How DeadHeader works
The reverse load board, explained. Instead of brokers posting freight for carriers to chase, carriers post the capacity they already have and brokers book it.
Carriers are the supply
A carrier posts a trip: a route, ship dates, and a trailer with a set of priced spots. That trip is real capacity they are already running.
Brokers are the demand
A broker browses available carriers by route, finds an open spot on a trip, and books it - optionally sending a broker offer to negotiate the price.
Carrier track
Posting and running a trip
Post a trip
Set the route, ship dates, trailer, and a price on each spot.
Appear as an available carrier
Brokers browsing your route see your open spots immediately.
Receive order requests
Brokers claim spots, with or without a broker offer below your price.
Accept, reject, or counter
Decide on each request - accept it, counter the price, or pass.
Get confirmed, then dispatch
Once the broker confirms, you dispatch the trip.
Pick up and deliver
Capture signatures, photos, and the BOL at pickup and delivery.
Broker track
Finding and securing capacity
Search available carriers
Filter by route to find carriers already heading your way.
Open a trip
Review the carrier's FMCSA profile, reliability, and open spots.
Book a spot
Add your shipper and vehicle, and send the order request - at the listed price or with a broker offer.
Carrier accepts or counters
You get a yes, or a counter you can confirm or pass on.
Confirm the hire
Locking it in generates the carrier due-diligence report automatically.
Track to delivery
Follow the trip to delivery with the online BOL and inspection capture.
One shared status, both sides
A spot starts Open and becomes Booked the moment a broker claims it. From there, the order moves through a status both sides can see at a glance.
- Pending
- Accepted
- Confirmed
- Dispatched
- In transit
- Delivered
Pending awaits the carrier's decision; Accepted means they said yes; Confirmed means the broker locked it in; then the carrier dispatches and the vehicle moves to delivery.
Vetting runs the whole time
FMCSA authority, insurance, and safety data is on every profile, and insurance-lapse and out-of-service monitoring keeps watching after you have started working together.
The paperwork generates itself
Dispatch sheet on confirm; BOL, invoices, and a delivery receipt through pickup and delivery; a shareable online BOL; and - for the broker - an immutable due-diligence report on every hire.
DeadHeader is the marketplace, the workflow, and the paperwork. Brokers and carriers settle payment directly between themselves - no money flows through the platform.
Ready to stop running empty?
Free to start on both sides - 30 days on the full platform, no card to begin.