About Strait Dispatch
Transportation software shaped by hands-on trucking operations
Strait Dispatch was built with oilfield haulers and then run day to day inside a trucking company we operated ourselves. What we learned there is in the product.
Our story
From oilfield conversations to a trucking company’s daily software
Our founder came to dispatch software as a programmer who had already built inventory, shipping, and billing systems. In 2018, conversations with people in oilfield liquid hauling turned into a joint effort to fix the problems they described every day.
In 2020, our founder took over a trucking company close to bankruptcy and ran it on Strait Dispatch for two years. The company grew to 15 trucks and became profitable before it was handed back to the family.
Running the business while writing the software meant every rough edge showed up in real work, and could be fixed the same day.
- 2018
Built with oilfield liquid haulers
Work begins on dispatch software for the problems haulers raised: tickets, job changes, and billing.
- 2020–2022
Run inside a trucking company
Strait Dispatch runs a 15-truck operation day to day and changes based on what dispatch, drivers, and billing need.
- Today
One platform for several kinds of hauling
Oilfield, crude, and water hauling, oilfield service, sand, aggregate, construction, and agricultural hauling, OTR, local, LTL and FTL trucking, and freight brokerage run on the same configurable platform.
Built in the business
What operating a fleet changed in the product
Ticket capture
Paper tickets were the slowest part of the day, so drivers record tickets in the app as part of finishing the job.
Dispatch usability
Dispatchers need status, location, and assignments on one screen, not across several tabs and phone calls.
Auditing
Every change to a work order is logged, because “who changed this?” came up constantly.
Billing
Billing works from audited work orders with mass corrections, so one person can keep up with high volume.
Configuration
Every operation is different, so job types, inspections, routes, and billing methods are set up per fleet.
Support
Problems that stop trucks need a person to talk to. Our support team is reachable by phone and email.
Operating principles
How we work
Start with the workflow
Demos begin with how your loads move today, so you see the parts of Strait Dispatch that apply to you.
Price it plainly
Our pricing page lists every charge, and there is no hard limit on trucks, carriers, or drivers.
Let you try it
Anyone can start a free trial without a credit card.
See what industry-shaped software looks like in your workflow
Schedule a demo built around your operation, or start a free trial.
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