Local Dock for Drop and Delivery - New Business Idea Good or Bad?

EDIT:

Read everything wrong what was posted by OP.

 

Cross-docking is illegal?

 

Ahh my bad. Didnt read it correctly from him. No it isnt illegal for cross docking.
I need more coffee

 

Carriers can't re-broker freight to you if they don't own it. Not enough money in freight for an extra hand in the pie anyways.

 

there used to be a big New Jersey business doing that years ago (long before i got into trucking)

a big truck would drop their load in fort lee or jersey city, someone with a smaller truck would take it into the boroughs and manhattan

and whats interesting, even today, MOST 53's are illegal in NYC (they dont enforce it much)

if the freight can be broken down, then a 53 is illegal

so the idea is a good one, i am not sure about the profit in it (maybe save a big truck the hassle and tolls (supposed to go up to $105 to cross the GW in January)

i have no idea about chicago

profitablity depends on the carriers charging the shipper to go into NYC

 

If it's a licensed and bonded warehouse it's not brokering, it's a re-delivery. But who's going to be responsible for any OSD? And the originating carrier can't get paid until they receive the clean BOL's from you. The shipper may not allow it except to a warehouse of their choosing. Off the top of my head I can think of at least 15 dry and reefer warehouses that we do this with for LTL.

 

I thought outfits that did this were called "drayage companies" and they certainly are not a new idea. No idea how profitable they are. Do a Google on "drayage" and see what you come up with.