Relay trucking for owner operators.

Some are looking into it.

 

Company trucks have been doing that for decades. Usually it's a solo driver that relays the load to a team that fast tracks it to the other coast.

 

It probably doesnt exist since most loads can be done with one truck and the team driving load pay less per mile in most cases to make your idea profitable. When I was a company driver I sometimes swapped loads due to the original driver being an idiot or broke down or needing to go home. Plus things could get screwed up if one driver is unreliable and is late for delivery.

 

It is a logistical nightmare looking to happen, one reason what cross docking is done within the carrier and not externally. FedEx, LS, and a crap load of other shoes do this all the time, and it takes extra work.

Why?

Because one delay with one segment can delay the entire shipment by more than hours, maybe a day or a few days.

 

I would never be truck B in your example.

 

Hmmm If it was on the other coast. I would love to be truck B from this example. Leave the house drive 300 miles. Drop and hook drive back 300. Do that 3 times one week $3600. 4 times next week $4800. (48 weeks $201,600gross) Be home regularly and often but not every day. Spend time with the grandkids, that there parents never got. Sounds like a good gig to me. Of course the devil is in the details.

 

So truck A sits for a couple of days with no revenue while B goes and unloads and reloads? Then bangs up truck A's trailer? And B (in your example) does 350 for 700.00 when it easily can do 12-1300 for the same thing?

 

If the Operation was established correctly, Truck A would be at a transfer dock moving from one trailer to another. I realize alot of places want to put a seal on a load. You employ the Driver B to go and get loads that are being loaded to bring to the Transfer location for pickup. Having a few trailers will negate the seal breaking and transfer dock being used.

A driver shows up to the transfer location and drops his empty trailer in the correct section of LOT. Then goto the Pick up Yard section to get his loaded trailer and leave. It all depends on the Shipping companies trailer amounts they have to leave on site.

Its just like going to some DC's Locations you check in , show pickup # ,drop trailer and go find your loaded trailer.

Its just a different location instead of being at a DC your at the Border.