For carriers, owner-operators and drivers
We are a carrier-first company. Whether you run your own authority, own one truck or drive for a living, LFS has services that help keep your trucking business running, and a network of trucking companies you can be part of.
What carrier-first means here
Everything LFS does comes back to one question: does this help keep the small trucking company alive? Solvent, compliant, earning and not alone. If something helps someone profit at the carrier's expense, we don't do it.
For a carrier, that comes down to plain things. What we charge is in writing before we start. Dispatch is 8% of each load's gross, and the person dispatching your truck works for your business. If a broker doesn't pay you, we help you file a complaint and follow up at no charge.
As The Art of the Deal with 10 Wheels puts it: "One truck is a straight line. A business built right turns in circles." Freight research leads to the right load, clean paperwork leads to getting paid, and getting paid keeps the truck running for the next load.
LFS services for carriers
Each one is a service you can use under your own authority.
Dispatch service
8% of the gross of each load. More than dispatch: freight research, rate and broker review, compliance support and back-office help, done by a PLSP trained through Freight University.
Trucking company management
Management for small fleets: the back office, the fleet and the freight research, handled with you.
Back office
Billing, invoicing, paperwork and IFTA help.
Freight research
Which lanes, customers and brokers pay, before the truck rolls.
DOT compliance
Compliance setup, mock audits, driver qualification files and CSA review.
Free broker complaint help
Unpaid by a broker, impersonated or double brokered? File a free complaint at FreightBrokerComplaint.com.
Three more ways to work with LFS
Join the LFS network
Your trucking company keeps its own authority and runs under LFS management and compliance oversight.
Owner-operators
You own your truck. Use LFS dispatch, compliance and back office, or talk with us about the network.
CDL-A driver jobs
LFS recruits and screens CDL-A drivers for the trucking companies in the LFS network.
Getting paid is part of the load
A load isn't finished when it delivers. It's finished when the money is in your account. That takes a signed rate confirmation, a clean bill of lading, a signed proof of delivery and any lumper or detention receipts, all sent in promptly. Missing paperwork is the most common reason carriers wait on money.
If you use LFS dispatch or back office, getting that paperwork in and the invoice out is part of the work. Our articles on why delivered isn't done until it funds and working with a factoring company go further.
If a broker hasn't paid you, impersonated your company or double brokered your load, file a free complaint at FreightBrokerComplaint.com. We look into it and contact the broker on your behalf at no charge. How it works.
- Rate confirmation signed before pickup
- BOL and POD sent in after delivery
- Free complaint help when a broker doesn't pay
Have this ready when you contact us
- Your company name, USDOT number and MC number, if you have them
- How many trucks you run and the equipment: dry van, reefer or power only
- Your current insurance and when it renews
- What you need help with: dispatch, compliance, back office, or joining the network
Carriers with education behind them
Every company in the LFS network has education behind it. Students, interns and academics from Freight University apply what they learn to help carriers grow: freight research, compliance and the back office. No one goes to school to fail, so the team behind you is working for you to succeed. How we work.
- Freight research for your lanes
- Compliance kept current
- Transparency on everything
Questions and answers
Does LFS have freight for me to haul?
LFS is a service company, not a freight brokerage, so we don't offer loads as a broker. Our dispatch service researches and books freight for your truck, under your own authority, for 8% of each load's gross.
Do you work with new authorities?
Yes. A new authority is not a reason by itself to turn a carrier away. If you're still building your company, LFS also helps people start a trucking company.
What equipment do you work with?
53-foot dry vans, refrigerated trailers and power only: 80,000-pound CDL freight. We don't work with flatbed or non-CDL hotshot.
Is the broker complaint service really free?
Yes. Filing at FreightBrokerComplaint.com costs nothing. We review the complaint and contact the broker on your behalf. Allegations stay allegations until they are resolved.
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Join the LFS carrier network
The LFS network is a group of trucking companies that LFS manages and keeps compliant. Each company keeps its own authority, its own name and its own trucks.
Owner-operator opportunities with LFS
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CDL-A driver jobs in the LFS network
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How we work: backed by education
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Tell us about your trucking company
Send your company details and what you need: dispatch, compliance, back office or joining the LFS network. We'll reply personally.
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