Power only trucking for shippers with their own trailers
Power only trucking means we supply the tractor and driver and you supply the trailer. Lifetime Logistics Services LLC, based in Covina, California, moves several power only loads a week, mostly from Southern California to Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana and Utah, on our own trucks and on vetted partner carriers. Send the quote form or call (562) 566-8953 with the trailer location, destination and date.
From our dispatch records, January through September 2026
- How often we run it
- Several loads a week
- Who hauls it
- Mostly partner carriers, with our own trucks on some loads
- Drop trailers
- On some loads
How a power only move works
You already have a trailer, loaded and ready, in your yard or at your supplier. We send a tractor and a licensed driver to hook it, haul it to the destination and drop it or wait for it to be unloaded. You are not paying for our trailer, and your trailer pool keeps moving without you hiring drivers for it.
Shippers and carriers use power only when they own or lease more trailers than tractors, when they preload trailers ahead of a busy week, or when they need trailers repositioned from one facility to another.
Where we run power only
Power only was about one load in eleven for us from January through September 2026. Almost all of it started in the Inland Empire. The most frequent destination was the Seattle and Tacoma area, close to once a week, a trip of about 1,170 miles. We describe that trip on the Los Angeles to Seattle page.
The same trailers also went to Portland, Spokane, Missoula, Boise and the Salt Lake City area, each a few times over the year. Closer to home, we pulled loaded trailers from the Phoenix area into the Inland Empire and from the Inland Empire up to the Salinas Valley.
Who pulls the trailer
About a third of our power only loads in 2026 were pulled by our own trucks. The rest went to partner carriers. Long runs to Washington were mostly partner carriers, while trips to Portland, Spokane and Montana were more often our own drivers.
Whoever pulls it, a partner carrier is vetted through Highway before dispatch.
What we need from you
- Trailer type and length, and the trailer number if you have it
- Where the trailer is now, and the hours the yard is open for pickup
- Destination, delivery date and whether the trailer is dropped or live unloaded
- Loaded weight, and a note that the trailer is road ready with current registration and inspection
- Where an empty trailer should go afterward, if we are bringing one back
Questions shippers ask
- What is power only trucking?
- It is a move where the carrier provides only the tractor and driver. The trailer belongs to the shipper or to another carrier. We hook to your loaded trailer and deliver it.
- What kinds of trailers can you pull?
- Standard 53 foot dry vans are the most common. Tell us the trailer type and length when you request a quote so we can match the right tractor, and confirm the trailer has current registration and inspection.
- Do you bring the empty trailer back?
- We can, if you ask for it in the quote. A round trip, a one way haul and a reposition to a different yard are priced differently, so spell out what should happen to the trailer after delivery.
- Where do you run power only loads most often?
- From the Inland Empire in Southern California to the Seattle and Tacoma area about once a week, and a few times a year each to Portland, Spokane, western Montana, Boise and the Salt Lake City area.
Ready to price a load?
Send the quote form or call us. A person on our team replies with a price.