OTR dispatch service that books the long runs and gets you home when you said
At the company, a planner decided when you went home and you found out by message. Now the truck is yours, and so is the calendar. Our OTR dispatch service plans multi-day trips backward from the home days you choose, and you confirm or pass every load along the way.
- You pick the home days. We book toward them.
- Reloads before delivery. The next offer comes while you're still loaded.
- Deadhead counted. Every offer shows the empty miles to pick it up.
- Your call. The rate con comes from the broker to you. Pass on anything.
Three weeks out, home on your days: how the desk lays it out
This EXAMPLE starts with a common OTR pattern: eleven days out, three days home, a week out again. Tap any day to move your home time. The plan rebuilds: legs fill the road days, and the last leg before each home block turns into a homebound load.
Real weeks are messier than the grid. A shipper runs late, a reload falls through. What doesn't change is the order we plan in: home days first, then the homebound load, then everything before it.
Tap a day to set it home or on the road
ExampleHome base: Dallas, TX. 3 home days, 18 road days.
- Home
- Loaded leg
- Homebound leg
Loads the desk would look for
L1 · Dallas, TX → Atlanta, GADay 1-2
L2 · Atlanta, GA → Columbus, OHDay 3-4
L3 · Columbus, OH → Chicago, ILDay 5-6
L4 · Chicago, IL → Denver, CODay 7-8
L5 · Denver, CO → Phoenix, AZDay 9-10
L6 · Phoenix, AZ → Dallas, TXDay 11
Homebound: booked before the previous load delivers, so it lands you home by day 12.
L7 · Dallas, TX → Los Angeles, CADay 15-16
L8 · Los Angeles, CA → Salt Lake City, UTDay 17-18
L9 · Salt Lake City, UT → Kansas City, MODay 19-20
L10 · Kansas City, MO → Memphis, TNDay 21
Lanes are EXAMPLES to show the planning order, not offers. Real loads depend on freight in your lanes that week, and each one is still yours to confirm or pass.
Homebound loads get booked early
The load that brings you home is the one most likely to go wrong if it's left to the last minute. We start looking for it a day or two ahead, while you're still on the previous load, and widen the search to nearby markets if the home lane is thin that week.
Late is a choice you make, not one we make for you
Sometimes a strong load would push you home a day late. We'll show it to you with the math and say so plainly. If you pass, we find the one that gets you home on time, even at a lower rate.
The clock is yours too
Each offer fits the hours you have left: 11 hours of driving in a 14-hour window, a 30-minute break after 8 hours of driving, and your 60 or 70-hour week. We plan a 34-hour restart into home time when it helps.
Source: 49 CFR 395.3(a), (b), (c) · checked Oct 2026
How we keep a long trip loaded, leg after leg
- 1. Read the delivery market before booking the load. A high rate into a city with weak outbound freight often comes with a long empty run the next morning. We check what loads out of the delivery area before we offer you the load in.
- 2. Shop the reload a day early. Once a load is rolling, we're already looking for the next one near the delivery. You get the offer before the trailer is empty.
- 3. Count the deadhead in the rate. A $2.40 load with 180 empty miles can pay less per mile driven than a $2.15 load picked up next door. Every offer shows both numbers.
- 4. Handle the broker calls. Check calls, appointment changes, detention clocks and paperwork go through the desk, so your stops are for fuel, sleep and loading, not phone calls.
Deadhead mathExample
- Load A: $2.40 x 900 mi, 180 mi empty
- $2.00/mi driven
- Load B: $2.15 x 900 mi, 15 mi empty
- $2.11/mi driven
Load A pays $225 more on paper. Load B pays more for every mile you actually drive, and saves you about three hours on the road.
National spot rates, June 2026, all-in
- Dry van
- $3.00
- Reefer
- $3.39
- Flatbed
- $3.69
Averages across all lengths of haul, per loaded mile. Long hauls usually sit below them.
Source: DAT Freight & Analytics, national averages for June 2026 (released July 9, 2026) · checked Oct 2026
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How do you avoid long deadheads?
We look at where a load delivers before we book it. A good rate into a market with little outbound freight can cost you 200 empty miles the next morning. So we compare the next leg too, start shopping the reload a day before delivery, and sometimes take a slightly lower rate into a strong market. You see that trade-off when we offer the load.
Can a dispatcher plan my home time?
Yes, and on your own truck you set it. Tell us the days you want home, and we plan the trip backward from them: the last load has to deliver near home with time to spare. If a strong load would make you late, we tell you and let you choose. Home time is a rule we plan around, not a favor.
How do you plan around hours of service?
We plan with your log, not against it. Before we offer a load, we check the hours you have left today and this week, the pickup and delivery windows, and the miles in between. If a load only works by running out of hours, we don't offer it. You keep your own log, and the ELD and the driving decisions stay yours.
Do OTR loads pay more?
Per load, yes, because the miles are longer. Per mile, long hauls often pay less than short runs, since the fixed time at the docks is spread over more miles. OTR earns through steady loaded miles with few empty gaps. A week of good long hauls with short deadheads usually beats a week of high-rate short loads with waiting in between.
OTR dispatch questions
The fee doesn't change with the length of haul or the trailer: 7% of gross while your MC is under 6 months, 5% once it's older, 4% for 2 or more trucks (limited time). No setup fee, no minimum, cancel with 30 days notice, and no fee in a week you don't haul. Pricing and terms.
To plan your first trip we ask five things: the home days you want this month, the longest you'll stay out, the states or cities you won't run, the lowest rate you'll take for a loaded mile, and how far you'll deadhead for a good load. Those go on your file, and every offer is checked against them before it reaches your phone. Change them any time; a new baby, a family event or a slow season can all move the plan.
We dispatch owner-operators running their own authority. If you still drive OTR for a carrier, your carrier dispatches you; we can help when you have your own truck and MC.
Tell us your home days. We'll book the miles around them.
Apply in about 2 minutes. No setup fee, no contract. Every load is offered to you first, and the rate con comes straight from the broker.