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How to Post a Shipment to DAT from polt.ai

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Written by Rocco Pascente

đŸŽ„ Video walkthrough: watch this step on YouTube. A short recorded demo of exactly these steps.

This article walks you through posting a shipment from polt.ai directly to the DAT load board. Posting from polt.ai saves you from logging into DAT separately, automatically includes your reference numbers for tracking, and keeps post management simpler.

Table of contents

1. Open the shipment

Open the shipment you want to post.

2. Click the Load boards tab

In the tab bar at the top of the shipment, click Load boards.

3. Open the Post to DAT dialog

Click Post to DAT. The Post shipment to DAT dialog opens with shipment details pre-filled.

4. Review and customize the post details

Review the pre-filled fields and adjust as needed:

  • Origin and Destination — pre-filled from the shipment stops

  • Equipment type — pre-filled from freight details

  • Truck space availability — Full or Partial

  • Footage

  • Commodity description — short description of the freight

  • Weight

Tip — adjusting locations for better reach: If a town is too small or off the beaten path, you can manually change the city's name to a nearby major hub. This increases your search radius and makes your post visible to more carriers.

5. Set contact method

Under Contact method, check how you want carriers to reach you:

  • Primary phone

  • Alternate phone

  • Email

You can select any combination. Carriers viewing your post on DAT will see only the contact methods you check.

6. Configure post settings

Under Post settings, toggle on whatever info you want carriers to see:

  • Share pick-up date & time

  • Share drop-off date & time

  • Share trip information

  • Tracking required — flags the load as requiring driver tracking (polt.ai driver app or equivalent)

Add any specific requirements or "must-knows" for carriers in the notes section.

7. Post the load

Click Next, review the post, and click Post to send it live. The load appears on DAT instantly.

8. Manage the post

The Load boards tab now shows your active DAT posting with its current status.

Important rules for managing DAT postings:

  • Reference numbers are auto-included. polt.ai reference numbers are automatically attached to every post, so you can easily track which posting led to which booking.

  • To refresh a post, return to the top of the pile by re-posting from polt.ai.

  • To delete a post, do it from polt.ai — never from DAT directly. If you delete the post on DAT, the deletion does not sync back to polt.ai, and the system can lose track of the post's status.

  • One broker post limit. For agencies with multiple brokers, the system only allows one broker to post a specific shipment to DAT at a time. This prevents duplicate listings on the same load.

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