What Is Backhaul Trucking & How Can You Improve Your Backhaul Strategy With Leading Trailer Tracking

The trucking industry is highly competitive, and in today’s economic climate, leveraging every opportunity at your disposal to improve profits, one way companies are doing this is through backhaul trucking. Also referred to as backloading, backhaul trucking is an opportunity for trucking companies to generate more money and shippers another option to move their products. Simply defined, backhaul trucking is a load fulfilled on a return trip. However, there are 2 types of backhaul trucking, and implementing this method of operations in your trucking business requires diligent planning to ensure your business capitalizes on its revenue opportunities.

Did you know there were two types of backhaul trucking? That’s right! Internal backhauling is when a company backhauls its own products. Easy to manage as you have known visibility on every aspect of your operations to capitalize on these loads. Secondly, the other type of backhaul trucking is external backhauling, where the two routes your truck is completing are for completely different organizations. Believe it or not, there is an ample number of opportunities for external backhauling available so devising a plan to locate these, so your trailer never travels empty is key.

1. Proper Planning

Due to the mere fact that backhauling opportunities, whether internal or external, extensive, and advanced planning is needed to make sure no stone (opportunity) is left unturned. Another key reason proper planning is required is the understanding of new routes may cause delays to future loads, having a costly ripple effect on projected freight timelines. The importance of taking the time to plan for your fleet of trucks and trailers cannot be understated.

2. Work To Identify Backhaul Opportunities

Starting with your current customer base, make calls to their relevant contacts to explore if they have a need or if you can foster a demand. As stated above, by being diligent in planning and proactive in organizing your customer data you can strive to satisfy multiple customers on a single trailer deployment.

Another way you can easily pin down potential ways to secure backhauls is through load boards, where cargo shippers are matched with truckers and freight companies on an online platform/marketplace. Enter the details of your trailer’s destination, then work to acquire a returning load for your trailer to complete an external backhaul.

3. Investing In an Advanced Trailer Tracking Device With Load Visuals

Lastly, a key component to fulfilling your goal to complete more backhaul loads is a robust trailer tracking solution that comes packed with GPS tracking along with clear visuals of your cargo. You deserve to have the ultimate visibility into your fleet of trailers, which is why CallPass takes pride in deploying their coveted Solar Sense trailer tracker solution, to provide trailer fleets of all sizes this benefit.

With actionable insights along with real-time location data, this solution is the perfect tool for trucking companies looking to capitalize on backhaul opportunities.

Hold a tighter grip on your fleet of trailers with powerful insight that allows your business to capitalize on every opportunity while leveraging the robust technology of Solar Sense.

With Solar Sense empowering your trailers, there are a variety of ways you can supercharge your freight operations:

• Elevated Overall Capacity
• True Profit Maximization
• Increased Trailer Utilization
• Customer Transparency/Assurance Through Trailer Images

Are you striving to capitalize on EVERY trailer in your fleet? An all-encompassing solution trailer management solution such as LANA Vision  will help you locate and easily identify underutilized trailers, but it also serves as a foolproof tool to identify potential cargo theft.