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Applying for a truck stop fleet card costs nothing at Pilot, TA/Petro or Love's. What costs money is in the terms you sign: a personal guarantee, a five year contract on one TA card, and late fees. We read each chain's application and terms on 19 October 2026.
The hourly numbers on these driver pages are not comparable. What sorts you is the 10,000 pound line: below it you join as a gig driver, above it Frayt and Bungii want a USDOT number and Curri moves you to a carrier agreement. Requirements, fees and payout speed from each app's own pages.
Central Dispatch starts at $139.95 a month for carriers. Its alternatives charge per load, per seat, or nothing at all to the carrier, so the cheaper board depends on how many cars you book. We read five auto transport boards' own pages on 12 October 2026.
Operating authority has one federal fee: $300 per authority type. Filing services quote anywhere from $375 with that fee included to $1,060 without it, which makes their prices hard to compare. We read the regulations and four services' own price pages on 7 October 2026.
Every reefer tracking system shows you where the trailer is and what the box reads. What separates them is whether you can change the setpoint from the office, and whether that works on the units you actually run. We read five vendors' own pages on 7 October 2026.
