Why ShiftHaul
Anyone can call themselves “trusted.” We prove it — by verifying exactly who has your car, on every single load.
Carrier verification,
included on every load.
Every ShiftHaul shipment comes with full carrier verification — included. We confirm the carrier, its insurance, and the truck — from sources the carrier doesn't control — so you always know exactly who has your car.
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We text the carrier's real phone — the one on file with the FMCSA.
How We don't call a number the carrier gives us. We pull the phone number from their FMCSA registration and send a confirmation code there.
FMCSA-registered · Carrier MC on fileShiftHaul: confirm you're assigned to load #0842, Austin→Denver. Reply YES 4-7-1-9.YES 4719Number matched FMCSA recordExample · illustrative -
We get the insurance certificate from the agent — never from the carrier.
How A carrier can hand you a lapsed or edited certificate. We request the COI directly from the insurance agent of record and confirm the policy is active before pickup.
Certificate of Insurance SOURCE: AGENT OF RECORD- Insured
- Carrier · MC on file
- Policy
- Active · verified with agent
- Cargo coverage
- Active policy confirmed
- Auto liability
- In force at pickup
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At pickup, we check the truck's VIN plate against the carrier's insured vehicles.
How The right company can still send the wrong truck. At pickup we capture the driver’s location and a photo of the truck’s VIN plate, and check it against the vehicles on the carrier’s insurance — kept in our file.
3AKJHHDR9NSMG4827VIN plate matches an insured vehicleExample · illustrative
A licensed broker
who verifies the carrier.
ShiftHaul is a licensed property broker — we source, vet, and assign the carrier for your move, then verify them before your car is loaded. Many brokers hand your load to a carrier they never check. We don't.
- MC Number
- MC 1786043
- USDOT
- USDOT 4511175
- Authority
- Property broker
Why us — questions
What makes ShiftHaul different?
Verification. Many brokers resell your load to a carrier they don’t control and can’t vouch for. We confirm the assigned carrier by SMS to their FMCSA phone, pull insurance from the agent, capture the driver’s location at pickup, and check the truck’s VIN plate against the carrier’s insured vehicles — included on every load.
Is ShiftHaul a broker or a carrier?
ShiftHaul is a licensed property broker (MC 1786043, USDOT 4511175). We don’t own trucks — we source and assign the carrier, then verify them before your car moves: SMS to their FMCSA phone, insurance from the agent, driver location and VIN plate checked at pickup. Verifying the carrier is the part many brokers skip.
Is verification really included?
Yes — it’s standard on every shipment, not an upsell. It’s the whole point of ShiftHaul.