Buffalo, NY
→ Cleveland, OH
Straight I-90 run along the Lake Erie shore, a legal one-day trip for a single driver. Lake-effect snow closes or slows the Erie stretch several times each winter, so pickup windows on this lane want slack from December through March.
- Dry van
- Reefer
- Flatbed
- →Steel and fabricated metals
- →Auto parts
- →Food distribution
How flat 5% lands on a Buffalo–Cleveland load
A 190-mile dry-van load through a traditional broker — say, $900 all-in — typically loses $162 to the broker's spread (industry-average 18%, per FreightWaves). The carrier sees only $738, the shipper paid the full $900, and the difference funds a call-center.
On GetHaulDirect, the same load posts at $900 — and the carrier sees $855 (you keep the broker spread, the platform fee is $45 flat). Across a year of Buffalo–Cleveland volume, the gap is real money. See your annual savings →
Carriers running this lane are FMCSA-verified (active authority + insurance on file) and identity-cleared through our in-house identity KYC before they can be paid. The matching engine routes loads to whoever fits the Buffalo pickup window first — no auction, no double-brokering.