Dispatch Assistant
Ask about open loads, lane rates, and whether a run pays. It drafts inquiries for you to review and send. It never books anything without you.
PDI Transparent Dispatch
Your authority. Your money. Your numbers. Our freight network.
PDI finds the freight, negotiates the rate and dispatches your truck. You see the rate confirmation, bill the broker on it and get paid directly. PDI invoices 5% of the weekly gross on the loads it dispatches, with a weekly report of what your truck did.
Who this is for
For owner operators and small fleets running under their own MC and USDOT authority. One truck or a fleet, the terms are the same. We don't lease you on. We dispatch you.
PDI dispatches dry van, reefer and flatbed trucks.
How it works
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PDI sources the freight.
PDI freight first when the truck, lane, timing and money fit. The outside market when they don't.
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PDI negotiates.
We negotiate the rate and weigh deadhead, destination and the reload.
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Your rules.
You set your operating profile: lanes, areas you won't run, home time, maximum deadhead, your minimum all-mile rate and freight you won't haul. We dispatch inside those lines and call you before going past a hard limit.
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You see the rate.
You get the rate confirmation for every load. No hidden dispatch spread.
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You bill directly.
Your invoice and POD go to the broker on the rate confirmation, and the broker pays you.
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PDI bills 5%.
One invoice a week for 5% of the weekly gross on the loads we dispatched, next to your performance report.
The rate you see is the rate you bill.
PDI never cuts your rate confirmation to make its fee. The 5% is disclosed and invoiced separately.
Example numbers
Example: a $3,000 outside broker load
- Rate confirmation: $3,000
- You invoice the broker: $3,000
- The broker pays you directly
- PDI dispatch fee at 5%: $150, on its own invoice
- You keep $2,850 before your own operating costs
We plan beyond today's load.
A PDI load out, a reload we lined up, an outside load that positions the truck, then back to PDI freight. PDI freight is never forced onto your truck. The goal is what the truck earns for the week, with fewer empty miles.
Your weekly report.
Every week you see what your truck actually produced.
- Loads hauled
- Gross revenue
- Loaded miles
- Empty miles
- Total miles
- Loaded rate per mile
- True all-mile rate per mile
- PDI dispatch fee
Example numbers
$1,500 for 500 loaded miles looks like $3.00 a mile. Add 100 empty miles to the pickup and the truck ran 600 miles for $2.50 a mile. We plan on the second number.
Who does what
PDI dispatch team
- Finding freight
- Rate negotiation
- Load and lane planning
- Broker calls
- Pickup and delivery appointments
- Tracking and paperwork
- Deadhead and reload planning
- Weekly performance report
You
- Your MC and USDOT authority and insurance
- Your equipment, drivers, safety and compliance
- Your operating rules and hard limits
- Billing and collections
- Your factoring company, if you use one
- PODs and load paperwork on time
- Paying PDI's weekly dispatch invoice
Factoring is your call.
Factoring isn't required for PDI dispatch. Keep your current factoring company, fund yourself, or ask about PDI's factoring program.
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Start dispatch with PDI.
Tell us about your trucks. PDI will reach out to talk through your lanes and your operating rules.
Official dispatch context
Reported border waits and public dispatch warnings. Check the source before travelling. These are not certified truck routes or live parking reservations.
No current dispatch observations are available here. Source updates appear after their next collection.
Questions first? Call 888-785-9387 or email info@pdi-industries.com.
Free with a carrier account
Lane alerts.
Tell us your lanes and we notify you when matching freight posts. No refreshing the board.
The driver map.
Over 60,000 places that matter to a driver. Repair, truck stops, fuel, food, parking, scales, washes. Free, no account needed.
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What does PDI dispatch cost?
5% of the weekly gross on the loads PDI dispatches, invoiced weekly. It is never cut from your rate confirmation.
Who pays me?
The broker on the rate confirmation. You invoice them with your POD and they pay you directly.
Do I have to haul PDI freight?
No. PDI freight comes first when it fits your truck, lane and timing, and it is never forced onto your truck.
Whose authority do the loads run under?
Yours. You keep your own MC and USDOT authority and insurance.
Do I have to factor with PDI?
No. Factoring isn't required. Keep your current factoring company, fund yourself, or ask about PDI's factoring program.