Car Hauler Load Board Guide: Where Car Haulers Find Loads

If you are looking for a car hauler load board, two matter more than the rest: Central Dispatch and Super Dispatch’s Super Loadboard. Most brokers and many dealers post car hauling loads on one or both. After those come marketplaces run by auction and remarketing companies, such as ACV Transportation, RunBuggy and United Road’s Haully, plus uShip and the auto carrier filter on DAT.

This guide covers what each auto carrier load board is, what it costs you and how loads get booked. It ends with how to find car hauling loads that pay well enough to be worth hauling.

The main car hauler load boards

Central Dispatch

Central Dispatch is the long-standing paid board for the auto transport industry. Its plans page calls it “the largest auto logistics marketplace.” Brokers, dealers and other shippers post vehicles with pickup, delivery, dates and price, and carriers search by route.

Cost: The carrier Core plan is $139.95 a month plus tax. It includes route and advanced search, saved searches, the carrier mobile app, transactional ratings and the Price Check tool. Real-time text and email alerts for saved searches are a separate add-on, as is Price Check Plus.

How booking works: You contact the shipper about a load you want and agree on terms. The shipper then sends you a dispatch offer by email and in the app. You review it, acknowledge the terms and accept it, on the website or in the app. Shippers can also send a load straight to up to five carriers as a preferred carrier offer, and the first carrier to accept gets it.

Who it suits: Any car hauler running open or enclosed trailers who wants the widest broker market. For most full-time carriers, central dispatch car hauling is still the base of the week.

Super Dispatch (Super Loadboard)

Super Dispatch is a software company whose shipper and broker customers post loads to the Super Loadboard.

Cost: The Lite plan is free and includes Super Loadboard access. The paid Pro plan for the carrier TMS is $55 a month for the first seat and $50 for each additional seat. You do not need Pro to book loads.

How booking works: To request and book loads you need Verified Carrier status, which requires a completed profile, phone verification, a certificate of insurance and a W-9. You send a load request, and the shipper approves or declines it. Some loads let you submit your own rate. The load is not yours until the shipper approves, so do not send a driver before it shows as confirmed. Individual shippers can also set their own carrier requirements on top of verification.

Who it suits: Everyone. Because access is free, there is no reason for a car hauler not to have an account.

ACV Transportation

ACV runs dealer auctions, and its transportation arm posts dealer-to-dealer moves on its own load board, local, regional and over the road.

Cost: ACV’s carrier page lists no subscription fee. Confirm current terms when you sign up.

How booking works: You self-dispatch loads in the Carrier by ACV app or on the web, and you can hold a job for 10 minutes while you plan. ACV says it pays within 5 business days of submitting a BOL. Carriers in its Preferred Carrier Program get early access to new loads and priority payment.

Requirements: MC certificate, DOT number, at least $1 million in liability and $100,000 in cargo insurance, equipment photos, an ACH enrollment form and two business references. If you are still sorting out coverage, see our car hauler insurance guide.

Who it suits: Carriers who run dealer freight and want fast, predictable pay.

RunBuggy

RunBuggy calls itself an app rather than a load board. Manufacturers, lenders, dealers and auctions post vehicles, and carriers claim them in the app.

Cost: Free for haulers. RunBuggy states it charges no one-time, monthly or hidden fees.

How booking works: You search and filter cars, see price, vehicle and route, then claim the order. Inspections are done in the app, and payment is deposited digitally.

Who it suits: Carriers who want local fill-in moves as well as longer trips, without paying a subscription.

Haully (United Road)

United Road describes Haully as a mobile platform for third-party independent carriers to self-assign loads and search for backhauls from United Road’s inventory.

Cost and pay: We could not confirm current carrier terms from United Road’s own site, so ask them directly.

Who it suits: Carriers who want steady volume from one large auto logistics company, especially backhauls.

uShip

uShip is a general shipping marketplace where individuals, dealers and brokers list shipments and carriers bid.

Cost: No subscription. uShip takes a percentage-based booking fee from the carrier when you win a job, and the exact amount is not published.

Who it suits: Carriers willing to quote individual customers and handle more communication per load.

DAT and other general freight boards

DAT is a general freight board, but it has an Auto Carrier (AC) equipment type you can search by. Carrier plans start at $59 a month for DAT One Standard and go up from there; see DAT’s plans page. Brokers who mainly move cars post on the dedicated boards above, so most car haulers treat DAT as a backup rather than a main source.

Car hauler load boards compared

Board	Cost to carrier	How you book	Best for
Central Dispatch	$139.95/month plus tax (Core)	Negotiate, then accept the shipper’s dispatch	Widest broker market
Super Dispatch	Free (Lite); Pro TMS $55/month first seat	Request, shipper approves	Every carrier, as a free second board
ACV Transportation	No fee listed	Self-dispatch in app	Dealer moves, pay within 5 business days of BOL
RunBuggy	Free	Claim in app	Short and regional fill-in loads
Haully	Ask United Road	Self-assign in app	United Road volume and backhauls
uShip	Percentage booking fee per job	Bid	Private customers
DAT	From $59/month (DAT One Standard)	Search the AC equipment type, then work with the broker	Backup

How car hauling loads actually get booked

A posted price is the start of the deal, not the end. Here is what decides whether you get the load and whether it was worth taking.

Ratings. Central Dispatch includes a transactional ratings system, so brokers and carriers can check each other’s track record before a deal. On boards where the shipper picks between requests, a clean record helps you win the load. On ACV, strong performance can earn early access to loads through its Preferred Carrier Program.

Broker setups. Many brokers will only dispatch to carriers already in their system: insurance certificate, W-9, authority and payment details on file. A load that pays well and needs a fresh setup often goes to the carrier who was already set up. Getting set up with active brokers before you need them saves you from losing loads to paperwork.

Payment terms. Every load comes with terms, and they change what a load is really worth:

COD or COP: you collect payment at delivery or at pickup, usually from the customer or dealer.
Quick pay: the broker pays within days, sometimes in exchange for a fee.
Net terms: the broker pays a set number of days after delivery and paperwork.

A slightly lower rate with fast, reliable pay can beat a higher one you chase for weeks. The guide to what car haulers make shows how much those fixed costs weigh while you wait.

Speed. On every board above, the first qualified carrier to commit usually gets the load. That is why the next section matters.

Why the best loads disappear in seconds

From a dispatcher’s seat, the pattern is consistent. A well-priced load posts, and within seconds several carriers call or hit request. By the time most people see it, it is gone. What stays on the board is what nobody wanted at that price.

In One Two Dispatch’s experience, loads still on the board ten minutes after posting pay about 20% less than the ones that went right away. That is our own observation from watching the boards every day, not an industry statistic.

The problem for an owner-operator is simple: you cannot watch the board while you drive. You are loading, unloading, doing inspections and driving for hours at a time. Checking the board at fuel stops means you mostly see the leftovers.

Tips for self-dispatching car haulers

Set up saved searches and alerts. Save searches for your usual lanes on every board you use. On Central Dispatch, real-time notifications are an add-on; turn them on if you rely on that board.

Check the broker before you commit. Look at ratings, how long they have been on the board and their payment terms. If the terms are unclear, ask before you accept the dispatch.

Build the backhaul before you deliver. Start looking for your next load while you are still loaded. Haully and some other platforms are built around backhauls, and searching along a route on Central Dispatch helps too.

Watch for double brokering. Be careful when the company dispatching you is not the one that posted the load, when contact details change mid-deal, or when the rate looks too good. Verify the broker’s authority, call the number listed on their profile rather than the one in an email, and confirm who will pay you before pickup.

Use more than one board. Super Dispatch costs nothing to join, and ACV and RunBuggy do not list carrier fees. Pair them with Central Dispatch to cover most of the car hauler loads on the market.

How One Two Dispatch helps

One Two Dispatch is a dispatch service for car haulers only. Our team watches Central Dispatch, Super Dispatch and other boards about ten hours a day with our own alert tools, and books loads the moment they post.

We negotiate with brokers, complete broker setups, call the pickup to confirm the car is there, invoice brokers on your behalf and chase late payments. Brokers pay you directly.

Our fee is a percentage of what each load pays: 7% under $1,000, 6% for $1,000 to $2,000, 5% for $2,001 to $3,000, and 4% over $3,000. There is no monthly or setup fee, no forced dispatch, a free first week, and you can cancel anytime. We speak English, Russian and Romanian.

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