Why Arrow Truckers

Every carrier says “trust us.” We'd rather be checked.

This page is not a list of slogans. It's the checklist we tell drivers to run on every lease-on carrier — with our answers, and where to verify each one yourself.

The premise

Transparency isn’t a virtue here. It’s the product.

An owner-operator deciding where to lease on is making a five-figure-a-year decision on recruiter phone calls and forum rumors. That’s the problem this company is organized around.

Our answer is paperwork you can read: a lease written to federal Truth-in-Leasing rules, a settlement format published on this site with its blanks showing, and a house rule that nothing appears on your statement that doesn’t trace to your lease. For ten-plus years, drivers who stayed have stayed for that.

So instead of adjectives, here’s the checklist. Use it on us first.

The trust checklist

Six questions for any carrier. Our six answers.

Question 01

“Show me every possible deduction before I sign.”

Our lease itemizes every chargeback with the amount or formula next to it. That's §376.12(h) — the law, not a favor.

Verify: ask for the lease before your MVR check. We'll send it.

Question 02

“What exactly am I paid, and on what basis?”

Your compensation is stated in the lease before you sign (§376.12(d)). If pay is percentage-based, you're entitled to see the rated freight bill and check it (§376.12(g)).

Verify: your settlement math against your own rate confirmations, every week.

Question 03

“What happens to my escrow when I leave?”

Escrow terms — what's held, why, and the return schedule — are written in the lease. Federal rule: returned with a full accounting within 45 days of termination (§376.12(k)).

Verify: the escrow section of the lease, before signing.

Question 04

“Is your authority real and in good standing?”

Arrow Truckers is an FMCSA-registered interstate motor carrier. Don't take that from a website — take it from the government's own registry.

Verify: look us (and every carrier you're considering) up on SAFER at safer.fmcsa.dot.gov.

Question 05

“What's your dispatch policy — in writing?”

Load acceptance and dispatch terms are defined in the lease, and the desk will answer the question directly before you sign. If any carrier won't put its dispatch policy on paper, believe the silence.

Verify: ask the desk, then find the answer in your lease. Both should match.

Question 06