For established asset-based carriers without a dedicated sales team
Turn weak return lanes into direct shipper opportunities.
Tell us where your trucks repeatedly go weak. LaneFoundry identifies direct shipper opportunities that fit your equipment, geography, and operating pattern, explains why they are worth pursuing, and gives you a path into the transportation conversation.
One weak return marketThree evidence-backed opportunitiesFree account · no card
Tell us what equipment you run, what it can haul, and where it should head next. We’ll reduce the surrounding market to three accounts worth investigating—not dump a shipper list on you.
01Verify your carrier and weak lane
02Create a free account to save it
03See your three grounded opportunities
Account-gated discovery
Find my 3 shipper matches
3 matches
Lane Intelligence → Deadhead Direct
Your load board finds the next load. LaneFoundry builds what comes after.
We start with where your trucks actually run, narrow the market, and help you progress the right accounts.
Weak return marketThe truck becomes empty. The commercial work starts here.Photo: Troy Mortier / UnsplashDirect shipper sideFacilities, freight evidence, and a path to the buyer.Photo: Ruben Mavarez / Unsplash
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Diagnose the lane
Lane Intelligence combines equipment, empty market, direction, capacity, and acceptable pickup deadhead.
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Discover and rank
Deadhead Direct uses public freight evidence and a deterministic score. The model does not invent or alter it.
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Build a Pursuit Brief
See fit, evidence gaps, risks, buyer path, Carrier Readiness, and the best next move.
We tell you what we found, what we inferred, and what we still don’t know.
LaneFoundry will not claim a shipper has four loads every Tuesday unless direct evidence supports it. A missing signal is not proof of the opposite, and your available capacity is never treated as shipper demand.
Opportunity intelligence powered by Deadhead Direct
Evidence ladderConfidence grows with direct support
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Exact lane / frequency confirmedDirect evidence required
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Recurring freight evidenceStrongest public signal
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Geographic / distribution matchSupported overlap
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Likely equipment matchCommodity and handling fit
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Clearly generates truck freightFreight activity found
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Plausible shipperRequires qualification
Free carrier tools
Know the numbers before you chase the next load.
Work out what an empty trip costs, evaluate the whole lane, or assess how much control you have over your freight.
01 · Calculate
Deadhead Cost Calculator
Estimate the operating cost of empty miles before accepting the next move.
