Chicago, IL
→ Dallas, TX
Top-three US intermodal corridor. Chicago is the largest rail-truck transfer hub in North America; Dallas is the southern anchor of the I-35 NAFTA corridor that ends at Laredo. Backhaul volumes are usually heavier than headhauls, which compresses spot rates south.
- Dry van
- Intermodal
- →Chicago rail intermodal
- →Texas distribution
- →Cross-border Mexico onward
How flat 5% lands on a Chicago–Dallas load
A 925-mile dry-van load through a traditional broker — say, $2,700 all-in — typically loses $486 to the broker's spread (industry-average 18%, per FreightWaves). The carrier sees only $2,214, the shipper paid the full $2,700, and the difference funds a call-center.
On GetHaulDirect, the same load posts at $2,700 — and the carrier sees $2,565 (you keep the broker spread, the platform fee is $135 flat). Across a year of Chicago–Dallas volume, the gap is real money. See your annual savings →
Carriers running this lane are FMCSA-verified (active operating authority) before they are offered a load, and each is asked for a certificate of insurance and an ID + selfie check. The matching engine looks for carriers whose equipment fits and whose home base is within reach of Chicago, prefers ones with payouts connected and recent activity, then offers the load to the best-fitting carriers at once with 30 minutes to accept — no auction, no double-brokering.