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TrustLease Network Research Initiative
About this study
Industry Research · 8 minutes

The future of trucking lease relationships

We're studying how MC owners and owner-operators find each other, lease on, manage settlements, and build trust — to understand what's working in the industry and where it breaks down.

Who's behind this: This research is conducted by TrustLease Network, LLC, a company building tools for the trucking lease and authority ecosystem. Your answers help shape what we build next. Participation is voluntary, responses can be anonymous, and nothing here is for sale.
No account needed · anonymous by default
Why this study exists
Nine questions the industry doesn't have good answers to

Finding partners

How MC owners and operators actually find each other today — Facebook groups, referrals, load boards, dispatch companies.

Trust & verification

What people wish they knew before entering a lease relationship, and what makes them walk away from one.

Settlements & disputes

Where transparency breaks down — hidden deductions, late pay, ghosting, and how disputes get resolved (or don't).

Response manifest Stop 1 of 9
About you
Section 1 of 9

About you

A quick baseline — nothing here is used to identify you.

Please select one.
Section 2 of 9

Your business today

Section 3 of 9

Finding business relationships

How do you currently find authorities and owner-operators? Select all that apply for each.

Section 4 of 9

Trust

What concerns you most? Select all that apply.

Section 5 of 9

Experience

Have you personally experienced any of the following? Select all that apply.

Section 6 of 9

Decision making

Before entering a lease relationship, what information do you wish you had?

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Section 7 of 9

Relationship management

During a lease relationship, what creates the biggest problems?

0/2000
Section 8 of 9

Future features

If an independent platform existed to help verify and monitor trucking business relationships, which features would matter most to you?

Tap your top 3 — in order of importance

Section 9 of 9

Last thing

Please enter your email — it's required since you'd like to join future research.
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TrustLease Network Research Initiative
Follow-Up Study · 10 minutes · Invite-only

A closer look at how you decide

You told us you'd be open to more research — thank you. This follow-up goes deeper: how you find and vet partners, what these problems have actually cost your business, and what would change your mind.

Same as before: conducted by TrustLease Network, LLC. Your answers directly shape what we build and how we price it. Every question here is optional — skip anything you'd rather not answer.
Takes about 10 minutes
Response manifest Stop 1 of 6
Buyer journey
Section 1 of 6

The buyer journey

Walk us through how you actually go about finding a partner.

Section 2 of 6

Financial impact

Roughly, over the last 12 months — how much has your business lost because of each of these? Estimates are fine.

Section 3 of 6

Operational time

In a typical week, about how many hours do you personally spend on each?

Section 4 of 6

What would build your confidence

Which of these, if you could see it before entering a relationship, would most increase your confidence? Pick your top 3.

Tap your top 3 — in order of importance

Section 5 of 6

Value

If a platform meaningfully reduced settlement disputes and helped you make safer lease decisions, how much monthly value would that create for your business?

Section 6 of 6

Anything else?

This response is linked to the email you gave us earlier, only so we can avoid asking you the same questions twice in future research. It's never sold or shared.
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Thank you

This is genuinely useful — it's the kind of detail that shapes what we build and how we price it. We'll be in touch.

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