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 authority + insurance on file) and identity-cleared through our in-house identity KYC before they can be paid. The matching engine ranks them on how close they are to Chicago, their rating and their delivery record, then offers the load to one carrier at a time with an hour to accept — no auction, no double-brokering.