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Truck dispatch service in Texas

Truck dispatch service in Texas

Cross-border freight at Laredo, the oil patch in the Permian, and two of the largest distribution markets in the country. Texas has more freight variety than anywhere else, and more ways to pick the wrong load.

Cross-borderOil and gasDFW & Houston

Four freight markets in one state

Texas is not one market. Laredo is the largest land port in the United States and moves an enormous volume of cross-border freight with Mexico, most of it transferred at the border rather than run through. El Paso does the same on a smaller scale. The Permian Basin in the west runs on oil and gas, which means open-deck freight, sand, pipe and equipment. Dallas-Fort Worth and Houston are national distribution hubs in their own right. And Houston adds a deepwater port and a petrochemical complex on top.

For a carrier, that variety is the opportunity. A truck based in Texas can usually find something in more than one freight pool, which is a genuine advantage when one of them softens. Dry van out of DFW, flatbed into the Permian and reefer on the Rio Grande Valley produce lanes are three different businesses reachable from the same home base.

The catch is distance. Texas is large enough that a poorly planned week is mostly windshield. Houston to El Paso is a long day, and a load that pays well but strands you eight hours from the next one is not the load it looked like.

What Texas carriers should know

  • Cross-border freight at Laredo is usually transferred at the border. Understand whether you are running the domestic leg or crossing, because the requirements differ substantially.
  • Oil-patch freight is open-deck and cyclical. It pays well when drilling activity is high and evaporates when it is not — worth having a second freight pool.
  • Permian lease roads are hard on equipment, and the wait times at a pad can be long. Detention terms matter more here than almost anywhere.
  • Texas issues its own oversize and overweight permits, and the state is big enough that a permitted run can cross several jurisdictions with different rules.
  • The Rio Grande Valley has its own produce season, which puts Texas reefer capacity in demand at a different time from California.

How we dispatch in Texas

01
Tell us about the truck
Equipment, home base, the lanes you like and the ones you will not run. We set up your carrier packet once and reuse it.
02
We find the freight
We plan around the distances and the fact that Texas has several separate freight pools. If one softens we move you towards another rather than waiting for it to recover.
03
We negotiate and book
We call the broker, push the rate, confirm the details and send you the rate confirmation. You approve every load before it is booked — there is no forced dispatch.
04
You drive, we chase the paperwork
Check calls, lumper receipts, detention claims and the invoice packet. You send the signed BOL; we handle the rest.

What it costs

Dispatching is charged as a percentage of the linehaul, agreed before you take your first load, and there is no long-term contract to sign. Ask a dispatcher for the current rate.

BSG Carriers is a dispatch service, not a freight broker. You keep your own authority, your own insurance and your own carrier packet — the loads are booked under your MC, and you are paid by the broker or shipper directly.

FAQ

Questions carriers ask

We dispatch the domestic side of cross-border moves — freight to and from the border crossings and the Laredo transload yards. Actually crossing into Mexico is a different operation with its own authority, insurance and customs requirements.

Put your truck to work

Send your MC and DOT numbers and a dispatcher will call you within one business day.