Engineering before economics
Superloads may need a bridge analysis, a route survey and utility coordination. That is weeks of lead time and real cost, and it has to be in the quote from the beginning.
Heavy Haul dispatch
Heavy haul dispatch services: the highest rates in trucking, the least room for error
Superload and oversize freight. The highest rates in trucking — and the least room for a planning mistake.
- Typical market range $4.20 – $6.50+ per mile
- Common lane: Gulf Coast → Permian Basin
- Common lane: Great Lakes → Southeast
The short answer
How does heavy haul dispatch actually work?
Heavy haul dispatch covers superload and oversize freight that pays the best rates in trucking and punishes planning mistakes hardest. MSM Transit handles superload permitting and bridge analysis, coordinates pilot cars and law-enforcement escorts, and plans project freight as multi-load campaigns rather than single moves.
What moves the rate Safety & Compliance Get rates for your lanes
Who we dispatch: Dry Van, Reefer, Flatbed, Step Deck, Conestoga, Power Only, Hotshot, Box Truck, RGN / Lowboy and Heavy Haul — every rig longer than 26 ft, new authorities included. Not a fit: sprinter vans, cargo vans and 16 ft box trucks.
What we handle
The details that decide whether a heavy haul load is worth taking.
Every equipment type has a handful of factors that separate a profitable load from a bad one. These are the ones we screen before a load reaches you.
- Superload permitting and bridge analysis
- Pilot car and law-enforcement escort coordination
- Project freight and multi-load campaigns
Typical market range
Heavy Haul rate per mile
$4.20 – $6.50+typical market range, all miles
Where a specific load lands inside that range is decided by the things above: the lane, the season, the reload, and who is negotiating. Check a specific lane, or send us the load.
An estimate to orient you, not a quote and not a promise.
What moves a heavy haul rate
Three things that decide what this freight pays
Generic dispatch treats every trailer the same. These are the heavy haul-specific factors we argue on, load by load.
Per-state permit variation
Every state has its own limits, fees, escort thresholds and travel restrictions. A route that is straightforward in Texas can be a two-week approval in the Northeast.
Project freight, not spot freight
The best heavy-haul work is a multi-load campaign for one project. Winning the campaign is worth more than winning any single load on the board.
Lanes we work for heavy haul
Representative corridors for this equipment — the kind of lanes a strategy for it is built around.
- Gulf Coast → Permian Basin
- Great Lakes → Southeast
- Port of Houston → inland
- Midwest wind corridors
Seasonality
Energy and infrastructure project cycles rather than seasons; wind components concentrate spring through fall.
What we watch for on heavy haul loads: Anybody quoting a superload same-day. If a rate arrives without route, permit and escort detail, it is a guess — and the gap comes out of your margin.
Services applied
How we dispatch heavy haul freight
The same services every carrier gets — but these three are the ones that decide a heavy haul account.
Safety & Compliance
We pair this with heavy haul because superload permitting leaves no room for error.
How it worksRoute Planning
We pair this with heavy haul for bridge analysis and survey scheduling.
How it worksBroker Negotiation
We pair this with heavy haul to price pilot cars and escorts as line items.
How it worksWorth reading alongside this: The FMCSA compliance checklist every carrier should run quarterly.
What is an RGN trailer in trucking? · What do RGN loads pay per mile?
60-second request
Get heavy haul lane rates for your market
Tell us where you run. We will send the current booked ranges for your lanes.
Other equipment
We dispatch mixed fleets too.
Running more than one trailer type is normal. One account, one dispatcher, one invoice — with the right playbook applied to each truck.
Terms
How heavy haul dispatch with us works, in plain terms
The same terms for every equipment type. Compare them line by line with any dispatcher you are considering.
| MSM Transit | |
|---|---|
| How you are charged | A percentage of gross on the loads we book, quoted for your operation in writing before you sign |
| Accessorials | Not commissioned. Detention, layover, TONU and other accessorial pay is yours |
| Setup fee | None |
| Monthly minimum | None. If your truck does not run in a week, that week is not billed |
| Loads you find yourself | Not billed |
| Contract | Week to week; either side can end it with 15 days written notice |
| Forced dispatch | Never. You approve every load before it is booked |
| Your broker relationships | Stay yours, including if you leave |
| Trucks per dispatcher | No more than 4 |
| Hours | Desk staffed 24/7, including nights, weekends and holidays |
| Reporting | A written scorecard every week |
| Authority | We work under your operating authority. We are not a broker and not a carrier |
| Equipment and size | Dry Van, Reefer, Flatbed, Step Deck, Conestoga, Power Only, Hotshot, Box Truck, RGN / Lowboy and Heavy Haul, every rig longer than 26 ft |
| New authorities | Welcome, on the same size rule |
| Not a fit | Sprinter vans, cargo vans and 16 ft box trucks |
| Coverage | All 48 US states and all 10 Canadian provinces |
The percentage itself is quoted for your operation, in writing, before you sign.
Free dispatch audit
Let's price your heavy haul lanes.
Send your last 10 heavy haul loads. We will show you the rate we would have negotiated on each one, and where anybody quoting a superload same-day. If a rate arrives with…
- Reply within 1 business hour
- First load usually booked in 24 hours
- Cancel with 15 days notice, any time