DAT LaneMakers helps brokers expand their network by connecting with reliable business partners and uncovering hidden truckload capacity on even the most challenging lanes. With access to data from the past 30 days up to a full year, brokers can analyze carriers' truck postings and load search activities, gaining insights from up to a year of historical data.

How to access LaneMakers

  1. Navigate to one.dat.com.
  2. From the left hand side menu, click on Tools, then click LaneMakers.

Setting up your search

  1. Select Report Type: By default, Carrier Activity is selected, which tracks load searches and truck postings by carriers
    • Carrier Activity: focuses on carriers' load searches and trucking postings activity.
    • Broker Activity: focuses on brokers' truck searches and load postings activity.
  2. Origin and Destination: Enter your origin and destination, like Dallas to Chicago. You can perform an open-ended search, by leaving the origin or destination empty, or specify to narrow the results.
  3. Load and Equipment Type: Choose from full, partial, or both for load types, and select your equipment type, such as a van or flatbed. You can select multiple equipment types if you have flexible needs.
  4. Select your Timeframe and Market Size: By default, the search looks back 30 days within a selected market area. For harder-to-cover lanes, you can expand your search to look farther back or at a wider area around your origin and destination.
    Note: These options are only active when your search parameters include a city in either the origin or destination. For example, they are not active if you search from state to state.
    • 3-digit zip : the first 3 digits of the target city’s primary zip code. I.e., the 3-digit zip for Fresno, CA is 936.
    • Mkt : Key Market Area. We divide the country into 135 key market areas. When you enter a city name into the search parameters, LaneMakers will search for any posting and searching activity that is within the market area containing the target city. To see a map of the key market areas, click on the Hot Market Map in the tools menu.
    • X-Mkt : Extended Market Area. This is a collection of key market areas surrounding the target city.
    • Region : the general area of the country containing the target city.
      Note:  Ability to adjust the "Timeframe" and "Market Size" depends on your LaneMakers Subscription level. If you do not currently have access to this feature but would like to add it, please contact DAT at (866) 380-2578.

After setting your search parameters, click Search. LaneMakers will display up to the top 30 carriers based on truck postings and load searches within your specified timeframe and area.

Interpreting search results

The results show each carrier’s load searches and truck postings for your lane. You can view key details about each carrier, such as:

  • Numer of load searches
  • Number of truck postings
  • Company information
    • Company name
    • Phone number
    • Office location
  • Types of equipment posted

click on a carrier’s row to see their FMCSA infomration.

Additional features

Use the Kebab Menu (three dots) next to each carrier to:

  • Add the carrier to your Preferred or Blocked lists
  • Leave a Review
  • View their Company Profile