Heavy Haulers is a matching agency for owner-operators. We work with carriers across the United States that lease on drivers with their own trucks, and it costs you nothing: no sign-up fee, no placement fee, no cut of your settlements. Tell us about your truck and the work you want, and we connect you with carriers whose terms fit.
1. Send a short request. Your name, phone, experience as an owner-operator, trailer type and what kind of arrangement you are after: lease-on, lease-purchase or a plan to buy a truck.
2. We find the fit. Carriers differ a lot on percentage, fuel and insurance deductions, escrow and the length of the lease. We pass your details only to carriers that fit your equipment and expectations.
3. The carrier reaches out. You get the numbers and the lease terms from the carrier itself. Ask for the written lease before you decide, and take your time reading it. You never have to accept.
Reading the lease is the best protection an owner-operator has, so we publish plain-English explanations. Start with the clause-by-clause guide to the lease agreement, then the list of Truth-in-Leasing red flags and what carriers check in lease-on requirements. The full library has more.
Heavy Haulers makes introductions. It is not a carrier, an insurer or a law firm. We do not guarantee a lease, a specific rate or a load; terms come from the carriers. See how we handle your details in our privacy policy, or contact the team.
Whose name goes on the apportioned plate, who files IFTA, and how fees reach the settlement. A plain guide for carriers leasing on owner-operators and the drivers they sign.
Nov 11, 2026Gross revenue, percentage or mileage pay, fuel advances, insurance, escrow and charge-backs — how an owner-operator settlement is built line by line and what makes it dispute-proof.
Nov 10, 2026The screening checklist carriers actually use before leasing on an owner-operator — CDL and endorsements, truck age, PSP and Clearinghouse, insurance and the business side most applicants forget.
Nov 02, 2026Twelve warning signs in owner-operator leases — vague pay, open-ended charge-backs, escrow with no exit and fines pushed onto the driver — and what a fair version looks like.
Oct 30, 2026A carrier-side walkthrough of the owner-operator lease agreement — the clauses federal Truth-in-Leasing rules require, the lease types you will run into, and where disputes usually start.
Oct 27, 2026