Guides

Practical, no-fluff answers for anyone who sells to trucking companies — from the team behind DotRadar.

How to Find a Trucking Carrier's Insurance Renewal Date (X-Date)

Where X-dates come from: FMCSA insurance filings, effective-date anniversaries, and pending cancellations — the warmest signal in trucking insurance.

For-Hire Carrier vs. Private Fleet: How to Tell the Difference

A DOT number doesn't mean a company hauls for hire. Four public-data checks that settle it — and why the distinction changes your pitch.

What Is a BIPD Filing? FMCSA Insurance Filings Explained

BMC-91/91X certificates, federal minimum coverage amounts, cargo and bond filings, and how to read a carrier's public insurance record.

Trucking ATS Guide: Driver Applicant Tracking Systems

Why generic HR software fails for CDL hiring, the platforms carriers actually run, and how to tell which ATS a fleet uses.

How to Use FMCSA Data for Sales Prospecting

Registration, authority, insurance, and safety data on every carrier in the country — and how brokers, producers, recruiters, and fleet-tech sellers put it to work.