Dry Van Dispatch

Why Dry Van Dispatch Still Matters

Most desks treat dry van as a commodity — book whatever's on the board and move to the next one. That approach leaves real money on the table. A desk that works dry van strategically turns the deepest freight pool in trucking into consistent, well-planned miles instead of a scramble.

• Volume is the advantage, and the trap. Dry van has the deepest freight pool of any equipment type — retail and grocery replenishment, general manufacturing, regional distribution. That depth means a truck rarely sits, but it also means a flooded load board and brokers who know they can lowball a driver who's just scrolling. A desk that works the boards strategically — not reactively — is the difference between volume and a margin.
• Backhaul planning is where the real money is made. With freight this dense, the lane out matters as much as the lane in. A driver who takes the first load offered into a market without planning the load out often ends up deadheading or accepting a weak return rate out of necessity rather than choice.
• Drop-and-hook freight is common — and it changes the math. A meaningful share of dry van freight, especially retail and grocery, runs drop-and-hook rather than live load/unload, which can mean less dock time but more dependency on trailer pool availability and yard logistics at the receiver.
• The broker pool is the largest — and the most varied — of any equipment type. Which means broker quality varies the most too. Knowing which brokers pay on time and which have a track record of issues matters more in dry van than almost anywhere else, simply because of how many you'll encounter.

How Your EIDDI Desk Runs Dry Van

Same discipline we bring to every equipment type, applied to the realities above:

• Load sourcing matched to your trailer, your lanes, and your rate floor — not a generic load-board feed
• Backhaul and lane planning — your next load considered before your current one is even delivered
• Rate negotiation on every load, before it's booked
• Broker communication start to finish — calls, emails, rate confirmations
• Live check calls and tracking through delivery
• Detention pay negotiation — we contact the broker within 1 hour of a reported delay
• Paperwork handling: rate confirmations, BOLs, and POD collection

We dispatch every major US equipment type — dry van is one of seven:

Is This You?

Mixed fleet is never a problem — each unit is profiled by its own equipment type, lanes, and availability, so every truck in your operation gets dispatched to the right loads.

What You Get

• Load search begins within 2 hours of you going available
• Qualifying load offers inside 24 hours under normal market conditions
• Weekly billing, in USD, every Monday, for the prior week's loads

The dispatch fee is either a percentage of gross load revenue or a negotiated flat rate, confirmed in your Dispatch Service Agreement before you run a single load — you know your number going in.

Full billing mechanics live on our Process page; full service commitments on our SLA.

You Stay The Carrier Of Record

EIDDI is a dispatch consultancy — not a broker, not a motor carrier. You hold the authority, the insurance, and the customer relationship; we run the desk behind you. Onboarding and insurance requirements, including the $750,000 primary liability and $100,000 cargo minimums we work to, are covered in full on our Compliance page.

Keep Going

• The full dispatch service →Every equipment type, billing, broker screening, and onboarding in one place.
• Onboarding & compliance requirements →How we verify your MC Authority, USDOT, insurance, and safety standing.
• How billing & process work →The full journey from onboarding to active dispatch.
• Our service commitments →Response times, check-call cadence, and detention handling.
• Full FAQ →Documents needed, equipment we run, rejected loads, and more.