MFG Carrier HQ

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Dispatch software for carriers who run their own dispatch

Run your trucks like a brokerage runs freight. Pay only when freight is on the truck.

The dispatch tools Montana Freight Group built for its own team — AI rate-con parsing, driver texting, automatic remittance packets and a live market heat map — in a private workspace for your carrier and your dispatchers.

No per-seat fees. Invite every dispatcher you have.
1.2% of gross line haul per load (1–3 trucks) · 0.8% for 4–10 · 0.5% for 11+ — locked the moment the load is picked up. $35 weekly minimum per truck that moved a load; idle trucks $0.
$0 on drafts, dispatched-not-loaded or cancelled-before-pickup loads — nothing is permanent until the truck is loaded.
One invoice every Monday for the previous week, auto-charged to your corporate card at 3 AM ET with a receipt. No retainer, no contract term.

What's inside

AI rate-con parsing

Drop the broker's PDF — line haul, stops, references and deadlines are extracted and the load is drafted in seconds. $0 until the truck is loaded.

Driver texting & trip cards

One tap sends the trip to the driver by SMS with a live trip card: status updates and POD upload from their phone. No app to install.

Remittance packets, automatic

Signed POD paired with the rate con, watermarked and ready for your factor the moment delivery is confirmed.

Live market heat map

The same lane-rate and load-to-truck heat map MFG's own dispatchers use — know what a lane is worth before you call the broker.

Your team, your seats

Invite your own in-house or overseas dispatchers by email. Unlimited seats. Messaging stays inside your organization.

Private workspace

Your loads, drivers, documents and billing are isolated to your company. Your logo on every screen.

Why carriers choose Carrier HQ

You keep your brokers and your margin

MFG never touches your money. Your rate cons, your invoices, your factor. We only run the software.

Pay for results, not seats

1.2% of a load's line haul, locked when the truck is loaded (0.8% at four trucks, 0.5% at eleven) — $35 weekly minimum per truck that moved a load, idle trucks $0. No monthly, no per-dispatcher fee, no contract. Drafts and pre-pickup cancels are $0.

Set up with a new broker in one click

Authority, COI, W-9 and your remittance NOA go out as one carrier packet. Insurance expiry reminders keep you paid.

Plugged into MFG freight

See MFG's open loads, request them with a tap, and sign MFG rate cons inside your workspace. Score well and you get the call first.

Everything inside the workspace

Rate-con parsing → load in seconds
Trucks with unit # and equipment, drivers tied to trucks
Dispatch texts the driver a live trip card
Two-way driver inbox — replies and photos land on the load
Signed POD + rate con → remittance packet to your factor
Document center with expiry reminders
One-click carrier packet to any broker
MFG load board with one-tap requests
Market heat map
Unlimited dispatcher seats by email invite
Owner-only remittance profile
Carrier scorecard MFG agents see
Your logo on every screen · Powered by MFG software
Weekly invoice + receipt, card on file, full audit trail

Optional add-on · MFG Driver App

$5 per active truck / week

Live GPS while under load — fewer check calls
Automatic status check-ins at every stop
In-app chat with your dispatch, attached to the load
Photo paperwork from the cab, filed on the load
Drivers sign in to the MFG Driver app with their phone

Apply from Billing inside your workspace; MFG activates it per carrier. Shows as its own line on your Monday statement — $0 for trucks that sit idle.

Everything that's included

The complete list — every feature below is in every Carrier HQ workspace at the same price. Nothing is tiered away, nothing is per seat.

Loads & dispatch

AI rate-con parsing — drop the PDF, the load is drafted (broker, MC, reference, stops, dates, line haul, accessorials)
Amber-field review so you only check what the parser wasn't sure about
Dispatch in one click — truck and driver attached, equipment type on the paperwork
Driver trip card by text — full trip, status buttons, POD upload, no app needed
Status check-ins: en route · at pickup · loaded · in transit · at delivery · delivered
Updated rate con → re-parse on the same card: only changed fields update, old PDF kept, diff logged
Automatic driver text when a re-parsed rate con moves a pickup or delivery time
Driver confirms new times by replying OK (or tapping Confirm) — shown on the load card
Dispatcher 'mark picked up' for phone check calls
Full load timeline / audit trail: every status, text, photo, document and change
Cancel before pickup at $0 with the reason on record
Load list filters by state, estimated fee shown before pickup, locked fee after

Driver communication

Two-way Driver Inbox — text your drivers from the workspace, by name
Replies route to the driver's active load automatically
Driver photos (BOL, lumper receipt, scale ticket) land on the load as paperwork
Attach any inbox photo or document to a specific load with one click
Unread counts and per-driver threads

Documents & paperwork

Document Center: insurance (COI), W-9, authority, remittance / NOA on file
Expiry reminders before insurance or authority lapses
Per-load paperwork: BOL, lumper, scale, detention, photos — tick what rides in the packet
Remittance packet builds itself the moment the signed POD lands (rate con + POD + chosen docs, watermarked)
Freight invoice from the load card (TONU needs no POD) — bill-to, MC/DOT and remit-to filled in automatically
Preview, then email invoice + packet to your factor, your own accountant or the broker — owner decides where dispatchers may send
Broker directory: addresses, AP emails and payment terms kept from every parsed rate con and editable any time
One-click carrier packet to new brokers: authority, COI, W-9, remittance info, references
Prior rate-con versions kept as 'superseded' — nothing is ever lost
Download any load's documents as a ZIP

Fleet

Trucks with unit number and equipment type (van, reefer, flatbed, step, power-only…)
Drivers tied to trucks — dispatching attaches both
Active-truck count drives your pricing tier automatically

Team & company

Unlimited dispatchers — invite by company email, $0 per seat
Owner and dispatcher roles; owner-only remittance and billing settings
Company profile, logo on every screen, remittance / factoring info set once for the whole team
Forgot-password and invitation emails
All of your information secure and walled inside your own workspace

MFG freight & tools

MFG Load Board Lite — see MFG's open loads inside your workspace, request one with a tap
MFG rate cons signed in-system; countersign comes back automatically
Carrier scorecard (on-time, tracking) — score well and MFG agents call you first
Live lane-rate / load-to-truck heat map — the one MFG's dispatchers use
Savings calculator and tier-progress nudge (what the next tier saves)

Billing

1.2% of gross line haul per load (1–3 active trucks) · 0.8% at 4–10 · 0.5% at 11+ · Founding Carriers 0.6% for life
Fee locks only when the truck is loaded / in transit — drafts and pre-pickup cancels are $0
'Line haul only' switch: fuel surcharge, detention, lumper stay 100% yours
$35 weekly minimum per truck that moved a load · idle trucks $0
Friday 'here's what Monday will charge' email · numbered invoice every Monday 12 AM ET (PDF on MFG letterhead)
Auto-charged Monday 3 AM ET to the corporate card · receipt emailed the moment Stripe approves it
Declined card? 6 AM notice and 72 hours to pay before services pause — they resume automatically on payment
Invoice history, one line per load, Pay now from Billing

MFG Driver App add-on · $5 per active truck per week (carrier applies in Billing, MFG activates)

Live GPS tracking on every active load
Status check-ins and limited check calls
In-app chat with your dispatcher, tied to the load
POD and paperwork from the cab land on the load instantly
Turn on or off any week from your workspace

Usage-based pricing — not per seat

Micro Tier

1.2% of gross line haul

1–3 active trucks · per picked-up load · accessorials excluded

Weekly minimum $35 per truck that moved a load · idle trucks $0 · no cap. A $7,500 week = $90.

Growth Tier

0.8% of gross line haul

4–10 active trucks · per picked-up load · accessorials excluded

Weekly minimum $35 per truck that moved a load · idle trucks $0 · no cap. A $7,500 week = $60.

Enterprise Tier

0.5% of gross line haul

11+ active trucks · per picked-up load · accessorials excluded

Weekly minimum $35 per truck that moved a load · idle trucks $0 · no cap. A $7,500 week = $37.50.

1 · Parsed / Draft

Upload the rate con; AI drafts the load. Cancel anytime with zero penalty.

2 · Dispatched

$0 · est. shown

Trip texted to the driver. Fee is only an estimate — cancel before pickup and it vanishes.

3 · Picked up / In transit

fee locked

Driver marks loaded or in transit → the 0.5–1.2% tier fee locks and becomes permanent. POD at delivery closes the row.

4 · Remittance Ready

Packet built and watermarked; one charge every Monday for last week.

Apply for a workspace

Download the pricing one-pager (PDF, MFG letterhead) for your IT & accounting →

Your trucks × your gross — see your own number

Active trucks4

Gross per truck per week$7,500

Loads per truck per week3

Accessorials share of gross12%

Dispatcher cost per hour$25

Time model: ~43 min of admin per load by email, texts and a spreadsheet vs ~7 min on Carrier HQ (parse, dispatch, check calls, rate-con revisions, remittance packet). Estimates — swap in your own numbers.

Your weekly Carrier HQ fee

$211

0.8% of line haul = $52.80 per truck · 4 trucks · $10,982/yr · $0 per seat

Dispatcher hours back per week

7.2 hrs

$9,360 a year at $25/hr

Accessorials you keep

up to $1,498/yr

with “Line haul only” checked in Billing (default) — $0 when brokers pay all-in flat rates

If you pay a 7% dispatch service today

$98,218/yr

$2,100/wk outsourced vs $211/wk running your own dispatcher here (they book freight; we don't — your dispatcher does)

7 more active trucks unlocks the Enterprise Tier and drops every load from 0.8% to 0.5%. At 11 trucks that saves about $10,182 a year.

What it costs vs. what you keep: $10,982/yr in software fees against $10,858/yr of dispatcher time and accessorials — before counting faster factoring, no second dispatcher hire as you grow, and MFG freight.