Set up your McLeod integration

Connecting McLeod to Cargado is free, and Cargado hosts and supports it. You provide your McLeod instance URL and an API token. Freight syncs privately and posts only through a rule you approve or a manual post.

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Updated
November 4, 2026

The McLeod integration is free. Cargado hosts it and supports it, and you do not need your McLeod rep: we connect directly to your McLeod instance through its API.

What you provide

  • Your McLeod instance URL. It usually ends in /ws/.
  • A McLeod API token for Cargado. Your McLeod administrator can create one in LoadMaster or PowerBroker under Sys Admin, Smartphone, Mobile Service.
  • McLeod API access. If your company has only the DFM module, tell your Cargado contact before setup.

What Cargado provides

  • The connection itself. Cargado sets up, hosts and supports it.
  • The mapping between your McLeod data and Cargado: owners, rates, statuses and equipment types.
  • Help on a shared screen if you would rather do the setup together.

Test or production: your Cargado contact confirms which McLeod instance and which Cargado environment to use.

Four questions we ask during setup

  1. Who covers the freight. Which McLeod field names the person or team that owns coverage, if any. We map it to the right people in Cargado and also set a fallback owner.
  2. Which rate to post. Which McLeod field, if any, holds the rate you want on the posting.
  3. Loads without a rate. Whether those can post as bid-only, so carriers send their price.
  4. Ready to post. Which McLeod status means a load can be posted.

What happens after you connect

  • Your McLeod freight syncs into Cargado. Until a load is posted, only your team can see it.
  • Nothing reaches carriers until you approve a posting rule or post a load yourself. See Set up auto-posting rules.
  • During setup, we confirm which TMS status means a load is no longer available. When that status syncs, Cargado takes the posting down.
  • Carrier bids come back to the load in McLeod, and when you book a carrier, the booking syncs back to McLeod too. The rate confirmation still comes from your team.

For how synced loads post and how bids come in, see What does a TMS integration do?

Send credentials directly

Send keys, tokens, passwords and secrets straight to your Cargado contact. Never post them in a shared chat, channel or group thread, where people outside the setup can read them.

How to start

Email success@cargado.com or ask your Cargado contact. We start with a short call with someone on your team who knows your McLeod setup and can approve posting rules.

Still stuck?

Email us and a person on our team will answer. Send the posting link or a screenshot if you have one.