OVER THE ROAD / 2 TO 3 WEEKS OUT
OTR dispatch service that plans the whole loop
Two weeks out is a chain of loads, and one weak link strands you three states from home. We plan the chain: each load, each reload, each reset, and the last load that brings you home on your day. Every rate con comes to you to sign.
Plan my next runEXAMPLE LOOP
AN EXAMPLE OTR LOOP
Over the road dispatch, day by day
An example, not a client story. A dry van leaves Indianapolis on a Monday and is home 13 days later. Each step was planned before the previous load delivered, and every load was a rate con the driver signed.
DAY 1
Indianapolis to Atlanta
First load picks up 30 miles from home.
DAY 3
Atlanta to Houston
Reload booked while rolling to Atlanta.
DAY 6
Houston to Dallas
Short haul into a stronger outbound market.
DAY 7
34-hour reset
Planned at a safe lot near the next pickup.
DAY 9
Dallas to Charlotte
Long load east, toward home.
DAY 11
Charlotte to Philadelphia
Paid repositioning north.
DAY 13
Home
Last load delivers an hour from home.
Planning the timing of each leg? The transit time and ETA calculator works it out with breaks and resets included.
HOURS OF SERVICE
Booked inside your clock
Every OTR plan has to fit the federal hours rules: up to 11 hours driving inside a 14-hour window, a 30-minute break after 8 hours of driving, the 60 or 70-hour limit over 7 or 8 days, and a 34-hour restart to reset it.
A load that looks great but needs 12 hours of driving to make the appointment is not a great load. We check the appointment times against your remaining hours before we offer it, and we tell the broker the honest arrival time instead of the hopeful one.
SOURCE: eCFR, 49 CFR 395.3, CHECKED OCTOBER 2026. EXCEPTIONS APPLY; YOUR ELD IS THE RECORD.
HOME TIME
Home on your day
OTR drivers lose home time at the end of a run, when the last load doesn't point home. We plan the loop backwards from your home day, so the last two loads swing you toward home instead of leaving you to deadhead from the far side of the map.
If a load that breaks your home day pays well enough to consider, it reaches you as an option with the trade-off spelled out. You decide whether the extra day is worth it.
WHO RUNS OTR WITH US
OTR for vans, reefers and power only
The loop logic is the same, but each kind of truck runs it differently.
Dry van
The widest choice of loads in most markets, so loops can follow whatever pays that week. See dry van dispatch.
Reefer
Seasonal produce lanes stretch loops across the country. Dry backhauls fill the weak legs.
Power only
Loops follow the yards and programs. Fewer choices per market, but less dock time.
Equipment pages: dry van dispatch. Fees on every loop: 5% of gross for one truck, see dispatch cost.
MONEY ON THE LOOP
Where OTR weeks leak money
- The weak leg. One cheap load out of a dead market can wipe out a good week. We price every leg against the loop, not alone.
- Weekend gaps. Loads that deliver Friday afternoon and reload Monday leave the truck parked. We look for weekend pickups when you want them.
- Reset in the wrong place. A 34-hour restart far from freight means a day of deadhead after it. We plan where you reset.
- Unpaid waiting. Long-haul appointments slip. Detention gets logged and claimed when the rate con allows.
WHAT WE NEED FOR OTR
Your loop rules
How long you like to stay out, your home day, the states and cities you avoid, where you prefer to take your resets, and whether you run team or solo. Add your floor rate and how far you will deadhead for a strong reload.
With those on file we plan whole loops, not single loads, and every load still comes to you as a rate con to sign or decline. Change any rule between runs and the next loop follows it.
Short on time between loads? Tell us you want the next one lined up before you even deliver, and we work that way for the whole run.
OTR QUESTIONS
Long runs, straight answers
01What is OTR dispatch?
Over the road dispatch plans long multi-state runs for trucks that stay out for one to three weeks. Instead of booking one load at a time, the desk plans the whole loop: each load, the reload near each drop, the resets and the route back home on the day you set.
02How do you avoid long deadheads on OTR runs?
By booking the next load before the current one delivers and by choosing loads that land in markets with freight going out. When a high-paying load lands in a dead market, we price the empty miles out of it before we offer it to you.
03Do OTR loads pay more?
Per load, long hauls pay more in total; per mile, they often pay a little less than short hauls because fixed dock time is spread over more miles. The money in OTR comes from keeping the truck loaded across the whole loop, not from any single load.
04Can I run OTR with a new MC?
Yes. Long-haul van and reefer freight has plenty of brokers who book new authorities. The extra risk on OTR is getting stuck far from home when brokers in a market won't book you, so we plan loops through markets where your MC has approvals. Your fee is 7% until month 6.
05What if something breaks down mid-loop?
Call the desk. We tell the broker right away, work on recovering or reassigning the load, and replan the rest of the loop around the repair. When you are rolling again, the next load is waiting near the shop instead of where the old plan expected you.
06How do you plan around my 34-hour restart?
We ask where you like to take it and build the loop so a load delivers near a safe place to park as your hours run low. The next load picks up after the restart, close by, so the reset doesn't turn into a day of deadhead.
NO CONTRACT / YOU SIGN EVERY RATE CON
Two weeks out. Home on time.
Apply in two minutes, tell us how long you like to stay out and when you want to be home, and we plan the loop.