Find truck loads without the ghost freight, the “already covered” phone calls or week-old reposts. On LoadBoot the board and the booking are one system: booked loads vanish from every screen instantly, rates are all-in with accessorial pay published before you book, and deadhead is computed live from your GPS — not guessed.
LoadBoot is a free-to-search load board for truckers, owner-operators and small fleets connected directly to verified freight brokers and shippers. Unlike subscription load boards, LoadBoot is a full dispatch platform: the same system that shows you the load also books it, issues the rate confirmation, tracks the trip by GPS, files detention with proof and settles the invoice. That is why ghost loads — the #1 complaint about traditional load boards — are structurally impossible here.
A ghost load looks bookable but is not: covered hours ago, expired, double-posted by a second broker, or never real at all — posted just to harvest carrier rate quotes. On classic boards the deal closes over phone and email, so nobody deletes the post. Drivers burn hours calling dead freight; brokers drown in calls for loads covered yesterday.
Ghost loads survive when the board is just an advertisement and the deal happens elsewhere. LoadBoot closes that gap: posting, offering, negotiating, booking and paperwork run in one engine — so board truth is enforced by code, not by courtesy.
A verified broker or shipper posts with GPS-pinned facilities, auto-calculated road miles and a full accessorial rate card.
Matched carriers get a direct offer with a live countdown — 15 minutes standard — while the board shows it to everyone.
Booking is atomic — one accept books it and every other offer closes itself the same second. Double-booking is impossible.
Booked → it becomes a trip and leaves every board instantly. Pickup date passed → the card is flagged EXPIRED, never silently stale.
The board has two tabs: 📨 Requests — loads brokers pushed directly to you, with live countdowns — and 🌐 Available loads, the open market. Instant filters narrow by origin, destination, equipment, minimum $/mi and minimum total rate.
Brokers push loads straight to matched carriers as direct requests. Each carrier sees a live countdown ticking every second — it turns red under five minutes. Accept, and the load books instantly: the rate confirmation and dispatch sheet are issued to your Documents automatically. Every other offer closes the same second.
Rate too low? Tap Propose rate, enter your all-in number and an optional note. The broker sees your counter next to their posting and approves or declines in-app. Nothing is committed until they approve — and an approved counter books the load at your number, printed on the rate confirmation.
On other boards, detention is a phone argument. On LoadBoot it’s a table you see before booking — and because every stop is geofenced, arrive/depart times are recorded automatically, so accessorial claims file themselves with GPS proof.
| Accessorial | LoadBoot standard | Policy |
|---|---|---|
| Detention | $60/hr after 2 hours free · auto-tracked by GPS | Detention policy |
| Layover | $250/day | Layover policy |
| TONU (truck ordered, not used) | $250 | TONU policy |
| Lumper | Reimbursed with receipt | Lumper policy |
| Driver assist | $75/stop | Driver-assist policy |
| Extra stop | Paid per stop · shown on the card | Stop-off pay |
| Scheduling | FCFS or appointment — declared up front | FCFS policy |
This is where the board stops being a listing site and becomes an operating system. Every stop has an 800-meter geofence: the moment the truck rolls inside, Arrive is recorded server-side; rolling out records Depart. The free-time clock (2 hours standard) and the detention meter run on those server timestamps — not on anyone’s word.
Multi-stop loads show each stop as City, ST + purpose on the board (exact addresses and GPS pins unlock when you book, and print on the rate con). Each stop gets its own 800-meter geofence, its own detention clock and its own stop-off fee. Posters can add up to 3 extra stops — and a lane-fit guard rejects stops that turn one lane into a milk run.
Shippers post directly — you don’t need a broker to use LoadBoot. Register as a shipper (or facility), pin your docks once, and your freight goes to the same verified carrier pool with the same live tracking, detention meters and document trail brokers get.
The posting wizard autocompletes GPS-pinned facilities, calculates road miles through every stop, suggests a market rate, and requires the accessorial rate card up front — which is exactly why verified carriers book fast. Then target: put the load on the board, or fire direct offers at specific carriers with a countdown you control.
Book/accept is a single race-safe database transaction — two carriers can never win the same load, no matter how close the taps.
Deadhead and trip miles come from a live routing engine over the road network — straight-line guesses only as a marked fallback.
Arrive, depart, POD — every trip event is timestamped server-side inside 800-meter geofences and kept as evidence, even on cancellations.
Direct requests and countdowns hit your phone by web push and in-app inbox; the whole portal installs as an app and works on any device.
Booking unlocks the packet: exact addresses, GPS pins, pickup/release and confirmation numbers — redacted until the load is yours.
Only the two parties actually on a booking can rate each other — no fake reviews, and trust scores update with every delivery.
Eligibility + explainable ranking pairs each load with the right trucks; Post-my-truck scans for matches in the background while you drive.
An Amazon-style health score (starts at 100) rewards clean docs and on-time delivery — healthier accounts surface first for offers.
Stop calling dead freight. Every card is bookable, disclosed and protected by a written rate card. Create a carrier account →
Reach verified carriers in a countdown offer race — covered in minutes with GPS evidence, not 40 phone calls. Create a broker account →
Post freight directly with pinned facilities, watch it move live, keep documents and payables in one place. Create a shipper account →
Every load your referred clients book here pays you 1% of gross on delivery — recurring. Become an agent →
| LoadBoot | Classic load boards | |
|---|---|---|
| Ghost loads | ✓ impossible — booked loads auto-vanish | ✗ common — removal is manual |
| Booking | ✓ one tap, atomic, rate con issued instantly | phone + email + fax |
| Rate transparency | ✓ all-in rate, true RPM, est. profit, accessorials up front | “call for rate” |
| Deadhead | ✓ live road miles from your GPS | ✗ straight-line guess, if shown |
| Detention & accessorials | ✓ published pre-book, geofence-proven claims | ✗ phone argument after the fact |
| Who you’re working with | ✓ verified badge, trust score, rating, on-time % | credit score, maybe |
| After booking | ✓ GPS proof, POD, invoice, 5% settlement — same system | ✗ you’re on your own |
| Cost to search | $0 — flat 5% only on dispatched loads | $45–$150+/month subscription |
Big boards price small carriers out and bury them under broker spam. LoadBoot flips that: no monthly fee to search, no authority-age wall, and the platform’s protections — written rate cards, geofence-proven detention, instant rate cons — matter most when you don’t have a back office. Verify once (MC/DOT, insurance, W-9), set your minimum $/mi and lanes, and the board works for you: direct requests land in your inbox and Post-my-truck auto-matches while you drive.
New authority? Read how to get loads with a new authority, learn to read a rate confirmation, and check current market rates per mile before you set your minimums.
A ghost load is a load that looks bookable but is not — it was covered hours or days ago, expired, got reposted by a second broker, or was posted only to test what carriers will haul for. On classic load boards the posting and the booking live in different systems (phone and email), so nobody removes the dead post, and drivers burn hours calling freight that does not exist.
Because booking happens ON the platform, the board and the booking are one system. Booking is a single atomic transaction: the moment a load is booked it becomes a trip and leaves every carrier’s board automatically, and two carriers can never book the same load. Loads whose pickup date passed are flagged EXPIRED on the card instead of silently rotting.
Verified freight brokers and direct shippers post through the Partner Portal with exact GPS-pinned facilities, auto-calculated road miles, a market-rate estimator and a mandatory accessorial rate card. Carriers see who posted every load, with a trust score, star rating, loads delivered and on-time percentage.
Searching, filtering and booking are free — there is no monthly subscription. Carriers pay a flat 5% of gross only on loads dispatched through LoadBoot, and the settlement math (gross − 5% = net) is printed on every trip. Classic boards charge $45–$150+ per month just to search.
The best board for an owner-operator is the one that protects your time and your rate: no ghost loads, the full all-in rate and rate-per-mile up front, accessorial pay (detention, layover, TONU, lumper) in writing before you book, live deadhead from your actual GPS position, and booking that instantly produces a rate confirmation. That is exactly how the LoadBoot board is built.
Yes. LoadBoot verifies your MC/DOT authority, insurance and W-9 once, and from then on every load on the board is bookable in one tap — there is no authority-age wall. See our guide on getting loads with a new authority.
Yes — every card has Propose rate. You send your all-in counter with an optional note; the broker sees it and approves or declines in-app. Nothing is committed until the broker approves, and an approved counter books the load at your number.
Every load carries a published accessorial rate card before you book: detention (standard $60/hr after 2 hours free), layover ($250/day), TONU ($250), lumper policy, driver-assist and extra-stop pay. Every stop is geofenced, so arrive/depart times are recorded automatically and claims file themselves with GPS proof.
The rate confirmation and a full dispatch sheet are issued to your Documents automatically, exact street addresses and GPS pins unlock, you assign a driver and truck, and live tracking with 800-meter geofence check-ins starts collecting detention evidence at every stop. Delivery flips the load to an invoice and a settlement statement.
Two rails at once: the load goes live on the board to every verified carrier, and you can fire direct offers at matched carriers with a live countdown — 15 minutes standard, extendable. The first acceptance books atomically and closes every other offer. You watch sent / awaiting / declined counts in real time.
No. Shippers (and facilities) register in the Partner Portal and post directly: pin your docks once, and your freight reaches the same verified carrier pool with the same live tracking, detention meters and document trail brokers get.
Carriers can’t book anything until their MC/DOT authority, insurance and W-9 are verified — and the board enforces equipment and HAZMAT compatibility per load. Each carrier carries an account-health score and trip-verified ratings from real bookings only.
Yes — target any carrier from the directory with a direct offer and a wait window you control (10 minutes to 4 hours). Withdraw or extend live offers any time; if the window expires, the load simply stays on the open board.
A milestone timeline, the live GPS truck marker with ETA, detention accruing per stop in real time, a server-verified event log of every arrive/depart, then POD and the invoice — the exact same numbers the carrier sees, so disputes end before they start.
Refer carriers, brokers or shippers to LoadBoot and every load your referred clients book pays you 1% of the gross on delivery — recurring, tracked live in your Agent Portal, for as long as they keep hauling. See the Agent Program page for payout details.
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