Final-mile carriers, delivery apps and expedite carriers that contract owner-operators with 16 to 26 ft box trucks.
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The most local companies for box truck contracts are in Dallas–Fort Worth (28), Miami–Fort Lauderdale (23) and Philadelphia (20). Each city page lists what every company there takes and requires.
More metros are coming: Atlanta, Chicago, Los Angeles, Charlotte, Detroit, Orlando.
Box truck contract work is mostly final-mile delivery (furniture, appliances, freight to homes and businesses), app-based moving and delivery jobs, and expedited freight.
Box trucks are rated 10,001 lbs GVWR or more, so interstate work generally needs a USDOT number, and for-hire interstate work needs MC authority. Many final-mile carriers ask for your own authority plus commercial auto liability (often $1M) and cargo insurance (often $100K). Others lease you on under theirs.
A CDL is required for a vehicle rated or loaded to 26,001 lbs or more, or to haul placarded hazmat, so most 16 ft and many 26 ft box trucks don't need one. Check your truck's GVWR.
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Not if the truck is rated at 26,000 lbs GVWR or less and you don't load it past that or haul placarded hazmat. That covers most 16 ft and many 26 ft box trucks. Some companies still ask for a CDL. Listings show the CDL requirement when a company states one.
Many final-mile and freight companies require your own USDOT and MC numbers; some lease you on under theirs. Listings show "Own DOT/MC required" or "No DOT/MC needed" when the company says so.
Commonly $1M auto liability and $100K cargo insurance, but it varies. Listings show the amounts the company states on its own site.