Load number

The carrier’s identifier for one load — the number that ties the dispatch, the paperwork, the settlement and the driver’s pay together.

Also called: Order number, Dispatch number, Trip number, Pro number.

Every load gets a number from the carrier when it is dispatched. It is on the dispatch sheet, on the trip envelope, and it comes back as the settlement number when the load is paid.

That makes it the key to everything: match the settlement to the load by it, list it on the driver’s pay sheet, and use it when asking the carrier about a load that was not paid.

Carriers may print more than one reference on a load: an order number, a trip number in a form like TRIP2026-026713, a BOL number. The one that appears on the settlement is the one to file by.

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• Settlement — The carrier’s statement of what it owes the owner-operator for a load, and the check that pays it.
• Dispatch — The carrier’s assignment of a load to a driver, and the sheet that says where to go, when, and what the stops are.
• Pay sheet — The page that shows a driver what they were paid for the week, load by load and line by line.

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