Hauling for Trailer Manufacturers

no they won't pay deadhead and it's not a great rate either. I think we used to haul Utility out of salt lake city for like $1.25 mile.to WI thi was just last year by the way. There is companies out there that specialze in power only. companies like trailer transport.
we were hauling medical scanners out and we'd pick up a triler to transport back. Considering we were already getting paid both directions for the scanner delivery it was just a little something extra for us. Usually you don't see nice trucks doing this work if it tells you anything

 

I know they would have allowed us to use the trailer to haul a load back but then pad a little less per mile. I also don't know if that was a deal through the dealer we were hauling them to or if it was utility

 

If he has his own operating authority, he should talk to Schneider. They do ALOT of power only loads on there trailers on a brokered basis. Some of those loads even pay decent. Of course it is based on many economic factors, just like everything else in this business.

 

Matter of fact, if it were me, I would take a look and see what Schneider has for power only to get him close to the Utility plant and then take that $1.70 to bring an empty trailer back. $1.70 isn't a TERRIBLE rate for an empty trailer considering the considerably lower fuel expenses.

 

oh by the way, the way most the trailer transport companies do this is by hauling them as doubles

 

I worked at XL specialized for three years...

there were some nice tractors hauling our trailers all over... but the bottom line was we only paid what we had too...

they all went out stacked double and often triple...

and no deadhead.

meaning its a fill-in gig and definately not dedicated.

as a matter of fact if it were cheaper, we'd send our own driver... so that ought to tell the whole story right there.

 

We sometimes would move trailers, but we loaded them, never heard of different rates. Take a 1.70 per mile plus haul freight one way and that’s good money. But you need to be selective on what you haul don’t need to tear up the trailer.