Find Loads For
The Truck You Actually Run
Twelve truck types, each with what is open on the board right now and the rate on every listing. No commission on any of them, and posting is free for the brokers and shippers the freight comes from.
- Cargo Van LoadsLoads for cargo vans in all 50 states, with the rate shown on every listing. Free to join, no commission, and alerts the moment matching freight is posted.
- Sprinter Van LoadsLoads for sprinter vans in all 50 states, with the rate shown on every listing. Expedited and same-day freight for high-roof vans. Free to join, no commission.
- Box Truck LoadsFind box truck loads nationwide with the rate on every listing. 16, 24 and 26 ft straight trucks, liftgate and dock freight, no commission and free to join.
- Hotshot LoadsHot shot loads nationwide with the rate on every listing. Gooseneck and bumper-pull freight for one-ton pickups. Free to join, no commission, lane alerts.
- Flatbed LoadsFlatbed loads in all 50 states with the rate on every listing. Steel, lumber, machinery and tarped freight. Free to join, no commission, alerts as loads post.
- Dry Van LoadsDry van loads nationwide with the rate shown on every listing. 53 ft truckload and partial freight, drop and hook and live load. Free to join, no commission.
- Reefer LoadsRefrigerated loads nationwide with the rate on every listing. Produce, protein, dairy and frozen freight for reefer trailers. Free to join, and no commission.
- Step Deck LoadsStep deck and drop deck loads nationwide with the rate on every listing. Tall machinery and open-deck freight that will not clear on a flatbed. Free to join.
- Power Only LoadsPower only loads nationwide with the rate on every listing. Pull preloaded trailers with your own tractor, drop and hook, no trailer payment. Free to join.
- Lowboy LoadsLowboy and RGN loads with the rate on every listing. Heavy equipment, oversize machinery and permitted freight in all 50 states. Free to join, no commission.
- Auto Carrier LoadsAuto carrier loads with the rate on every listing. Open and enclosed car hauling, dealer transfers and single-vehicle moves. Free to join, and no commission.
- Tanker LoadsTanker loads nationwide with the rate on every listing. Food grade, chemical, petroleum and dry bulk freight for tank trailers. Free to join and no commission.
Picking the right page
The freight you can bid on is decided by your truck before it is decided by anything else, before your lanes, your rate, or how long you have been running. Each page below covers one truck type: what it legally carries, what licences and endorsements it needs, what freight actually moves in it, and what is open on the board for it right now.
If you are choosing equipment rather than looking for freight, the three questions worth settling first are these. How much capital do you have, a cargo van and a Class 8 tractor are separated by two orders of magnitude. What licence class do you hold, or are you willing to obtain, the CDL threshold at 26,001 lb gross combination weight rating decides half of the list. And how much of your working day are you willing to spend physically handling freight, because that is the real difference between a dry van and a flatbed at similar rates per mile.
No CDL required
Cargo van, sprinter van, box truck and non-CDL hotshot setups all sit under the 26,001 lb line. The entry cost is the lowest in freight and the freight is real, but payload is the binding constraint on all four, read the weight on a load before you read its dimensions.
Enclosed trailer
Dry van is the largest pool of freight in the country and the most competitive to sell into. Reefer pays more and asks more: temperature records, pre-cooling, washouts, and a claims exposure on perishable freight that dry van does not have. Power only removes the trailer from the business entirely and replaces it with a trailer interchange agreement worth reading carefully.
Open deck
Flatbed rates run above dry van and the difference is paid for in securement, tarping and weather. Step deck buys back about eighteen inches of load height and with it the machinery freight a flatbed cannot clear. Lowboy is heavy haul, where permits and routing are the job rather than an afterthought.
Specialised
Car hauling turns on insurance limits and a condition report photographed at both ends. Tanker work needs the N endorsement, often the hazmat endorsement as well, and a driving technique that truckload experience does not transfer to.
If what you are weighing is the board rather than the truck, the comparisons are written the same way as the pages above. DAT and Truckstop are set out with their published prices and the date each was read, and 123Loadboard without a price, because theirs is not published and a guess would be worse than the gap.
Load Boards And Truck Types
What is a load board?
A marketplace where brokers and shippers post freight that needs moving and carriers find it. Each posting carries its lane, weight, equipment type and pickup window, and the carrier searches for what fits the truck they have and where it is. Boards differ mainly in whether the rate is visible before you call, whether both sides are verified, and what the board takes out of the load.
Which type of truck load pays the most?
Per mile, the specialised end — heavy haul, tanker and enclosed auto transport — and the premium pays for endorsements, insurance and equipment that cost more to hold. Per year is a different question, because those segments are thinner and the empty miles longer. What decides it is what a segment pays against what it costs you to serve, which is why every listing here shows the rate and the rate per mile.
Can one carrier run more than one equipment type?
Yes, and many do — a flatbed and a step deck, or a van and a reefer, chosen so the second trailer catches the freight the first one turns down. An account here is not tied to one type: set every type you can pull and both the board and the alerts match against all of them.
Do you need different authority for different equipment?
Operating authority does not change with the trailer — it is authority to haul property for hire, whatever it rides on. What changes is everything around it: a tank vehicle needs the N endorsement, hazmat its own, heavy haul needs permits per state and per load, and car hauling and reefer work are judged on cargo insurance limits well above the general-freight norm.
How do you find loads near you?
Search by origin when the truck is already empty and the priority is getting loaded today. Search by destination when you are trying to get home, or to reach a market with freight on it. Both are searches on this board, and the second is what keeps deadhead down — a load that pays well and strands you is worse than a modest one that reloads.
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