Car hauler dispatch service or dispatch software: what 6–12% of every load buys.

What car hauler dispatch services charge

We read the pricing pages of car hauler dispatch services on 5 October 2026. All of them charge a percentage of each load's gross:

• Tiered packages at 6%, 8% and 10%, with invoicing only in the 10% package.
• A flat 10% of each load's gross, dispatcher available during business hours.
• "Often around 9%", described by the service itself as the industry norm.
• 12% of gross, with invoicing and collection included.

A general trucking dispatch service, not specific to car haulers, lists 4% to 7% depending on how established the carrier is. The carrier still brings its own authority, insurance and, usually, its own load board account. One service lists a board account as a start requirement.

What you get for it

Read across those pages, the service is roughly the same everywhere:

• Searching the boards and calling on loads
• Negotiating the rate with brokers
• Carrier packets, rate confirmations and broker paperwork
• Route planning and check calls
• In higher packages, invoicing and chasing payment

Most of those hours go into arithmetic and paperwork: which load pays, what the truck can reach, which document goes where. That is exactly the part loadez does for you, on every load, around the clock.

You pay a percentage forever. Most of the hours go into arithmetic.

The arithmetic, one truck and five

Round, labelled assumptions: a truck grossing $20,000 a month, a dispatcher at 8%, the middle of the published range.

The difference stays in your business every month. loadez scores every load on its own board for your truck, Autopilot claims the ones that clear your floor, and the paperwork follows on its own.

To see the fee on a real load, the net-profit calculator has a dispatch fee field. Put in your dispatcher's percentage and watch the net.

The FMCSA line every dispatcher should know

In June 2023 FMCSA published guidance on who is a broker and who is a bona fide agent (docket FMCSA-2022-0134). In short, a dispatcher who:

• works for a carrier under a written agreement,
• does not go looking for shippers' freight on their own account,
• stays out of the money between broker and carrier, and
• is paid by the carrier, not by the broker or a factoring company,

is acting as the carrier's agent and does not need broker authority. A dispatcher who takes a shipment that could go to any one of several carriers they work for is starting to look like a broker. Brokering without authority can cost up to $10,000 per violation under 49 U.S.C. 14916. Calling the business a dispatch service does not change what the work is.

For carriers it is a good hiring filter: ask a dispatch service how they are paid, whose name the invoices go out in, and whether money ever passes through them. For dispatchers it is the shape a clean business takes.

A plain-language summary, not legal advice. Read the guidance itself or ask a transportation attorney about your setup.

loadez on either side

If you are a carrier, loadez does the arithmetic part of dispatch. It prices every posting against your truck, ranks loads by what they leave you, and on Pro, Autopilot claims inside your rules. The BOL, invoice and driver pay come out of the same numbers. Free for one truck. Pricing.

If you are a dispatcher, agency plans start at $49 a month. You get one login across your carriers, while each carrier's rules, documents and books stay separate. The carrier decides what you can see, and your fee is a separate line charged to the carrier, never netted out of the carrier's invoice. The software is set up for the agent model, not the broker one.

Common questions

How much does a car hauler dispatch service cost?

The car hauler dispatch services we checked on 5 October 2026 publish fees between 6% and 12% of each load's gross, most often 8% to 10%. Lower percentages usually leave out invoicing.

Does a dispatcher need broker authority?

Under FMCSA's June 2023 guidance, a dispatcher who works as a bona fide agent for a carrier under a written agreement, does not solicit shippers, stays out of the financial transaction and is not paid by the broker or factor does not need broker authority. Taking a shipment that could go to more than one of their carriers points to brokerage, which requires authority.

Can software replace a dispatcher?

loadez does the arithmetic and the paperwork: it prices each load against your truck, claims within your rules, and turns the delivered load into the BOL, the invoice and the driver's pay. Carriers who prefer working with a dispatcher can have the dispatcher run their trucks on loadez, with the carrier's rules and books kept separate.