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HaulCheck: vet the broker and price the load
Enter the broker's MC and the posted rate. HaulCheck checks FMCSA authority, bond and insurance, then returns TAKE, NEGOTIATE or PASS with profit, rate per mile and margin after fuel and deadhead.
Dispatch › Haul Check · Pro Dispatcher › Haul Check
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Create a load
The Create New Load form, field by field, and why full street addresses and appointment times matter more than they look.
Dispatch › Loads › Create Load
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Customers, brokers and broker contacts
The firm you invoice is a customer. The people who send you loads are contacts on that customer, so the right person gets the BOL and the invoice.
Dispatch › Customers
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Assign a driver and truck
Pick the driver against real hours, pair the truck the ELD is actually in, and the load moves to Assigned. Nothing is sent to the driver yet.
Dispatch › Loads · Dispatch › Driver HOS
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Send the dispatch sheet to the driver
The dispatch sheet goes out by email, and by text on paid plans, when you press Send. Nothing is sent automatically on assignment.
Load page › Driver Dispatch card
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Track loads: map, ETA and arrival detection
The fleet map shows every truck from its ELD position with the route of its current load. The ETA signal says on time, at risk or late. On paid plans arrival and departure set themselves.
Fleet › Fleet Tracking · Dispatch › Loads
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Detention, lumpers and accessorials
Dwell at each stop is measured from the geofence, so detention candidates appear with the billable time already computed. Approve them against the rate con's terms.
Load page › Detention
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Mark Delivered and email the BOL to the broker
Upload the signed Bill of Lading, set the load to Delivered with the real date, and email the broker from the load so the send is logged.
Load page › Email BOL to Broker
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Recurring routes for standing lanes
A lane you run every week generates its loads on schedule with customer, stops, rate and instructions already right.
Dispatch › Recurring Routes
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Planned vs Actual
Each load's plan laid against what the truck did: arrival times, miles and dwell per stop. Read it weekly to find the receiver that always takes three hours.
Dispatch › Planned vs Actual
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Driver hours (HOS) in the dispatch view
Remaining drive time, 14-hour window and weekly cycle for every driver, from your connected ELD, before you promise a pickup time.
Dispatch › Driver HOS
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The Tacit OS load board
Browse freight posted on Tacit OS with the full rate and what it nets after fuel and deadhead. Booking or countering requires an FMCSA-verified carrier account.
Dispatch › Load Board
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Shipper requests and prospects
Quote requests from shippers land in Shipper Requests; Shipper Prospects tracks the shippers you are working to win.
Dispatch › Shipper Requests · Dispatch › Shipper Prospects
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