Book a load
Open loads, posted by the shipper. Book it and sign the rate con on the same page.
For carriers and owner-operators
Every driver answered, even at 3 a.m. Every load paid.
The Drayford agent gets its own phone number for your company. It answers your drivers day and night. When a load is missing a POD or a receipt, it texts you which load and what it needs. Text it back, and it’s on the invoice.
- Free to start
- Paid plans from $149 a month
- English and Spanish
What your drivers ask at 3 a.m., answered.
Blown tires, lights out, an empty nobody can find. Tell it how your shop handles them, and it answers like you would, not like a robot.
Front wheel blowout exit 8 NJ turnpike gonna be delayed will keep you posted
got it, sorry man - that’s exit 8 NJ turnpike, right in [road service]’s area if you need one, [phone]. keep us posted
so far I don’t see no empties with that numbers I have
got it. theres 3 rows of empties there and the damaged ones sit up front, so walk the 2nd and 3rd too. send me the number off every empty you see and ill tell you which one youre clear to take
got it, out of [city] 7:34am, thank you. please send the signed POD pic when you can
Already did
cant make out that pic, can you send a clearer one of the signed POD?
55 sec median reply to 3,453 driver and carrier texts in October, down from 32 minutes in July.
Real texts answered by the Drayford agent on one operation’s loads, September and October 2026. Names, places and numbers removed.
Get paid on every load, the first time you bill.
Upload a rate con from any broker. The agent reads it and lays out the invoice. If something’s missing after delivery, it texts you. Text it back from your phone, and it’s on the invoice.
Example rate con · made up
BQL LOGISTICS LLC
MC 000000 · 100 Net 90 Blvd, Newark, NJ
RATE & LOAD CONFIRMATION
Load # 88213 · 10/14/2026
| Carrier | Your Trucking LLC | Equipment | 53' Reefer |
|---|
Pickup
Port Newark, NJ
10/15 · 06:00
Delivery
Hartford, CT
10/15 · 13:00 appt
| Charge | Amount |
|---|---|
| Line haul | $1,450.00 |
| 4Detention: $75/hr after 2 hrs free | TBD |
| Lumper: reimbursed with receipt | TBD |
| Total | $1,450.00 + accessorials |
Billing instructions
1Bill to: Northline Freight Payables
2Email ap@northline.example, load # in subject
3Signed rate con, POD with in/out times, lumper receipt
Terms & conditions
Carrier agrees to the terms of the Broker-Carrier Agreement on file. Tracking must be accepted at dispatch. !Tracking lost during transit: $150 fine. !Paperwork received 7+ days after delivery: $100 fee. !No in/out times on the POD: detention not paid. Carrier may not re-broker, co-broker or assign this load.
Carrier signatureDate
The invoice the agent lays out
- 1Bill toNorthline Freight Payables, not the broker on the letterhead
- 2Send toap@northline.exampleSubject: Invoice #1047 · Load 88213 · Your Trucking LLC, MC 000000 · Newark, NJ to Hartford, CT · Delivered 10/15/2026
- 3Attach
- RateCon_88213_signed.pdf
- POD_88213_in-out-times.pdf
- Lumper receipt missing · texted the driver at 8:58 a.m. for the copy
- 4Detention2.5 hrs past free time × $75 = $187.50confirmed by the broker over email at 8:05 a.m.
Line haul $1,450 + detention $187.50 + lumper $125$1,762.50
Send by day 7In/out times on the PODKeep tracking on
And the calls you’d rather not take.
- “Where’s the truck?”
- Brokers and customers get a live tracking link from the Drayford driver app. When they text or email anyway, the agent answers, so your phone stays quiet.
- Detention, chased for you
- Coming soon The agent sends the request with the in and out times from tracking and the terms from the rate con, then follows up until it’s paid.
- PODs, sent once
- Your driver snaps it once from their phone and it’s on the load and on the invoice. Blurry? The agent asks for a clearer one before you ever see it.
Add trucks without the truck payment.
For a small fleet, a truck lease or lease-purchase runs $3,500 to $5,200 a month before insurance and per-mile fees, if a lessor approves you at all. Many want two years in business. Owner-operators bring their own truck. Lease them on and you grow the fleet with no payment.
Sources: Schneider Owner-Operators, Oct 2025 ($800 to $1,200 a week); FreightWaves, May 2026 (two years in business, 6% to 35% APR).
Most recruiting blasts every trucker in the state. On paid plans, Drayford finds the local owner-operators most likely to say yes right now, the ones who are having a hard time running on their own authority, and emails them from your company address, timed so they actually answer.
1 → 6 trucks for JES Haulers in about six weeks, with owner-operators found through Drayford campaigns.
Then find more freight, on one board.
Expected early November Shippers post their own loads and weekly lanes on Drayford, so you work directly with the shipper. One link, two tabs, and the open loads come to your inbox every morning.
Book dedicated freight
Lanes that run every week. Bid once and keep the work week after week.
Most carriers are set up in a few minutes.
395 carriers have set up on Drayford on their own, with no help.
- Step 1Sign in from your phone. Use Google, or your phone number and a text code. No password to remember.
- Step 2Fill in your packet once. Your authority and insurance are checked with FMCSA, and a code goes to the phone on your FMCSA record so nobody can sign up in your name.
- Step 3Upload your first rate con. The agent lays out the invoice right away. Every screen has a two-minute video in English and Spanish.
Free to start. Pay when you want more.
FreeNo card
$0
a month, with no time limit
- Upload a rate con and Drayford tells you who to bill and what to attach
- PODs from your driver’s phone, filed on the load
- Invoices built from the rate con
- See what’s been billed, paid and still owed
Paid plansFirst month free
Starting at
$149
a month
- Everything in Free
- Lease-on campaigns to recruit owner-operators
- More logins for your dispatch and accounting team
Before you sign up.
Is it really free?
Yes. Rate con upload, PODs, invoices and payment tracking are free with no time limit. Paid plans start at $149 a month and add lease-on recruiting and more logins.
Where will the freight come from?
From shippers who post their own freight on Drayford, so you work directly with them. The board is expected in early November. The paperwork and pay tools work today, on loads from any broker or shipper.
How do you check carriers?
Your authority and insurance are checked against FMCSA, and a setup code goes to the phone or email on your FMCSA record, so nobody can sign up in your name.
Does it work in Spanish?
Yes. Every screen has a two-minute video in English and in Spanish.
More trucks, and an ops team in your corner 24/7.
Free to start. Paid plans from $149 a month.
Questions? Email amedeo@drayford.com.