Broker Desk is checklists and a tracker for education. It is not legal, tax, or financial advice. American Truckers LLC is not a law firm. Agreement files in the Dispatcher Starter Kit are editable starter templates, not legal advice. Have your own licensed attorney review any agreement, form, or process before you use or sign it.
It is included in the Dispatcher Starter Kit. Buy it now and you get an upgrade discount for the $12.99 you paid when the kit launches on Monday, Nov 9. Join the waitlist for early access Nov 4–6.
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No. The Broker Desk is checklists and a tracker for education. It is not legal, tax, or financial advice, and American Truckers LLC is not a law firm. Agreement files in the Starter Kit are editable starter templates, not legal advice. Have your own attorney review any agreement or process before you rely on it.
These checklists are for dispatchers who work for carriers as their agent and book loads through brokers. They follow FMCSA’s 2023 guidance (88 FR 39368). Working with shippers directly, or taking pay from brokers, points to needing broker authority. The card inside explains why.
A ZIP with 7 printable PDFs, also combined into one PDF, and the Preferred Broker Tracker spreadsheet with Brokers, Detention log, and How-to tabs. It opens in Excel, Google Sheets, and Numbers.
Yes. Vetting brokers, reviewing rate confirmations, and logging detention work the same way when the carrier is you.
Yes. The kit launches Monday, Nov 9. Waitlist early access is Nov 4–6. Buy the Broker Desk now and you get an upgrade discount for the $12.99 you paid when the kit launches. Join the waitlist.
A 30-day money-back guarantee. Email info@americantruckersllc.com within 30 days.
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