# Dedicated freight

A term used when buying trucking.

Contracted lanes run for one shipper on a schedule, not loads bought off a board.

It is the difference between a business and a bet. Dedicated work prices lower per mile and holds through a soft freight market, while spot loads bought off a [load board](https://searchspheresource.com/glossary/load-board) pay well in a strong one and vanish in a weak one, taking the year with them. A book that is mostly spot has revenue a buyer cannot underwrite, and a lender reads it the same way. Ask for the split by month across three years, because a single strong quarter of spot work will otherwise carry the whole [trailing twelve months](https://searchspheresource.com/glossary/ttm).

Part of: Buying a Trucking Company (https://searchspheresource.com/guides/buying-a-trucking-company)

Source: https://searchspheresource.com/guides/buying-a-trucking-company/terms/dedicated-freight
Not dated: The same editorial definitions as the glossary, inside a trade.

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