Industry-Specific Business

Trucking & Freight Business

Run a Trucking Business on Profit Per Mile, Not Cheap Freight

12 lessons4 modules9h 55m durationbeginner level

Instructor: StretchLearn Faculty

About this course

This course takes a beginner from no truck and no authority to running a trucking or brokerage business on numbers it can defend. You will set up MC and USDOT authority, BOC-3, UCR, and a BMC-91 or surety bond, then build the all-in cost-per-mile that tells you which loads actually make money. You will learn to use load boards (DAT, Truckstop, freight brokers), negotiate rate per mile against fuel and deadhead, manage IFTA and the fuel-surcharge math, and read a per-mile profit-and-loss the way a fleet owner does. Every module is built around real federal requirements, named tools, and the actual math behind profit per mile.

Curriculum

Module 1: Getting Authority and Choosing Your Model3 lessons

Owner-Operator, Leased-On, or Freight BrokerPreview45m
MC and USDOT Authority Step by Step🔒55m
Insurance, IRP, IFTA, and State Compliance🔒50m

Module 2: Cost Per Mile and Rate Per Mile3 lessons

Building Your All-In Cost Per Mile🔒55m
Reading and Negotiating Rate Per Mile🔒50m
Fuel, Fuel Surcharge, and IFTA Math🔒50m

Module 3: Finding Freight and Booking Loads3 lessons

Load Boards: DAT, Truckstop, and the Rest🔒45m
Building Direct Broker and Shipper Relationships🔒50m
Getting Paid: Invoicing, Factoring, and Cash Flow🔒45m

Module 4: Profitability, Brokerage, and Scaling3 lessons

Reading Your Per-Mile P&L and Benchmarks🔒50m
The Freight Brokerage Model🔒50m
Scaling Without Breaking the Numbers🔒50m