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CTCargo TaxiDeliveries
  • US DOT 2339618
  • MC 798866
  • CA 431775
  • Fully insured
  • Family-owned · 30+ years in trucking

Long-haul lane

Los Angeles to the Pacific Northwest

~1,135 mi to Seattle · 2 days

Cargo Taxi Deliveries runs long-haul freight from Los Angeles to Oregon and Washington, with Portland at roughly 965 miles and Seattle at 1,135 — both two-day lanes on the I-5. The sleeper cab makes these continuous moves rather than runs broken by a forced ten-hour layover.

The Pacific Northwest lanes are where sleeper-cab capability stops being a convenience and becomes the whole proposition. Hours-of-service rules mean a driver without a sleeper must stop and find parking for a full ten-hour rest somewhere around Redding or Medford, and whether there is room at that hour is not something anyone can promise. A sleeper takes the rest at the right point in the route and makes a two-day transit a plan rather than a hope.

The freight going north is heavily refrigerated and agricultural in both directions — produce and food north, and food, beverage and manufactured goods back south. Backhauls into Los Angeles from the Northwest are common enough to be worth asking about, and a load with a day or two of flexibility on this lane frequently prices well below a standalone move.

Questions

Oregon & Washington, answered.

How long does Los Angeles to Seattle freight take?

Roughly 1,135 miles and two days on the sleeper-cab truck as a continuous move. Without a sleeper the same lane runs longer, because the driver has to stop for a full ten-hour rest in the middle of it and parking at that hour is not guaranteed.

Do you run backhauls from the Pacific Northwest to Los Angeles?

Yes, and they are worth asking about. The truck is returning either way, so a southbound load with a day or two of flexibility on this lane frequently prices well below a standalone move. Tell dispatch how flexible your dates are and they will tell you what it is worth.

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