Regional dispatch service that brings the truck home

Local and regional freight we look for

Regional freight comes in many shapes. Which ones fit depends on your equipment and where you are based.

• Shorter runs between distribution centers and stores.
• Regional loops that start and end near home, set up as two or three loads.
• Construction and building material runs for flatbeds, step decks and dump trucks.
• Food and produce runs for reefers inside a growing region.
• Dedicated or recurring lanes, when a broker or shipper has steady regional work.

For each option we run the trip math: pay over total miles, the time at docks, and whether it gets the truck home when you said. Then you decide.

Home time and rate per mile

Shorter runs often pay more per mile but fewer miles per day, because more of the day goes to loading, unloading and traffic. Longer runs pay less per mile but keep the wheels turning. Neither is automatically better. What matters is the weekly result after costs and how often you sleep at home.

We will show you the weekly numbers for a regional plan versus one that runs further. If the regional plan pays less, we tell you by how much, and you decide whether the extra nights at home are worth it.

Planning a regional week

1. You set the radius, the home days and the floor rate.
2. We map the freight markets inside that radius for your equipment.
3. We plan the week as a loop, outbound and back, before pitching the first load.
4. You approve each load; the broker sends you the rate confirmation.
5. We line up the next load while the current one moves.

Detention matters more on short runs

On a short run, two hours waiting at a dock can be a big share of the day. We ask about detention terms before you accept a load, and we push for detention pay in the rate confirmation where the broker allows it. Keep your arrival and departure times, so the claim is easy to make if the wait runs long.

An advantage of staying close

A regional truck is rarely far from its own shop. That makes service easier to schedule: we can plan a lighter day or an early finish near the shop when a service is due, rather than finding a stranger's shop three states away. Share your service dates and we will work them into the plan.

Idling, engine hours and short days

Local work adds engine hours faster than miles. A truck idling at docks, in traffic and during paperwork stops can log many hours while the odometer barely moves. Many OEM schedules allow service intervals by engine hours as well as miles, whichever comes first, so a local truck may need an oil change sooner than the miles suggest. Check your OEM spec and track both numbers.

Long idles also matter for the aftertreatment system and fuel use. If your loads involve long waits, ask about shutting down at the dock, where the facility allows it and the weather is safe. We cannot control dock times, but we can favor shippers and receivers known to load quickly when you give us that preference.

Regional work by equipment

Every one of the 11 types we dispatch can work regionally, but the freight looks different. Box trucks and dry vans often run store and distribution center routes. Reefers can work produce and food runs inside a growing region. Flatbeds, step decks and dump trucks follow construction. Car haulers serve dealers and auctions in a region. Power-only trucks may pull pre-loaded trailers between yards. Hotshots, oversize, tanker and hazmat carriers each have their own regional patterns.

We plan using the freight your equipment can actually haul and the radius you set, so the loads we bring are ones you can take and still sleep at home on the nights you chose.

Recurring lanes and dedicated runs

Regional carriers often do best with some repeat work: the same lane or shipper week after week. Repeat lanes make planning easier, cut the time spent finding loads and help the truck stay on a predictable schedule for service. When a broker or shipper offers recurring regional freight, we bring it to you with the rate and the terms. You decide whether to commit to it.

Recurring work has a trade. It can pay a little less than the best spot loads, and it ties up the truck. We show you how it compares with what the spot market has been paying on similar lanes, so the choice is yours with the numbers in view.

Regional dispatch fees

The fee is a percentage of the gross on loads you haul: 5% for one truck with authority older than six months, 7% for a new MC or a single box truck or hotshot, and 4% for two or more trucks with authority older than six months, a limited-time rate. No setup fee, no minimums, month-to-month. See the dispatch rates page for the full terms.