Conditional Driver Pay Rates by Equipment Type

Automate your payroll by equipment type.

You can now use Equipment Type as a condition when setting up rule-based driver pay rates. This means you can automatically pay drivers different rates depending on the type of trailer assigned to their load — no manual adjustments needed.

How It Works

When building a Driver Pay Item in rule-based mode, you’ll now see Load Equipment Type as one of the available fields to base your rules on.

Examples of how you might use it:

• Flatbed loads → $0.66/mile
• Dry Van loads → $0.46/mile
• Heavy Haul or Oversized → higher rate

Where to Set This Up

Go to Accounting > Driver Pay Manager > Driver Pay Items > Create New Driver Pay Item.

The equipment type is pulled directly from the load details when a driver is dispatched — specifically from the Equipment Type field in Step 4 (Assign Driver & Equipment) of the load. As long as the load has an equipment type selected, the rule will apply automatically.

Questions? Reach out at help@axleflow.io.

See also:

• [How to Automate Driver Pay — link here]
• [How to Add Items to Your Chart of Accounts — link here]