2-3 weeks out, then home

An OTR dispatch service that plans the whole loop, including the way home

Over the road isn't one load. It's a string of them across several states, and the money is made or lost in how they connect. Our OTR dispatch service plans the loop for dry vans, reefers, flatbeds and step decks: where the freight is this season, which reload follows each delivery, and the day you're back home.

5% of gross for one truck with authority older than 6 months. You approve every load.

Plan my next run

EXAMPLE

1Dallas, TXFrozen poultry780 mi2 d
2Chicago, ILTexas valley produce, after a reposition south1,400 mi4 d
3Nashville, TNDairy475 mi2 d
4Orlando, FLGrocery690 mi2 d
5Home, Atlanta, GALoad home if one fits, empty if not440 mi2 d

Loop miles: 3,785
About: 12 days

EXAMPLE loops with rounded miles and an assumed pace, to show how a run is planned. Real loads, lanes and timing depend on the market and your hours.

The loop planner

Reading an OTR loop, leg by leg

Pick a home base, your equipment and a shorter or longer loop. The map draws an example run, and the list shows each leg with its freight, miles and days.

Notice how each loop bends toward where freight comes out at that time of year: produce regions for reefers, construction and steel country for flatbeds, big distribution hubs for vans. The first leg out of home is often the weakest. It's chosen because of where it puts you, not what it pays.

Watch the last line, too. The run home is planned from the start, not left to chance on the final day. Sometimes there's a load going your way. Sometimes the best plan is a short empty run from a city close to home, because waiting a day for a perfect load costs more.

The miles and days are rounded examples at an assumed pace. Your loop will look different, built around your truck, your hours and what the market is doing that week.

Building the loop

Building a loop that comes home

The rule we work by: before you accept a load into a city, we already know what can come out of it.

Check the market at the delivery
Some cities ship out far more freight than they take in. Others are the opposite. A strong rate into a city with nothing leaving it can cost you a day and an empty run.
Line up the reload early
We start looking for the next load while you're still on the current one, so the offer reaches you before you deliver and you're not sitting at a truck stop waiting.
Follow the season
Freight moves with the calendar: produce regions, construction season, retail peaks. A loop planned in winter looks different from the same truck's loop in summer.
Bend it toward home
As the loop gets closer to your home date, we pick loads that move you in the right direction, even when a better rate points the other way.

Hours and home time

Planning around your hours and your home time

The rules every run follows

Property carriers: 11 hours driving within a 14-hour window after 10 hours off; a 30-minute break after 8 hours of driving; 60/70 hours in 7/8 days, reset by 34 hours off.

Source: FMCSA hours of service summary, October 2026

We ask how many hours you have left before offering each load.
We check pickup and delivery times against your clock before the load reaches you.
We plan 34-hour resets where the next load is, or at home, never in a dead market.
We work backwards from your home date so the last two or three loads point you there.
You run the ELD and keep it legal. The plan never asks you to bend a rule.

Running with a co-driver? Two clocks change the plan completely. See team driver dispatch, and estimate any run with the transit time calculator.

While you're out

What the desk handles while you drive

Two or three weeks away from home is long enough without spending your breaks on the phone with brokers. While you run, the desk takes care of the office side of the loop:

Broker check calls and updates, so you only send the photos and times we ask for
Setting up with new brokers when a reload needs one, including carrier packets
Sending your signed paperwork and invoices, or passing them to your factoring company
Reworking the plan when a load cancels, a dock runs late or the weather closes a road
Keeping notes on shippers and receivers so the next loop avoids the slow ones

If the truck breaks down on the road, call us first. We let the broker know, work out what the delay does to the rest of the loop, and start looking for what comes next once you're rolling again.

Is OTR right for you

When OTR fits, and when regional is the better call

OTR usually fits if

You like long miles, can stay out a couple of weeks at a time, and want fewer loads with less time at docks. Many single owner-operators with sleeper trucks run this way, and long runs suit dry vans, reefers and flatbeds well.

Regional may be better if

You need to be home most nights or every weekend, run a day cab, or drive a 26 ft box truck that does best on regional and multi-stop work. We dispatch both ways. Tell us what you want and we'll plan around it.

Rates by equipment

What shapes OTR rates for each kind of truck

We won't quote you a rate per mile on a web page: it changes by lane, by season and by week. Here's what moves it for each equipment type on long runs.

Dry van

The most loads and the most trucks. Rates follow retail and manufacturing volume, and outbound markets like the big distribution hubs usually pay better than the places freight is going to.

Reefer

Produce seasons move rates more than anything else. When a shipping region peaks, rates out of it climb. USDA publishes weekly per-load rates from the main produce regions.

Source: USDA AMS Market News, SC National Truck Rate Report (FVWTRK), October 2026

Flatbed and step deck

Tied to construction, steel and energy. Spring and summer are usually busier in the north, and tarp pay and securement time belong in the rate.

More on each: reefer dispatch and flatbed dispatch.

Your call, every load

Every leg of the loop is your decision

A loop is a plan, not a commitment. Each load in it still comes to you on its own, with the lane, rate, miles, weight, appointment times and extras like detention or a lumper.

Nothing is booked until you confirm. When you say yes, the broker emails the rate confirmation straight to you, and you review and sign it. Say no to any leg and we rework the rest of the loop around it, with no penalty and no argument.

The fee is a percentage of each load's gross: 5% for one truck with authority older than 6 months, 7% for newer authorities, 26 ft box trucks and hotshots, and 4% for fleets of two or more trucks. No setup fee, no minimum, and you can cancel with 30 days notice. Full details on the pricing page.

OTR dispatch: straight answers

Q01Do OTR loads pay more?

Long loads often pay a lower rate per mile than short ones, but they pay more per load and keep you rolling with fewer stops and less dock time. What decides your week is the whole loop: the empty miles between loads, the time waiting for the next one and whether the way home pays. A well-planned loop usually beats a single high-paying load.

Q02How long are OTR trips?

Most over the road carriers we talk to stay out somewhere between one and three weeks, depending on their equipment, their home base and how often they want to be home. There's no set rule. You tell us how long you want to be out, and we plan the loop to bring you home on the day you picked, as closely as the freight allows.

Q03How do you plan around hours of service?

We ask for your remaining hours before offering each load, and we check the pickup and delivery times against them before the load reaches you. We plan 34-hour resets where the next load is, or at home, instead of in a dead market. Your ELD is the record, and you're responsible for driving legally, but the plan shouldn't put you in a corner.

Q04Can I set my own home time?

Yes. Home time is your rule, not ours. Tell us the day you want to be home and how long you want to stay, and we plan the last loads of the loop to get you there. If the freight makes that hard one week, we'll tell you early and let you choose between a cheaper load home or an extra day out.

Out for the miles. Home on your day.

Apply in about 2 minutes. Every load is your call.