Long Haul Trucking Companies
Long Haul Trucking Companies
The best long haul trucking companies propel their profitability to new heights using DAT’s load board.
- Optimize your long haul trucking operations
- The best loads, at the best rates – only on DAT
- Stay on top of the ever-evolving freight market
Optimize your long haul trucking operations
Remove the guesswork from your business, eliminate cost uncertainties and grow your business.
A lot more goes into long haul trucking than simply moving cargo long distances. Supply chain shocks and larger economic uncertainty can throw unprepared freight operators for a loop.
DAT is an all-in-one platform that helps you save money at the pump, accumulate rewards, and overcome market volatility. Our members access the highest paying loads, the best fuel cards straight from DAT’s mobile app – with expert support on standby.
The best loads, at the best rates – only on DAT
Save time on the front-end and start to reap the long-term gains using DAT’s intuitive load board.
DAT One offers proven solutions that empowers carriers and dispatchers, alike, to take their business to the next level. With more than 40 years of freight experience under our belts, we’ve built an unparalleled, nationwide network of vetted freight brokers and reliable industry pros. Whether it’s evaluating rates, automating route-building to optimize profits, or analyzing market conditions across various lanes, DAT maximizes our members’ time spent on the road.
Stay on top of the ever-evolving freight market
DAT’s real-time, advanced analytics help you thrive in competitive spot markets.
DAT iQ offers our members a unique, all-encompassing, 360 degree view of the freight market. On an annual basis, DAT analyzes more than $116 in freight invoices, crunching the numbers to identify trends across rates, performance, lanes, capacity, and more. DAT iQ’s comprehensive data analysis culminates in precise freight forecasts, actionable insights, and lucrative long haul opportunities across the spot and contract freight markets.
Long haul trucking companies specialize in transporting valuable cargo long distances. The freight journey for long haul truckers can often extend for hundreds, if not thousands, of miles.
In fact, long-haul trucking, also known as over-the-road (OTR), is officially defined as the transportation of goods over a minimum of 250 miles. With the right tools at your disposal, a career in long haul trucking can offer an attractive upside for carriers and brokers, alike.
Carriers benefit from the flexibility, stability, and lucrative pay scales the best long distance trucking companies offer.
That doesn’t mean long haul trucking makes for an easy job, though – far from it. If you’ve ever worked for a long haul trucking company, you know what it’s like to spend weeks at a time on the road away from your family.
In addition, carriers today contend with ever-present fuel price volatility and market fragmentation, not to mention vehicle breakdowns and rejected shipments from time to time.
On an enterprise level, meanwhile, long haul trucking companies struggle to earn new, high-paying loads without a quality load board.
For a flat, monthly rate, our members rely on DAT’s array of services to plan ahead with confidence and navigate economic uncertainties.
- DAT Authority: The experts at DAT Authority support your back-office needs, ensuring your business stays on track and in compliance with regulatory bodies.
- DAT Directory: Carriers can plug their specific criteria into DAT’s load board and pull up the DAT Directory to properly vet brokers. Here, you’ll find a broker’s:
- Bond and credit history
- Longevity within the industry
- Average days to pay
- Customer Reviews
- And much more
- Factoring: DAT has partnered with OTR, the premier factoring company, so you can get paid quickly – as soon as 24 hours after you submit your invoice – and smooth cash flow gaps.
DAT’s load board is a supercharged on-demand marketplace. Carriers and brokers, alike, access a list of long haul trucking companies through DAT to build industry connections. Our members use DAT to partner with the most reputable shippers along their preferred lanes.
On DAT, you’ll find the most new loads posted each business day for long haul trucking as well as a bevy of helpful features that simplify the load-finding process. Filter listings according to your business needs, save searches, and become instantly notified when a new load meets your freight criteria with DAT’s matching alarms.
DAT’s freight solutions drive sustained value for long haul companies far and wide. There are often a lot of variables in play on any given long haul truck load – especially nowadays – that can derail even the best long haul flatbed trucking companies.
DAT One’s renowned, all-encompassing freight management platform is designed to optimize your freight operations and profitability. Here, you’ll find an unrivaled set of freight solutions. By harnessing modern technologies and real-time data, DAT empowers our members to always negotiate the best rates, anticipate fluctuating market conditions, and make smarter business decisions.
Whether you’re on the open road or planning your next journey from your warehouse, DAT’s end-to-end freight platform is built to simplify operations and unlock efficiency gains. DAT iQ, our centralized engine, efficiently analyzes comprehensive freight data, while our other analytics solutions help you:
- Optimize freight routes for profitability
- Proactively forecast network capacity
- Accelerate load booking process
- Track KPIs and in-transit cargo up to the minute
- Automate invoice processing
With more than 7 million daily forecasts made on a daily basis and a 95% accuracy rate, it’s no surprise established operators continue to trust DAT iQ to drive bottom-line results.
“The DAT Load Board is the only one I use, and I really don’t see any interest in trying any other one.”
- Brian Stone, Stone’s Trucking LLC
"DAT Load Board is awesome. They even teach you how to book a load and how to use it on your computer or cell phone app. Highly recommend DAT!"
- Francis Gatmaitan, Alpha Trucking
Thrive over the long haul with DAT!
Being a long-haul truck driver is rewarding but challenging — especially in today’s increasingly unpredictable business landscape.
But there’s good news. DAT compliments the most powerful load board in the country with advanced freight and analytics solutions that are designed to drive your business forward — even when the going gets tough.