A fleet dispatcher for the owner who just added a second payment
Your second truck doubles the payments before it doubles the income. Our fleet dispatcher plans every truck on its own lanes, keeps your drivers updated, and sends you one weekly report for the whole fleet, at 4% of gross once your MC is 6 months old.
4%
For every truck on the MC once you run two or more and the MC is 6 months or older. Outsourced truck dispatch with no setup fee and no long contract.
What does truck two have to earn?
Enter the second truck's payment, how you pay the driver, the added insurance and running costs. Slide the weekly gross and watch the monthly result for that truck after our fleet fee. The break-even line is the weekly gross truck two needs just to pay for itself.
Truck two, a month after everything
$4,214
Break-even weekly gross
$3,769
Fleet fee
4% of gross
EXAMPLE numbers and ASSUMPTION costs. The fleet rate applies to 2+ trucks on one MC once the MC is 6 months old.
Not bought yet? Run the price through the how much truck can I afford calculator and read the truck financing guide before you sign.
The two-truck squeeze
One truck, one driver, one set of decisions. Add a second truck and the work does not double, it triples: two sets of loads to find, a driver to keep busy and happy, two trucks breaking down on their own schedules, and twice the paperwork. Many owners keep driving their own truck and try to dispatch the second from the cab. Something gives, and it is usually the rates on both trucks.
A good fleet dispatcher takes the office work so you can either drive or run the business, not both badly.
How we run a small fleet
Outsourced truck dispatch for a fleet is not the same job as dispatching one truck twice. Here is what changes:
- Truck-by-truck planning: each truck gets its own lanes, home time and floor rate
- Driver communication: loads, stops and changes go straight to the driver, with you copied
- Balance across the fleet: we avoid sending two trucks to the same weak market
- Breakdown cover: when one truck goes down, we rework its loads and warn the broker early
- One weekly fleet report: gross, miles and rate per mile for each truck and for the fleet
- Nights and weekends: someone on the desk when a driver calls at 2 a.m.
Weekly fleet report, EXAMPLE
| Truck | Loads | Loaded miles | Gross | Rate per mile |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Truck 1 (owner) | 4 | 2,240 | $5,600 | $2.50 |
| Truck 2 (driver) | 5 | 2,610 | $6,130 | $2.35 |
| Fleet | 9 | 4,850 | $11,730 | $2.42 |
EXAMPLE figures to show the format, not a result or a promise.
When to add a second truck
There is no perfect moment, but these signs mean the first truck is ready to carry a second:
The first truck is steady. it covers its own payment and costs month after month, not just in a good month.
You have a cash cushion. enough to carry the second payment for a few slow weeks while it finds its feet.
You have a driver you trust. a good driver matters more than a good truck.
Your authority is past month six. so the whole MC moves to 4% from the start.
You know your cost per mile. on both trucks, so you can price loads that actually pay.
Paying drivers and getting paid
Driver pay can be a share of the gross, a rate per mile or a day rate. Whatever you pick, set it before the first load and put it in writing. The add-a-truck sheet above uses a share of gross because it scales with the load.
Brokers often pay in 30 days or more, and a fleet's bills come every week. Some fleets factor invoices to smooth that out; read how factoring for trucking fleets works before deciding.
Drivers: the part of a fleet nobody warns you about
The second truck is easy to buy. The second driver is the hard part. A good driver keeps the truck safe, on time and out of the shop; a poor one costs you loads, brokers and repairs. Pay is only part of keeping a good one. Steady miles, predictable home time and a dispatcher who answers the phone matter just as much.
That is where we help. We plan your driver's week so the miles are steady and the home time is real, and we handle the broker calls so your driver is not stuck negotiating at the dock.
What we set up for each truck you add
Adding a truck to the desk takes one short call. We set up:
Its own lanes and home base. so two trucks are not chasing the same freight.
Its own floor rate. based on that truck's payment and running costs.
The driver's contact and preferences. so load details go to the right phone.
Broker packets. updated with the new truck and driver.
A line in the weekly fleet report. so you can see how each truck is doing on its own.
When one truck breaks down
With one truck, a breakdown stops everything. With two or more, it stops one truck and puts pressure on the rest. We rework the broken truck's booked loads, warn the brokers early so you keep their trust, and where possible move a load to another truck in your fleet. Then we plan the repaired truck back into work the day it is ready.
Growing past two trucks
Each truck you add brings the same questions as the second one, only faster: can the fleet carry another payment through a slow month, is there a driver worth hiring, and does the new truck have lanes of its own. We plan each truck on its own numbers so one weak truck does not hide behind the strong ones in the totals.
When the fleet reaches the point where an in-house dispatcher makes more sense, we will tell you. Until then, the desk grows with you, one truck at a time, at the same fleet rate.
Every load still goes to the carrier
- 1Dispatcher finds and negotiates
- 2Broker sends the rate con to you
- 3You sign it, or you say no
On a fleet, the rate con still comes to your company in your company name, for every truck. You or the person you name reviews and signs it. We never accept or sign a load for your fleet.
Turning down a load costs you nothing, and we keep looking for that truck.
Fleet dispatch pricing
4% of gross for every truck once you run two or more on one MC that is 6 months or older. Before that, 7% while the MC is new, then the fleet rate starts on its own.
No setup fee, no minimum per truck, month-to-month. See the pricing page.
- 7%MC under 6 months, any fleet size
- 5%1 truck, MC 6+ months
- 4%2+ trucks on one MC, MC 6+ months
- Of gross load revenue. No setup fee, no minimums, month-to-month, 30 days notice, no haul no pay.
Straight answers for fleet owners
I can dispatch two trucks myself.
You can, and some owners do it well. Count the hours, and look at the rates on both trucks the weeks you are busiest. If the rates slip when you are driving, the hours are costing you more than a fee would.
Will my drivers deal with you directly?
If you want them to. Most owners have us send load details straight to the driver and copy the owner. Some want every load to go through them. You choose.
Can I keep some trucks on my own customers?
Yes. Tell us which trucks or which customers you handle yourself, and we dispatch the rest. The fee only applies to loads we book.
Fleet dispatcher questions
When should I buy a second truck?
What happens when I add a truck?
Do you work nights and weekends for fleets?
How much does outsourced fleet dispatch cost?
How many trucks can one dispatcher handle?
Do you send fleet reports?
Do I have to take the loads you find?
Make truck two pay for itself
Tell us about your trucks and drivers. A dispatcher calls you back.
YOUR NUMBERS, EXAMPLE
- Payment
- $1,715 /mo
- Our fee
- 5% of gross
- YOU KEEP
- the rest