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The Art of the Deal with 10 Wheels

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Welcome to the official business blueprint for serious logistics entrepreneurs. The Art of the Deal with 10 Wheels, authored by logistics architect Michael Thomas, is now the core framework taught inside the Logistical Forwarding Solutions ecosystem. If you're launching a freight brokerage, scaling a dispatch service, investing in trucks, or managing a carrier operation, this is your GPS for navigating the road to real logistics income.

What Is "The Art of the Deal with 10 Wheels"?

It’s more than a title—it’s a strategic guidebook for building a freight-based business that scales with discipline, data, and deal structure. Every chapter is drawn from 25+ years of experience inside North America’s trucking corridors, terminals, load boards, compliance departments, and shipper networks. It’s the foundational playbook that shows how to:

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  • Build deals before you buy trucks

  • Align drivers, dispatchers, brokers, and investors

  • Structure freight lanes into systems of cash flow

  • Master regional operations like Phoenix to Dallas

  • Use compliance, contracts, and carrier packets as leverage

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Who Needs This?

  • Freight Brokers launching or scaling operations

  • Trucking Investors looking for managed equipment ROI

  • CDL Drivers transitioning into ownership or leasing

  • Dispatchers building power-only or reefer networks

  • Carriers wanting to expand without burning out

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What You'll Learn:

  • Why the first decision in logistics is alignment—not authority

  • How to land a profitable first deal and replicate it

  • The regional blueprint: freight lives in lanes, not loads

  • How driver relationships become million-dollar leverage

  • Turning your MC number into a freight-structuring machine

  • Compliance, insurance, and scaling systems that pay you back

  • Passive trucking: systems that earn while you sleep

  • Broker-driver hybrid models for total freight control

  • Dispatch as a revenue desk, not a cost center

  • Exit planning: turning freight into a legacy

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Why It Outranks Traditional Trucking Courses

Where most blogs or YouTube channels stop at “how to get an MC number,” Michael teaches how to create multi-stream freight income using the MC number as a platform. He breaks down:

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  • Freight lanes by volume and margin potential

  • The power of clean CSA scores in negotiations

  • How to form joint ventures between drivers and investors

  • Structuring freight for control—not chaos

  • Freight University systems that train teams to scale

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This isn’t just theory—it’s the exact framework taught across all five LFS partner sites, including Freight University, Trucking Passive Income, and Investing in Trucking.

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Michael doesn’t train hustlers. He trains freight architects—people who want to own and engineer logistics systems that others depend on. If you’re ready to design a career in dispatching, brokering, investing, or freight operations that produces structured, repeatable, bankable income, this is your first step.

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Enroll Free at FreightUniversity.online

All LFS members get access to free Freight University materials based on The Art of the Deal with 10 Wheels. Courses include:

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  • The First Deal Simulation

  • Lane Mastery Blueprint

  • Passive Trucking System Setup

  • Driver Contracts & Equity Programs

  • MC Number Monetization

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Start building deals—not just loads.
Visit the official page: The Art of the Deal with 10 Wheels

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