Short answer
Amazon Relay has box truck loads for 16 ft and 26 ft dock-height box trucks with a working tuck-under liftgate. Carriers find them by filtering the Relay load board by equipment type, posting the truck with Post A Truck, or booking box truck contracts, including 8-hour and 13-hour solo contracts with round trips.
What box truck loads does Amazon Relay have?
Amazon Relay has work for 16 ft and 26 ft box trucks that are dock height and have a working tuck-under liftgate. Box trucks can book one-way loads, spot loads from the board and short-term contracts, including 8-hour and 13-hour solo contracts with round trips. Cargo vans can't be used.
That's from Amazon's truck requirements page. To check your truck, insurance and authority first, see our box truck requirements guide.
- One-way loads. Amazon says one-way loads need a box truck or your own trailer, an edge over a tractor with no trailer.
- Spot freight. Last-minute loads you book right away.
- Contracts. Full or partial weeks of loads booked ahead. A 13-hour solo contract is one day of loads with 11 hours of drive time.
- Post A Truck. You post when and where the truck is free, and Amazon matches loads to it.
If you're looking for a 26 ft box truck load board for Amazon freight, the Relay board is it. Amazon tenders its loads only through Relay, not on third-party boards.
How do you filter the Relay load board for box truck loads?
Open the Relay load board and set the equipment type filter to the box truck size you run. Then narrow by origin or radius, load type, driver type, trip length and pickup window, and save the search. Amazon says the board is open 24/7 and free to search and book.
A setup that works for most box truck carriers:
- Equipment type: your box truck size only, so you don't scroll past loads you can't run.
- Origin and radius: where the truck sits and how far you'll drive empty.
- Load type and driver type: one-way, round trip or both; solo unless you run a team.
- Max stops and trip length: what one shift can handle.
- Rate range and time windows: cut what you'd never book.
- Save the search so it's there every time.
The board also suggests return trips and reloads after you book. If it looks empty, work through our load board not showing loads checklist. The Amazon Relay load board guide covers the rest.
How do you set up Post A Truck for a box truck?
Post A Truck lets you post your box truck's availability with a minimum rate per mile, and Amazon matches loads to it. Amazon lists box trucks as eligible, along with power only and live loads. Carriers who get matched see that freight first, before it ever reaches the load board.
From Amazon's Post A Truck guide, here's what you set:
- Window: post the truck and driver up to two weeks ahead.
- Direction: one-way or round trip.
- Cities: include the ones you want, exclude the ones you don't.
- Limits: a cap on distance or duration.
- Price: a minimum rate per mile.
Before you post, read the Match outlook: High, Medium or Low odds based on the previous six weeks of loads. If it's Low, widen the cities or the hours.
A block order (same start and end) pays in full even if Amazon doesn't use the whole block. Amazon books loads that match your criteria, so only post a window you can run.
Should a box truck run Relay contracts or spot loads?
Spot loads are last-minute loads you book on the board right away. Contracts are full or partial weeks of loads booked ahead. Contract access depends on your grade: Amazon says new contracts need a B or better, and a grade needs ten or more Relay loads in the last six active weeks.
| Spot loads | Contracts | Auctions | |
|---|---|---|---|
| When you book | Right away, on the board | In advance, for full or partial weeks | Bid ahead on contracts up to 6 months |
| Who sets the price | Amazon lists it, you book at that price | Amazon | You bid; a winning rate is locked for the contract |
| Grade needed | Any grade gets board access | B or above for new contracts | Most bids need C+ or better |
Keep an eye on the floor: Amazon says carriers can lose booked contracts if they drop below C+. A+ and A carriers also get contract price alerts. Our scorecard guide explains how the grade is built.
How common are box trucks on Amazon freight?
Box trucks are a real but small share of Amazon freight. In our count of FMCSA roadside inspections that list Amazon as the shipper, the box truck weight class (19,501 to 26,000 lb) is 7.4% of inspection rows. At the carrier level, 13.3% of those carriers were inspected in a box truck.
More from the same public FMCSA data, which we break down on our Amazon Relay carrier data page:
- 14.6% of carriers with Amazon-shipper inspections since 2025 list only box or straight trucks in the FMCSA census.
- Straight trucks were 4.8% of units on 2026 Amazon-shipper inspections. The top makes were Freightliner, International and Hino.
Two caveats. An inspection isn't a load: most loads are never inspected, so these counts are a floor, not a total. And Amazon on the bill of lading means Amazon freight, not proof the load was booked through Relay; it includes Amazon's own fleets and contract carriers.
How do you tell if a box truck rate is good?
Start with what the price includes. Amazon says a Relay rate shows a base rate, a fuel surcharge that tracks fuel prices, and tolls. Then take out your own costs and the empty miles to pickup. Distance, trip direction, equipment, live loads, season and region all move the rate.
Ask on every load:
- How far is the deadhead? You pay for the empty miles to pickup.
- Which way does it leave you? A one-way that ends near home beats one that strands the truck two hours out.
- Is it a live load? Check the details so the wait doesn't eat the shift.
- What's left after costs? Fuel, maintenance and driver pay come out first.
Pay varies by lane, timing and equipment, and Amazon doesn't publish typical box truck rates. More on that in how much Amazon Relay pays.
Why do box truck loads disappear so fast?
Good loads on the Relay board get booked within seconds because a lot of carriers watch the same filters. Amazon also shows new spot loads to A+, A and B+ carriers first, at staggered times. By the time you reload by hand, a clean round trip near you can already be gone.
What helps:
- Amazon's own alerts. Saved searches, email alerts and mobile push notifications.
- A refresher. It reloads the board every few seconds for you. See how Amazon Relay auto refresh works.
- Rules and auto-booking. An auto-booker books only loads that match your lane, price and limits. See our auto-booker guide.
- Protecting acceptance. Cancelling a booked load hurts your acceptance score, more the closer it is to pickup. Book only what the truck can run.
Where does NudoIQ fit for a box truck carrier?
NudoIQ is a Chrome extension that runs inside your signed-in Relay load board tab. It refreshes the board on a 1 to 5 second interval with jitter, alerts you on matching loads, and can book them by your rules. It's an independent tool, not made by or affiliated with Amazon.
- Alert, Search and Autobook modes with lane and price rules. Autobook stops at your max-books cap and won't book under your profit floor. Telegram alerts tell you when a load lands.
- Net profit on every load card: the rate minus driver pay, fuel, maintenance and deadhead to pickup.
- Lane Intelligence: the posted price next to that lane's 90-day history. It's decision support, not a guarantee.
- Post A Truck helper: board price next to your minimum $/mile and payout, then post with one button.
- Backhaul finder: loads from where your current load ends, pointed back toward home.
It's $49.99 a month for every feature, the same price for one truck or twenty. Start with a 7-day free trial, no card needed to start, and cancel anytime. NudoIQ is rated 5.0 on the Chrome Web Store.