Dry Van Lease-On — Run Under Our MC Authority, 48 States

Dry van lease-on drivers with Direct Fleet Dispatch earn a competitive percentage of linehaul revenue (typically in the 72–78% range, which is standard among carriers our size) plus 100% of the fuel surcharge. Your exact split depends on whether you bring your own trailer, your experience, and your equipment. Dispatchers quote real numbers during application.

Industry data for 2025–2026 puts dry van lease-on gross revenue in the $150,000–$200,000 range for drivers running full-time (~2,500–3,000 miles/week). Net take-home after fuel, maintenance, insurance deductions, and tolls typically lands $55,000–$80,000. Flatbed pays higher, but dry van has lower gear costs and easier work.

No. We offer dry van trailers on a weekly lease for drivers who don't own one. If you do own your trailer, you run it, we don't charge trailer rent, and your revenue split improves. Either way is fine — tell us on the application and the dispatcher will build the settlement math with you.

Our freight density is heaviest in the I-65/I-70/I-80 Midwest-to-Southeast triangle (Chicago, Indianapolis, Nashville, Memphis, Atlanta, Dallas), the Southeast-to-Northeast I-95 corridor, and Southern California inbound lanes through the Inland Empire. We run all 48 contiguous states. You tell us your preferred home region and our dispatchers keep you loaded there.

Both options are available depending on your base state. Drivers based near our dense freight markets (Texas, Georgia, Illinois, Tennessee, Pennsylvania, California) can typically run regional with 34-hour resets most weekends. Drivers based in lighter-freight states usually need to run longer cycles but can pattern home time around 14-day resets.

We prefer late-model tractors, generally 2018 or newer, because they pass DOT inspections cleanly and meet the equipment policies of large shippers. Older tractors can still qualify if they pass our pre-lease inspection and don't create shipper-rejection risk on your lanes. Send photos and VIN on the application.

No forced dispatch. If a load doesn't work for your situation — too far from home, pay too low, equipment mismatch — you decline and we offer the next one. That said, our settlement model works best when drivers accept reasonable loads consistently. Turning down everything isn't a long-term fit on either side.

We pay detention at a per-hour rate starting after the industry-standard 2-hour free window at both pickup and delivery on brokered freight, and we pursue shipper detention pay aggressively. We also pay TONU (truck-ordered-not-used) when a load falls through after you've arrived. Exact rates are in the lease and on every settlement.

Every Friday you get a statement that lists every load from the prior week — load number, pickup/delivery, miles, gross revenue, linehaul vs FSC breakout, your percentage, any deductions (insurance, trailer rent if applicable, fuel advances, ELD) — and net deposit. Under 49 CFR 376.12(l), you can request the underlying rate confirmations at any time.

We carry $1,000,000 primary auto liability (exceeds the FMCSA minimum of $750,000 for general freight under 49 CFR Part 387), $100,000 cargo insurance on standard dry freight, and the general liability required for active carriers. Our BMC-91 filing is active with FMCSA. BOC-3 process-agent filing is live in all 48 states.

Fuel (offset by the fuel card + 100% FSC passed through to you), tractor maintenance, tolls, your own occupational accident insurance, non-trucking (bobtail) liability, physical damage on your tractor if you want it, and the IFTA/fuel-tax portion tied to your miles. Specific dollar deductions are itemized per 49 CFR 376.12(h) before you sign.

With dispatch, you keep your own MC authority, your own insurance, your own compliance obligations — a dispatcher finds loads and charges you a 5–10% service fee. With lease-on, you run under our MC, our insurance, our compliance filings; we handle it all and pay you a percentage of the load. If you want to keep your authority, see our dispatch service pages instead.

We look at the whole record. Minor violations more than 2 years old usually aren't a problem. DUI, reckless driving, or a CSA score that would trigger shipper rejections are problems. Tell us upfront on the application — surprises during onboarding waste everyone's time. An honest "here's what's on my record" gets a straight yes or no faster.

Within reason — palletized general commodities, CPG, packaged food, paper, auto parts, retail consumer goods, e-commerce, textiles. We don't haul hazmat on dry van because hazmat requires separate endorsements and $5M insurance under 49 CFR 387. If you're hazmat-endorsed, ask about our specialized programs separately.

Most drivers are approved within 24–48 hours and running their first load inside 5–7 days. The pacing items are MVR/PSP pulls, pre-employment drug screen (if you're not already in a Clearinghouse-reporting consortium), lease signing, and getting our DOT/MC vinyl on your tractor. Drivers with clean ready-to-go files move faster.

Either works. If your tractor is on a finance or lease contract, bring the paperwork — we need proof you have legal control of the equipment to sign the 49 CFR 376 lease on your end. A title in your name is simplest. A commercial lease from a third party is fine if the lessor allows sub-leasing under another MC.