What's the deal with the extra space in long hauls?

@TallJoe totally agree with you. I'm not talking about doing anything illegal. I certainly condemn that kind of behavior.
I was just trying to see why the trailer space isn't maximized at all times. As some of you have said depends on the conditions and circumstances. But I think there is a lot of revenue opportunity if those spaces are filled up.

 

@boredsocial this is one of my points. I think that there's a lot of space out there that could be put to better use. I understand that some loads are kinda important and expensive, as you said, but not all of them are like that. And if there's space left in a not so costly or urgent load, it would benefit a lot of people if you could take advantage of that space.
Not only could Truckers make more money during the same lane (you could transform a not so good load into a decent paying one), but also the small shippers trying to send 8 pallets or less could benefit from this kind of procedure.
And obviously is better than LTL since you don't need all that handling, unloading and loading in different warehouses.
I know that this has been done since many years ago. The point I think I was trying to make is that Shippers/Brokers should be more conscious of available space and if there's a big enough time window, they should let on-the-road consolidation.

 

This really is stupid, can't believe there are Dispatchers like this... Obviously, this isn't what we're talking about here.