Detroit, MI
→ Chicago, IL
Auto industry just-in-time freight on tight delivery windows — missing the window costs the carrier the lane. Cross-border Detroit-Windsor adds CBSA brokerage time. Indiana toll road is a budgeting line item, not a surprise.
- Dry van
- Auto carrier
- →Auto parts JIT
- →Cross-border (Windsor)
- →Steel
How flat 5% lands on a Detroit–Chicago load
A 285-mile dry-van load through a traditional broker — say, $1,000 all-in — typically loses $180 to the broker's spread (industry-average 18%, per FreightWaves). The carrier sees only $820, the shipper paid the full $1,000, and the difference funds a call-center.
On GetHaulDirect, the same load posts at $1,000 — and the carrier sees $950 (you keep the broker spread, the platform fee is $50 flat). Across a year of Detroit–Chicago 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 Detroit, 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.