Companies with private fleets can greatly benefit from finding loads to haul on return route. Or Backhauls as it’s commonly referred to. If you are a company with your own fleet there are times when you are coming home to a DC or terminal empty. Or returning from a delivery empty. This is a total loss for your fleet. You could be making money both ways.
Even if you’re returning from a short trip (like 100-300 miles) empty you could be making money on that lost backhaul move. Instead of moving empty. Create a carrier account in ComFreight and post your partial empty space as soon as you know a driver will be coming back from a delivery empty. Find a new customer or load to haul and make money for your return trips for your fleet. Now you are able to monetize the route on both ends.
On the route you’re already planning to haul on for your internal fleet, you’ve gotten the job done…now get a freight match alert with a new load to pick up within 25-50 miles of where the driver just delivered. Now deliver that load within 25-50 miles of where you driver needs to bring the empty truck back to! There you go. Simple as that. Never have an empty truck even if it’s a private fleet for a private company. Turn your empty miles into logistics miles. Find loads using load match alerts by radius and the amount of space your driver will have open going either way.
Watch a video tutorial on load alerts via truck space posting by clicking this link
Finding loads to fill empty space is not a new concept but it’s often overlooked by many companies. The value of this is huge for the bottom line. Private fleet or now. ComFreight has also made finding back-hauls extremely easy as well. At the bottom of any load details page you find we show you any upcoming backhauls right there on the page! Plan your full trip without having to leave the load you’re looking. Plan your trip on the spot!
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