Dispatch service terms, in plain language

What we are

Sam Barret Dispatch LLC acts as your agent in locating and negotiating freight and in administering your back office. We hold no brokerage authority and we do not act as a broker.

You remain the motor carrier. You hold the operating authority, the insurance, the equipment, and the customer relationships, and you retain legal responsibility and decision authority for every regulatory obligation.

Who pays us

You do. We are paid by the carrier, not by the broker or the shipper. We receive no commission, rebate, or consideration from any broker for placing your truck on a load.

Freight proceeds are paid to you or to your factor. They never pass through our accounts, so there is no point at which your revenue is ours to hold.

Fees

Dispatch is charged as a percentage of gross freight revenue with a weekly minimum per active truck, at the tier stated in your agreement. Current tiers are eight percent with a $350 weekly minimum, ten percent with a $400 weekly minimum, and twelve percent with a $500 weekly minimum.

Commissionable gross includes linehaul, fuel surcharge, detention, layover, and truck ordered not used. It excludes documented pass throughs including lumper fees, tolls, permits, and cargo claim reimbursements.

The back office is charged monthly: $1,100 per carrier company, $300 per active truck, $100 per active driver, and $35 per productivity seat. Onboarding is $4,000, or $350 a month for twelve months.

A truck or driver is active for a period if it was available for dispatch at any point in that period.

What we will not do

We do not solicit shippers, hold freight under our own authority, receive freight proceeds belonging to another carrier, or allocate freight across client carriers. Every load offer goes to the carrier it was sourced for.

We do not prepare tax returns, give tax or legal opinions, place insurance, or represent you before a regulator.

We do not run a drug and alcohol testing program ourselves. We coordinate one through a properly contracted consortium and keep the evidence.

Rate authority

You set the floor. We negotiate to it. Any load below the floor requires your approval before it is accepted, and every accepted load is confirmed to you in writing.

Compliance responsibility

We administer and evidence controls. You retain legal responsibility. A full obligation by obligation breakdown is published on the who owns what page.

Term, notice, and exit

The agreement runs month to month after any initial term, with the notice period stated in it. On termination you receive a full export of your operational and financial data, your document files, and a written handover of open items. We do not hold data hostage and we do not charge to release it.

Insurance and indemnity

You maintain the coverage required by law and by your contracts. We maintain our own professional and general liability coverage. Indemnity runs in the manner set out in the signed agreement.

Governing law

Texas law governs, with venue in Tarrant County, Texas.