Freight
Dedicated & Exclusive-Use Truckload
Your freight is the only freight on the truck — loaded once, driven straight through, unloaded at the other end.
Cargo Taxi Deliveries runs dedicated, exclusive-use truckload freight from Los Angeles: a single truck carrying one customer's load from origin to destination with no other freight aboard. Capacity is up to 12 pallets or roughly 10,000 lbs on a 26ft box truck, and up to 14,000 lbs on a 26ft flatbed with sleeper cab for multi-day lanes.
Dedicated truckload is what to book when the load must not be touched, must not wait, or must not share space. The truck is assigned to your shipment alone and goes from origin to destination without picking anything else up. For high-value, fragile, security-sensitive or deadline-critical freight that is the only arrangement that behaves predictably.
An honest note on capacity, because this is where carriers oversell. The fleet here runs 26ft box trucks and a 26ft flatbed with a sleeper cab, not 53ft tractor-trailers. That means up to twelve pallets or around 10,000 lbs per truck rather than twenty-six pallets or 45,000 lbs. For most LA shippers moving partial-trailer quantities that is exactly the right size — and nobody is paying for 53 feet of empty air. For a genuine full 53ft trailer load, dispatch will say so and help you find the right equipment rather than taking the booking.
Multi-day lanes run on the sleeper-cab flatbed, which is what makes a Los Angeles to Denver or Los Angeles to Seattle run possible without a layover stop, and what keeps the transit time honest on the long western lanes.
Specifications
The numbers.
| Box truck capacity | 12 pallets / ~10,000 lbs / 26ft enclosed |
|---|---|
| Flatbed capacity | ~14,000 lbs / 26ft open deck |
| Exclusivity | One customer per truck, every run |
| Multi-day lanes | Sleeper cab — LA to Denver, Seattle, Phoenix, Salt Lake |
| Not available | 53ft trailer loads — dispatch will refer these out |
Equipment used for this work
26ft Box Truck
Enclosed 26ft box with a liftgate and a pallet jack on board as standard — the right truck for palletized freight going anywhere without a dock.
- Limit: Not a 53ft trailer — 12 pallet positions, not 26
- Limit: Restricted on some residential streets and low clearances
26ft Flatbed, Sleeper Cab
Open 26ft deck with a sleeper cab — machinery, steel, building materials, and multi-day long hauls that run without a forced overnight stop.
- Limit: No liftgate — consignee needs a forklift or crane
- Limit: Open deck: weather exposure unless tarped
Questions
Dedicated Truckload, answered.
What is the difference between dedicated truckload and LTL?
LTL shares a truck between several customers and usually passes through a terminal; dedicated truckload assigns the whole truck to one shipment and runs it straight through. Dedicated costs more per mile and delivers faster and with far less handling. The choice usually comes down to whether the freight can tolerate being touched.
Can you handle a full 53ft trailer load?
No. The fleet runs 26ft box trucks and a 26ft flatbed, which carry up to twelve pallets or roughly 10,000 lbs. A genuine 53ft trailer load needs a tractor-trailer, and dispatch will tell you that on the call rather than splitting your shipment across trucks without saying so.
How far will a dedicated truck run?
Anywhere in the eleven western states served — California, Nevada, Arizona, Utah, Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, New Mexico and Colorado. The sleeper cab makes multi-day lanes practical without forced overnight stops, so a Los Angeles to Denver run is a continuous move rather than a staged one.
Further reading
How this works in practice.
Choosing a carrier
What Does It Cost to Ship Freight From Los Angeles?
How much does it cost to ship freight out of Los Angeles?
Choosing a carrier
LTL, Truckload or Expedited: Which One Do You Need?
Should I ship LTL, truckload or expedited?
Los Angeles
Cargo Theft in Southern California: What Actually Works
How do I stop my freight being stolen in Los Angeles?
Related services
Often booked together.
LTL & Palletized Freight
One to twelve pallets, liftgate and pallet jack on every truck, and no terminal in the middle losing your freight.
Long-Haul Trucking
Eleven states, one driver, one truck — from the LA basin to wherever in the West the load has to be.
High-Value Cargo
Sealed at origin, never left unattended, handed over to a named person — and nobody outside dispatch knows the route.
Expedited Freight
A truck assigned now, driven straight there, because the line is down and the arithmetic has changed.