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Truck Dispatch for Owner-Operators

You bought the truck. You took the risk. You shouldn't spend your evenings fighting load boards and chasing brokers for ratecons. We do that — at a flat percentage, with no contract, while you sleep.

// What we hear from drivers

If any of this sounds familiar — we built this for you.

The friction owner-operators hit every single week.

Dispatchers who push you onto the first load they see — even at terrible RPM
Paperwork pile-up: ratecons, BOLs, COIs, NOAs, settlement reconciliations
Broker risk: chasing payments from brokers who go bankrupt or pay 60+ days late
Hours per day searching multiple load boards manually for marginal rate improvements
Negotiation: you know the rate is too low but don't have time to push back on every load
No leverage on detention or lumper because you're alone on the phone with the broker
// What changes

Here's what driving with TruckersTool Dispatch does about it.

Higher RPM-after-cut

Our drivers average 12–18% higher RPM than running themselves, because we negotiate every load against the lane average. Percentage matters less than the rate after percentage.

Vetted brokers only

Every broker passes FMCSA + payment-history + bond status checks before we book with them. We've cut roughly 8% of the broker pool we used to work with — and our claim recovery rate is 95%+.

Hours of your week back

15–20 hours per week most owner-ops spend on load-hunting, calling brokers, and chasing paperwork. Reclaim them for driving, sleep, or your family.

More miles, less deadhead

Round-trip planning on every offer. Our dispatchers are graded on your $/mile, not load count — they make more when you make more.

// The real math

What a cheap dispatcher actually costs you — vs. one who negotiates.

Cheap dispatchers cost more than premium ones. The math is rarely talked about because most dispatchers don't want you running it: a dispatcher's percentage is multiplied against the rate they negotiate for you. A lazy 5% dispatcher booking the first load they see at $2.40 RPM nets you less than an aggressive 8% dispatcher who pushes that same lane to $2.85 RPM.

Run the actual numbers. 2,800 miles × $2.40 RPM = $6,720 gross. Minus 5% = $6,384 take-home. Now the 8% dispatcher gets you $2.85 RPM on the same lane: $7,980 gross. Minus 8% = $7,342 take-home. Same week, same truck, same lane — and roughly $958 more per week. Over 50 working weeks, that's nearly $48,000 in your pocket.

Percentage isn't the metric to optimize. RPM-after-cut is. We don't compete on the lowest percentage in the industry — we compete on the highest RPM-after-cut, and we publish our rates because we trust the math.

// Pricing

Honest rates. No surprises.

Same transparent pricing every owner-op sees on the public page. From 8% on dry van up to 12% on box truck — see the full rate card for every equipment type.

See full rate table →

Don't have your own truck yet?

Drive under our authority on a lease-on or lease-purchase program. Same dispatch, same earning power.

Lease-on / Lease-purchase

Ready to drive smarter?

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.