Equipment
Dispatch for the trailer you actually pull
Why it matters
Equipment decides the market you are in
Carriers often talk about freight as if it were one market. It is not. A dry van operator and a flatbed operator running the same interstate on the same day are in different businesses — different brokers, different shippers, different rate structures, different seasonal peaks and completely different reasons a load goes wrong.
Dry van has the widest availability and the most competition, so lane selection and deadhead management decide the week. Reefer pays more and asks more in return: temperature compliance, longer detention at produce sheds and washouts between commodities. Flatbed rewards operators who know securement, because the pool of carriers who do it properly is smaller and the rates reflect that.
Step deck exists to solve height. Power only removes the trailer from your cost base entirely but ties you to drop-yard networks. Box truck is a genuinely separate market — shorter runs, more stops, more urban delivery and a lot of expedited freight a 53-foot trailer simply cannot service.
We dispatch all six. What changes between them is not our effort but our approach: which boards and brokers we work, what we negotiate for, and which operational details we watch on your behalf.
By matching our dispatching operations directly to your specific trailer type, we ensure you do not get stuck with mismatched brokers, low-rate load sheets, or sub-optimal lane choices. Our experienced team specializes in understanding the unique physical requirements, loading times, transit laws, and regional pricing dynamics governing each category of transport, enabling you to run safely, avoid empty backhauls, and operate at maximum profitability across every single run.
Six equipment types
Pick your trailer
Dry Van
Dry van dispatch across the USA — the highest-volume equipment type with the widest freight availability.
Reefer
Refrigerated freight dispatch — produce, protein and temperature-controlled loads nationwide.
Flatbed
Flatbed dispatch for steel, building materials, machinery and open-deck freight.
Step Deck
Step deck and drop deck dispatch for taller freight that will not clear on a standard flatbed.
Power Only
Power only dispatch — pulling shipper or broker-provided trailers without owning the box.
Box Truck
Box truck and straight truck dispatch for regional, expedited and final-mile freight.
Not sure?
Running more than one trailer type
Plenty of carriers do, and plenty switch over time — a flatbed operator adding a van, or a van operator moving into reefer for the better rates. That is not a problem. Your dispatcher works whichever equipment is on the truck this week, and if you are weighing a change we will tell you honestly what the freight looks like on the other side of it before you spend money on a trailer.
Start with a free trial week on whatever you are running now. We find you a load, dispatch it and handle the broker — and you only continue if the week justified it.
Changing equipment
Thinking about switching trailers
Carriers move between equipment types more often than the industry admits — a van operator moving into reefer for the better rates, a flatbed operator adding a step deck to reach over-height freight, an owner-operator dropping to power only to get a trailer off the balance sheet.
Each of those is a real business decision with real trade-offs, and the sales pitch you will hear rarely mentions the second half. Reefer pays more and costs more to run. Flatbed pays well and carries securement liability. Power only frees up capital and ties you to trailer availability.
If you are weighing a change, call and ask what the freight actually looks like on the other side of it before you spend money on a trailer. We will tell you what we are seeing in your lanes rather than what would be convenient for us.
Ready to keep your truck loaded?
Talk to a dispatcher today. No long-term contract, no obligation on the first call.