Trucks at another companies terminal-WHY?

Maybe making a delivery or doing a pickup. I've delivered to other trucking companies.

 

our small terminal does repairs for anyone who needs them done. that could be the issue there too. but you said the loading dock............i have done a few mail runs that delivered to the LandAIRE terminal in greensboro NC.

 

My company used to least "spots" at another company's terminal. We could only have so many trailers/trucks on their terminal at a time. It's just a cheaper alternative to having their own facility.

 

The company who owns the terminal is probably contracting out some of their freight to the bottom feeders. I work for a good company, and we load CRST, Covenant, Mister P and a couple others every night.

 

A local cartage company may consolidate small shipments into one truck load going to an auto assembly plant, for example.

In the olden days, truckloads of appliances were delivered to cartage companies for delivery to small stores. The small stores no longer exist.

Since deregulation of the trucking industry, trip leasing is not common. We occasionally leased to another carrier for one trip to get a backhaul or to run beyond our authorized territory. I carried sign holders that strapped to the cab doors so I would not have to use masking tape on another carriers temporary signs.

 

That's what I was going to say. The long haul driver comes from the factory with a full load and the LTL does final distribution to several places.

 

I drive for one of the megacarriers and have picked up and delivered at other companies terminals many times. Sometimes its a bunch of small LTL shipments being brought to another terminal of the same company, they load them on to our trailer we do the line haul part then they unload onto pups for local delivery. Have done this at Conway quite a few times. Sometimes its that we rent some space to use as a drop yard. Sometimes its going to another company that the other carrier handles logistics for. Tonight I'll be delivering at UPS in Louisville so its not that strange.