> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.tread.ai/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Enable Driver Direct Dispatch

> Share a vendor's driver to your own account so you can assign them jobs without waiting on their dispatcher.

Assign a [vendor's](/onboarding/master-data/vendors) driver yourself instead of sending the dispatch and waiting for their dispatcher to pick someone. The driver becomes a [Shared Driver](/concepts/dispatching-drivers-vendors) — a driver another account shares to you, dispatched directly like your own.

## Share the driver to your account

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<Steps>
  <Step title="Open Settings → Vendors">
    <Frame>
      <img src="https://mintcdn.com/treadtechnologiesinc/z-gXukxyENJ5baPn/images/workflows/vendor-management/edit-drivers-01.png?fit=max&auto=format&n=z-gXukxyENJ5baPn&q=85&s=48d8c39bead0b6fab8b270ec8e075d78" alt="The Vendors page under Settings" width="1246" height="692" data-path="images/workflows/vendor-management/edit-drivers-01.png" />
    </Frame>
  </Step>

  <Step title="Find the vendor and click MANAGE">
    Pick the vendor account the driver belongs to.

    <Frame>
      <img src="https://mintcdn.com/treadtechnologiesinc/z-gXukxyENJ5baPn/images/workflows/vendor-management/edit-drivers-02.png?fit=max&auto=format&n=z-gXukxyENJ5baPn&q=85&s=611f1baa3ce30f51d73d30d6f1e86e6a" alt="The MANAGE button on a vendor row" width="1236" height="694" data-path="images/workflows/vendor-management/edit-drivers-02.png" />
    </Frame>

    <Note>
      No **MANAGE** button? Email [support@tread.io](mailto:support@tread.io) with the vendors you need to manage, or ask in the in-app chat.
    </Note>
  </Step>

  <Step title="Find the driver and click the pencil icon">
    The pencil sits in the **Actions** column of the vendor's **Drivers** tab.

    <Frame>
      <img src="https://mintcdn.com/treadtechnologiesinc/z-gXukxyENJ5baPn/images/workflows/vendor-management/edit-drivers-03.png?fit=max&auto=format&n=z-gXukxyENJ5baPn&q=85&s=db9ecfe4cd592f65585aac4b95b8c781" alt="The pencil icon on a driver row in the vendor's Drivers tab" width="1238" height="692" data-path="images/workflows/vendor-management/edit-drivers-03.png" />
    </Frame>
  </Step>

  <Step title="Click + Add Shared Company under Shared User Configuration">
    Scroll to **Shared User Configuration** near the bottom of the form.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Pick your company from Select Share To Companies">
    Only accounts connected to the vendor appear in the list.

    <Frame>
      <img src="https://mintcdn.com/treadtechnologiesinc/vPTk-OvKZxTnxTBV/images/image-13.png?fit=max&auto=format&n=vPTk-OvKZxTnxTBV&q=85&s=a02c2c9f298452a1ab2db2f0c8e45438" alt="Image" width="1535" height="1062" data-path="images/image-13.png" />
    </Frame>

    <Note>
      Tick **Share Pay Rate** on the same row if you want the driver's pay rate shared along with the access.
    </Note>
  </Step>

  <Step title="Give the driver a truck under Available Equipment">
    Pick the truck the driver runs. The truck number travels with the driver onto every job you assign.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Click Update">
    The driver now appears in the driver panel on the [Dispatch](/dispatch-guide/dispatch-a-job) page.
  </Step>
</Steps>

## Common pitfalls

<Warning>
  **The section is missing.** **Shared User Configuration** only shows on users whose role can be shared. Confirm the user holds the Driver role before you look for it.
</Warning>

<Warning>
  **The driver has no truck.** A driver with no **Available Equipment** still dispatches, but the job carries no truck number — dispatchers and billing lose the truck reference. Set it while you are in the form.
</Warning>

<Note>
  Removing the share hides the driver from your board again. Use **Remove Share** from the driver row — see [Edit & Remove Drivers from a Vendor's Account](/workflows/vendor-management/edit-drivers).
</Note>

## Related

* [Dispatching to Drivers and Vendors](/concepts/dispatching-drivers-vendors)
* [Add Drivers to a Vendor's Account](/workflows/vendor-management/add-drivers)
* [Edit & Remove Drivers from a Vendor's Account](/workflows/vendor-management/edit-drivers)
* [Driver Lifecycle](/concepts/driver-lifecycle)