Heavy-haul is technical work — permits in 5 states for one load, escort coordination, height surveys, low-clearance routing. Our heavy-haul desk is staffed by dispatchers who came from the heavy side. We handle the paperwork (permits, route plans, oversize/overweight authorizations) and we know which brokers actually pay heavy-haul rates and which ones lowball it.
Concrete numbers from our active rgn / heavy haul dispatch desk.
Single-trip permits are the bulk of heavy-haul work — typically $20–$200 per state depending on dimensions, valid for 5 days from issue. Some states (California, New York, Illinois) require their permit applied for via state-specific portals with their own quirks. We handle every state on your route. Permit costs are passed through to the shipper or built into the rate — no clerk fee, no markup.
Escort thresholds vary by state but the rules of thumb hold: over 12'0" wide needs a front escort, over 14'6" tall needs a height escort with a measuring rod, over 100' overall length needs a rear escort, and most states require police escort over 16' wide. We coordinate with our pilot-car partner network on every permitted load and book the escorts before you accept the offer.
Superload (the truly oversize — over the standard permit thresholds) requires a full state-by-state route survey, multiple-day window, and sometimes utility coordination for low wires or signal heads. These take 5–10 days from booking to wheels-rolling. We're worth our 10% on superload work alone — solo owner-operators who try to coordinate this themselves typically lose money on the booking-to-pickup window because they can't bill for that time.
"I switched to TruckersTool Dispatch last spring. Same lanes, my weekly gross went from $7,400 to $9,100. The difference paid my truck note in two months — even after the higher dispatch cut, the rate-after-cut math wasn't close."
"Dispatcher answers in 3 minutes any time of day. They've never put me on a broker that didn't pay. That alone is worth the percentage."
If we missed yours, call dispatch — we'll talk straight.
Apply now and a US-based dispatcher will call you within the hour to walk through onboarding. No contract. No setup fee. Just better loads.