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Loadboot Dispatch

Local & Short-Haul Truck Dispatch

Short-haul freight that keeps you inside your air-mile radius and home every night — with stops, wait time and driver assist priced in before you accept.

Local Dispatch

Higher-paying local freight, handled end to end

Local work is the only kind of trucking with a regulation drawn around it. Stay inside 150 air miles, get released inside 14 hours, and the paperwork burden drops away. Step outside it by one run and the day needs a log.

So we dispatch local the way it has to be run: inside your radius, back to your reporting location in time, with the stops and the dock time on the confirmation instead of eating your afternoon for free.

What you get

Everything in our local dispatch service

Loads kept inside your 150 air-mile radius

Return-to-terminal timing checked before you accept

Stops, wait time and driver assist priced into the rate

Detention and lumper documented the day it happens

Broker setup, check calls and paperwork handled

Invoicing and collection on every load we book

Why Loadboot

Why local carriers choose us

Local carriers get squeezed twice — short miles rated like long miles, and hours burned at docks nobody paid for. We quote short-haul the way it actually runs and keep the radius intact so the short-haul exception still applies to your day. Flat 5% of the gross on loads we book, no contract.

The 150 air-mile rule is the whole local business model

Local work is defined by a regulation, not a preference. Under the FMCSA short-haul exception in 49 CFR 395.1(e), a driver who operates within a 150 air-mile radius of the normal work reporting location (about 172.6 road miles) and is released from work within 14 consecutive hours does not have to keep records of duty status or run an ELD, and is not held to the 30-minute break requirement.

Read the limits carefully, because this is where carriers get themselves violated: the exception removes the paperwork, not the hours. The 11-hour driving limit, the 14-hour window and the 60/70-hour rule still apply, and the driver must return to the same work reporting location. Cross that radius or run past 14 hours and the day needs a log.

Loads kept inside your air-mile radius so the exception holds

Return-to-terminal timing checked before you accept a run

Multi-stop and dock-time realities priced in, not assumed

Detention and lumper documented the same day it happens

Rates negotiated per load, invoiced by us, paid to you

No contract and no forced dispatch — you approve every load

Local freight is priced by the day, not by the mile

A 90-mile run with three stops and two hours at a dock is not a 90-mile job, and it should never be rated like one. Local and short-haul freight is really sold in truck-days: how many stops, how much waiting, how much handling.

We quote local work the way it actually runs — stops, wait time, driver assist and after-hours all on the confirmation before you accept — and our fee stays a flat 5% of the gross on loads we book, whichever way the load is priced.

How it works

How we keep your local truck loaded

1

Free consultation

Tell us about your truck, your authority, and the lanes you want to run.

2

We set you up

We handle broker setup and learn your equipment, preferences, and target rates.

3

We book & negotiate

We find local loads, negotiate the rate, and send the details for your approval.

4

You drive, we handle the rest

You stay loaded and paid; we manage the brokers and the paperwork.

48
States covered
5%
Flat rate, no contracts
On-call
for every load in motion
15min
Avg. reply (business hrs)
Questions

Frequently asked questions

What is the 150 air-mile short-haul exception?

Under 49 CFR 395.1(e), a driver operating within a 150 air-mile radius (about 172.6 road miles) of the normal work reporting location who is released from work within 14 consecutive hours does not have to keep records of duty status or use an ELD, and is not held to the 30-minute break rule.

Does that mean hours of service do not apply?

No — and this is where carriers get violated. The exception removes the logging burden, not the limits: the 11-hour driving limit, the 14-hour window and the 60/70-hour rule still apply, and the driver must return to the same reporting location.

How is local freight priced?

By the day as much as by the mile — stops, wait time and handling drive it. We put those terms on the confirmation before you accept, and our fee stays a flat 5% of the gross either way.

Can you mix local and regional work?

Yes. Set your radius and home time in the app and post the truck daily; your dispatcher works whatever fits that day inside your rules.

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