ABOUT HAULTERMINAL
A dispatch desk that works for the truck
HaulTerminal is a truck dispatch service. We built the desk around one idea: a dispatcher works for the carrier, not for the broker and not for a quota. We find and negotiate loads, handle the calls and the paperwork, and the decision on every load stays with you.
We dispatch 11 kinds of equipment, from 26 ft box trucks to car haulers, and we write the deepest guides on this site about power only, dry van and intermodal, because those are the lanes where planning pays off most.
THE DESK
How the desk actually works
Every carrier starts with a call. We learn your equipment, home base, lanes, the rate you need and the days you want home. That becomes the plan we book against, and you can change it any time.
From there the desk searches boards and broker contacts, checks each broker, and negotiates. When a load fits, the broker sends the rate confirmation straight to you. You read it, sign it or say no. We never sign for you. After you sign, the desk takes the check calls, appointment changes and detention claims, and keeps the paperwork together for invoicing or your factor.
Desk hours are confirmed with you on the first call. The whole process, step by step, is on how dispatch works.
WHAT WE WILL NOT DO
The rules we hold ourselves to
Most complaints about dispatchers come down to a few habits: loads booked without asking, fees that grow after signing, contracts that are hard to leave. We wrote our rules down so you can hold us to them, and so you can compare any dispatcher you talk to against the same list.
- We don't force a load on you. Every rate con is yours to sign or turn down.
- We don't sign a rate con in your name.
- We don't hide fees. You pay a percentage of gross on loads you haul, nothing else.
- We don't lock you into a contract. Month to month, cancel with notice.
- We don't broker your freight. We're a dispatch service working under your authority, never the broker on your load.
- We don't take a cut from the broker. Our only pay is the fee you see.
- We don't dispatch cargo vans or anything under a 26 ft box truck.
WHAT IT COSTS
One fee, written down
5%
One truck, authority 6+ months, any equipment
7%
While your MC is under 6 months, then 5%
4%
Fleets of two or more trucks
Of gross load revenue, with no setup fee, no minimums and 30 days notice to cancel. No haul, no pay. Details and examples on dispatch cost.
WHAT WE DISPATCH
11 kinds of equipment, treated the same
Same desk, same fee, same rules, whatever you pull.
WHO WE WORK WITH
Carriers who want a desk, not a boss
One truck, your own authority, and a week that has to pay the truck note and get you home. We plan lanes around both.
The first months, when some brokers won't work with a new MC. 7% while your MC is under 6 months, then 5%.
Two trucks or more, drivers to keep busy and paperwork to keep straight. 4% of gross.
- 1Apply online in a few minutes
- 2A call to plan lanes, rates and home time
- 3Carrier packets set up, first loads offered for you to sign or turn down
GUIDES AND TOOLS
Written from the desk
Our guides and calculators are written by Milo, from the questions carriers ask us every week. Facts about weights, dimensions and rules come from primary sources with the date we checked them, as our editorial policy explains. Partner links are always labeled; see the disclosure.
TALK TO THE DESK
Questions before you apply? Contact us, read the FAQ, or call.
START WITH A CALL
Tell us about your truck
Apply in a few minutes. We call you to plan lanes, and every rate con comes to you to sign or turn down.