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> find clients who will minimize your deadhead miles Off-topic: Do you think trucking operators can be incentivized to saturate certain routes/corridor? e.g.
by algo_trader 5y ago
> find clients who will minimize your deadhead miles
Off-topic:
Do you think trucking operators can be incentivized to saturate certain routes/corridor?
e.g. To justify infra-structure, I want an operator to do at least 10 trucks/day through a given corridor, and can offer some savings/rebates. Lets say months-long commitments and mostly long haul.
Is this doable or completely unrealistic?
Edit: to be clear, I am not the customer, the operator to find enough customers to fill the route.
- dtgriscom 5y agoI'm not clear: who would be incentivizing and thus benefiting from this?
- algo_trader 5y agoA contrived example: we have excess local diesel, which we are willing to sell at a 20% discount, but only if there is enough traffic
- deepnotderp 5y agoLocal road builders perhaps
- pg_bot 5y agoIf I'm understanding your question correctly, this is a fairly common practice. It's fairly typical within the industry to go to the same two destinations every single day. For example, you go from a potato chip manufacturing plant to a distribution center x number of times every single day. You can contract with either a freight forwarder who will handle booking different operators to actually move the goods or you can deal with a trucking company directly. If you find the right company and the economics make sense, I'm sure you could get a deal done. I would say most drivers would even prefer the same route since you can plan your life better. That being said, it depends on how long the "long haul" is as it will be harder to find someone willing to travel across the entire USA for an extended period of time.