At four to ten trucks, the owner is usually still the dispatcher — booking loads at night after running the business all day. Our desk takes that job over: one dispatcher who knows every truck and every driver, reloads planned across the whole fleet, and the setups, rate cons and billing handled so the owner can run the company instead of the load board.
Quick answer: Dispatch for a 4–10 truck fleet is load sourcing, reload planning and back-office work for a trucking company that has outgrown the owner booking every load. Badass Logistics assigns one dispatcher to the fleet, plans freight across all of its trucks, and handles carrier setups, rate confirmations, check calls and invoice packets. You keep your authority and approve every load.
One or two trucks can be dispatched from a phone between other jobs. Somewhere around four, that stops working. Each truck needs its next load lined up before it empties, drivers need home time planned rather than promised, and every broker setup, rate confirmation and detention claim lands on the same person who is also handling insurance, maintenance and payroll. The usual result is trucks that run, but run whatever was left on the board at 9pm.
That is the gap the desk fills at this size. It is not about finding more loads — it is about planning four to ten trucks as one fleet, so a load is chosen for where it leaves the truck as much as for what it pays. If you are still deciding whether to outsource at all, our guide to dispatch for small fleets covers what to ask any provider before signing.
The same person books every truck, so drivers, equipment quirks and home-time commitments are known, not re-explained.
Next loads lined up before each truck empties, with the whole fleet in view rather than one truck at a time.
Authority, insurance and W-9 on file so new brokers and shippers can be set up the same day.
BOLs and PODs collected, invoice packets built, and factoring submissions sent so cash does not wait on the owner's weekend.
With a handful of trucks, one bad reload market costs a meaningful share of the week. The desk books against where each truck will empty and what freight is there, and will pass on a high number into a market the truck cannot get out of.
Small fleets live and die on keeping good drivers. Home time is scheduled when the week is planned, and loads are chosen to land drivers home on the day they were promised.
Our own rigging and project work generates loads, and those go first to fleets on our desk alongside direct shippers and vetted brokers. A four-truck carrier rarely gets in front of that freight on its own.
Every load is sent for approval before it is booked. The desk makes the plan; the owner makes the call. No forced dispatch, and no truck put on a lane you have said no to.
Pricing is set on the onboarding call once we know the fleet — no number before that. These are the things the call works through:
You keep your operating authority, your insurance and your drivers. You approve every load before it is booked — no forced dispatch. Hiring, maintenance, and your safety and compliance program stay in-house; the desk plugs into your company rather than replacing it.
Badass Logistics is an industrial rigging company first, which is where the freight advantage comes from: our own projects generate loads that need covering, and project freight between sites moves through our licensed broker and carrier partners. Badass holds no operating authority and owns no trucks — your fleet hauls the freight, our desk finds and papers it.
See the full fleet dispatch service, browse dispatch by equipment type, or see how the desk works for 10–25 trucks, 25+ trucks, after-hours coverage.
Too big for one dispatcher, not yet big enough for a department — the desk splits planning from paperwork and runs lanes as a network.
Dispatch for 10–25 Truck Fleets →Nights, weekends and holidays covered for fleets with a daytime desk — breakdowns, missed appointments and early reloads handled as they happen.
After-Hours Dispatch for Fleets →Van, reefer, flatbed, step deck, Conestoga and more — what the desk does with each.
Dispatch by equipment →Yes — four power units is our floor, because that is where reloads can be planned across trucks and dispatch starts working as a system. We do not dispatch single-truck owner-operators. Apply for fleet dispatch →
At this size, yes. One dispatcher runs the fleet so that drivers, equipment and home-time commitments are known, with desk cover when that dispatcher is off.
Always. Each load is sent to you before it is booked. You keep your authority, your insurance and your drivers.
Yes. BOLs and PODs are collected, invoice packets are built, and submissions go to your factoring company or directly to the broker, depending on how you run cash.
Tell us on the onboarding call. The desk scales with the fleet, and the way it plans changes as the fleet grows — see dispatch for 10–25 truck fleets.
Tell us your fleet, your equipment and the lanes you want to run. We'll set up an onboarding call and get your trucks covered.