Loads on the roads you already run.
Free to join. Free to bid. You keep exactly what you bid — the fee goes on the shipper's side of the ticket — and you're paid when the load lands, not thirty days after it.
Example load list · Bozeman, MT
What a hauler's feed will look like
Bozeman → Idaho Falls
212 mi · Livestock · 40 head
$1,240
Belgrade → Salt Lake City
412 mi · Equipment · 34,000 lb
$2,850
Livingston → Billings
116 mi · General · Hay
$540
Why bother
What you get out of it
Bid $1,240, receive $1,240
The fee goes on the shipper's side of the ticket, never out of your number. And that is not a policy we can quietly revise later — a booking whose payout does not equal the bid cannot be written to our database at all.
Free to join and bid
No subscription, no per-bid charge, no lead fees, and no paid tier that gets anyone seen first. One published fee on the shipper's side, the same for every hauler here.
Fill the empty leg
Loads sit on the runs you already make — all 8 of them are listed further down, and a load sitting on none of them is still a load on the board. The return leg you currently eat is the whole reason this exists.
The money is there before you go
The shipper's card is authorized the moment they book you, so it is committed before you turn a wheel. It releases to you once delivery is confirmed.
A wasted run still pays
If a shipper cancels after you have set off, they owe you for the run — $75 at minimum, and $2.25 a mile once we can measure the distance you drove. HaulHand takes no commission on a cancellation, so all of it is yours.
Only loads you can carry
Declare the categories you haul and the states you run. The board shows those loads and not a firehose of everything posted, and you can narrow it further by category, state or pickup week.
The corridors
Backhauls are the whole point
Montana, Idaho and Utah share a handful of long runs, and a load out usually means somebody wanting a load back. Right now that money is left on the road. Tell us which of these you run — or name a lane that touches none of them, which is just as useful — and we'll open it first.
The runs
I-15
I-90 / I-94
I-84 / I-86
US-93
US-20 / US-26
US-89 / US-91
US-6 / US-191
US-87
Getting set up
Four steps, one afternoon
This is what stands between signing up and your first bid once your corridor opens. None of it costs anything.
- 01
Create your account
Email, phone, and where you're based. Two minutes.
- 02
Wait for approval
A person reads every hauler signup before the account can bid. Nothing to upload — the insurance and authority the work needs are yours to hold, and the terms say so plainly.
- 03
Say what you haul and where
The categories you take and the states you run. Add your USDOT and MC numbers if you hold them — shippers see those on your bid.
- 04
Start bidding
Loads filtered to your rig. Bid one firm number and a short message — no haggling, no dispatcher between you and the shipper.
Haul what your rig is built for
- Livestock & Ranching
- Freight & Pallets
- Vehicles & Powersports
- Heavy Equipment & Machinery
- Household & Moving
- General Hauling
Questions
What haulers ask
- What does it cost to bid on loads?
- Nothing. There is no subscription, no per-bid charge, no lead fee, and no paid tier that gets anyone seen first. The fee is added on the shipper's side — bid $1,240 and win, and you are paid $1,240.
- Are there loads on the board right now?
- HaulHand is open and taking loads, but it is new — on any given day there may be a handful on the board or none at all, and we are not going to pretend otherwise. Sign up, tell us the categories and states you run, and you will see what fits you the moment it is posted.
- When do I get paid?
- The shipper's card is authorized the moment they book you, so the money is committed before you load. Once they confirm delivery — or 72 hours after you mark it delivered, if they don't respond — the charge completes and your payout is released to your account.
- What if a shipper cancels after I've set off?
- You are paid for the run you made. The policy is $2.25 a mile with a $75 minimum — priced by distance rather than by what the load was worth, because a cheap load a long way out burns the same diesel as a valuable one nearby. Being straight with you: we cannot measure that distance yet, so for now every cancellation pays the $75 minimum and the per-mile rate applies once mileage does. HaulHand takes no commission either way. Once the load is on your truck, the full bid is owed.
- What paperwork do I need before I can bid?
- Nothing to upload — HaulHand does not collect or check documents today, and we say so rather than implying a check that is not happening. What you do need: an approved account (a person reviews every hauler signup), and your agreement to the hauler terms, which put insurance appropriate to the work and any operating authority it needs squarely on you. You can add a USDOT and MC number to your business page; shippers see those on your bid and can look them up on FMCSA. When document checks exist we will ask for them and say so.
- Do I have to commit to set routes or a schedule?
- No. You choose the categories you haul and the states you are willing to run in, and the load board shows only what fits. Bid on a backhaul when it suits you and ignore everything else — there is no minimum and no penalty for going quiet.
- Can I ship on the same account?
- Yes. Accounts aren't locked to one side — a rancher who hauls in autumn can post their own load in spring, take bids, and book a hauler like any other shipper.
Shipping something yourself? The same account posts loads too — see how shipping works.
Tell us the lanes you run.
We haven't opened yet, and the corridors we open first are the ones haulers ask for. Nothing to pay, nothing to set up — just what you drive and where you run it.