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Truckload pricing for every equipment type — van, reefer, flatbed, specialized — in minutes, not callbacks. Book the capacity you need.
Get my quote →The fine print is where you lose money
Paste a broker rate confirmation and see the traps before you sign — setoff, chargebacks, long payment terms, missing detention. Drafts a fix request for you.
Check a rate con →Were you actually paid what you agreed?
Check a broker settlement and factoring deposit against the rate con. It isolates factoring fees so a short-pay can't hide in the paperwork.
Audit a settlement →Know your pay before you accept
Work out your real rate per mile with deadhead, fuel and the costs that eat a load. Say yes to the good ones and no to the rest.
Run the numbers →Don't hand your load to a ghost
The checklist to vet a broker before you haul — authority, bond, days-to-pay and the red flags that cost carriers their freight pay.
Vet a broker →Wrong class = a reclass bill
Enter dimensions and weight and get your LTL freight class and density in seconds — so your quote holds and you dodge the reclass.
Find my class →Will it even fit — and does it go LTL or FTL?
See exactly how much trailer space your pallets take, so you quote the right mode and never pay for a full truck you didn't need.
Measure the load →Quote like you've done it a thousand times
Plain-English guides: how to get a freight quote, accessorial charges, dry van vs. flatbed vs. heavy haul, and the quote checklist.
Read the playbooks →Price moves before they hit your settlement
The NorthStar freight brief — rates, fuel, capacity and the rules that change what you get paid. Updated daily.
Read today's brief →Most shippers burn an afternoon on hold to price a single load. You don't have to. Pull an instant truckload quote through our partner and book the capacity you need — then use the free tools above to make sure the rate and the paperwork are fair.
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The core of every tool is free and runs in your browser. Paste a rate con, drop a settlement, size a load — nothing you enter is uploaded or stored by us.
A single missed setoff clause or short-paid load can cost more than a tool does in a year. The free check shows you the catch; you decide what avoiding the next one is worth.
Pro unlocks unlimited checks, saved history and exports for the drivers who run loads every day. Month to month. Cancel anytime. The price is on each tool's own page.
Real situations carriers and shippers hit every week. These are examples of how the tools help — not a promise of a specific result.
The setupA broker sends a clean-looking rate con for a $2,400 load. Buried in the fine print: a setoff clause that lets them pull money from THIS load to cover a claim on a different one.
Without itYou sign, you deliver clean, and a month later your pay gets short-stopped for someone else's problem — and now you're the one chasing it.
With the toolYou paste the rate con, it flags the setoff in red before you sign, and drafts the email asking them to strike it. Thirty seconds.
Check a rate con →The setupYour settlement lands lighter than the rate con said. Between the factoring fee, a reserve and an "adjustment," you can't tell if the broker actually short-paid you or it's just the factor's cut.
Without itIt looks close enough, so you let it go — load after load, a few dollars at a time, money you earned and never got.
With the toolHaul Audit rebuilds the agreed gross, isolates the factoring fees, and shows the broker variance on its own — so a real short-pay has nowhere to hide and you dispute it with the math in hand.
Audit a settlement →The setupYou quote an LTL shipment at the class you guessed, and book the lane. The carrier re-measures at the dock and reclasses it.
Without itA reclass or a "you needed a full truck" surprise lands on the invoice — and the margin you quoted is gone before the freight moves.
With the toolsEnter the real dimensions and weight: get the correct freight class and density, and see exactly how much deck the load takes — so the quote holds and the mode is right the first time.
Get the class right →Every one of these tools is a tap away in the toolbox above. Start free — upgrade a tool only after it's already caught something for you.
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