Find a Pilot Car Driver
— Anywhere in the US.
Find Pilot Car Driver is the national registry of pilot car operators across the United States — a single place to locate available drivers for oversize-load escorts, lead and chase car work, route surveys, and high-pole runs in any state. Built by working pilot car operators, for the people who need them. Launching soon — join the waitlist below.
Pilot car drivers in every state.
Click any state below or tap a hotspot on the constellation above. States highlighted in cyan have active coverage through our sister site, Magic Valley Piloting, today — no need to wait for the registry. Others will populate as operators sign up.
A registry built for the people on both ends of the call.
Get found by shippers who need your rig.
List your services, set your own rates, and connect with shippers and carriers across the country. The registry is built around how pilot car operators actually work — not how a tech company thinks you should.
- Set your own rates. Mileage, day, flat — structure them however the run calls for. No platform forcing a pricing model.
- List your full service mix. Lead, chase, route survey, oversize, high-pole — whatever you run.
- Multi-state coverage in one profile. Carry certifications for multiple states? One profile shows every place you can roll.
- Direct contact with shippers. They call you. No phone tree, no per-job platform cut.
- Built by an operator. The person designing this runs a pilot car too. He knows what’s broken because he has lived it.
Find a pilot car operator anywhere in the US.
Search by state, route, service type, or load dimensions. See who’s actually available, contact them directly, and book the run. The directory the industry has needed for years.
- Search every state. One database, every operator who lists. No more calling around to half a dozen regional directories.
- Filter by what you need. Service type, load profile, certifications, route. Find operators who match the job.
- Real availability. Operators keep their own status — you see who’s actually open for the dates you need.
- Direct contact. Talk to the operator, not a dispatcher relaying messages. Fewer translation errors, faster scheduling.
- Free for shippers. No subscription. No per-search fee. Just find your pilot car.
Three steps. Either side of the call.
Create your profile
Tell the network who you are, what you run, which states you’re certified in, what services you offer, and how you prefer to be contacted.
Set rates and availability
Standard mileage, day, flat — whichever fits each kind of run. Keep your availability calendar up to date so shippers see real openings.
Shippers find you. Direct.
When a shipper searches for what you offer where you run, your profile shows up. They contact you directly. You book the run. Done.
Search the route
Start with the state or route. Filter by service type, load dimensions, certifications. See the operators who match.
Compare profiles
Each operator’s page shows services, rates, coverage, contact info, certifications, equipment, and ratings from prior shippers.
Contact and book direct
Call, text, or message the operator. Confirm the run on terms that work. No middleman, no markup, no third-party in the loop.
The pilot car industry deserves better tools.
Pilot car work currently runs on personal networks, word-of-mouth referrals, outdated regional directories, and Facebook groups. Shippers spend hours calling around. Operators miss leads because they’re not in the right list at the right time.
Every other trucking-adjacent business has been digitized. Load boards. Broker networks. Telematics. Yet pilot car operators — independent owner-operators running specialized work — are still treated like a back-office afterthought.
Find Pilot Car Driver fixes that. A real directory, real search, real operator profiles. Built by someone in the industry who’s tired of watching the system fail both sides.
Built by an operator, not a tech firm.
This is a sister site to Magic Valley Piloting — an active, working pilot car service based in Gooding, Idaho. Same operator. Same standards. The registry is the systematization of how he already coordinates with other pilots.
Operators come first. No per-job skim.
Other platforms take a percentage of every job. We won’t. The cost model: free during beta, then a flat operator membership at a fair price. Shippers search free, always.
Independent. No VC, no private equity.
Independently funded and operated. No outside pressure to extract value from operators or rush-ship features. The roadmap answers to operators and shippers, not investors.
Both sides of the pilot car business.
Whether you run a pilot car or hire one, the registry connects you to the rest of the network. Get notified when each side opens for sign-ups.
Questions we keep getting.
When will Find Pilot Car Driver launch?
Will operators have to pay to list?
Is this affiliated with a big logistics platform?
Will you handle payments or escrow?
I run multiple rigs / a small fleet. Can I list them?
How is this different from existing directories?
More questions? contact@findpilotcardriver.com
Be on the list when the
registry goes live.
Pilot car operators get first access. Shippers join the day after.