How does the Swap Body System work?

At the start of the shift, drivers climb into pre-loaded trucks and depart immediately. At the same time, product is loaded directly into 2nd or 3rd bodies independent of the truck. Trucks go back and forth making deliveries during the day, as workers at the facility continue to load bodies. As trucks return to the warehouse drivers swap an empty body for one that's loaded in 10 minutes. This quick swap time makes a second round of deliveries per shift, or same-day delivery, possible.

What are the benefits of Swap Body systems?

Swap Bodies keep trucks moving - downtime becomes delivery time as drivers swap an empty body for a loaded one and return to delivering in minutes. They reduce fleet expenses by using multiple bodies with each truck, lessening the number of power-units required to do the same amount of work. They increase profits by eliminating overtime, 2nd shift loading, and extra trucks used to fill gaps - converting costs into profitability.

What results can I expect from using Swap Body systems?

Companies using Swap Body systems typically see a 50% increase in deliveries per shift, 25% reduction in fleet operation costs, and gain 4 hours of delivery time per shift.

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Warehouse on Wheels System

Warehouse on Wheels

Control middle-mile distribution and final mile delivery in remote markets. Line haul and drop pre-loaded straight truck bodies in a remote market where straight truck drivers mount the body loaded for their route and complete final mile deliveries. This containerized solution optimizes labor and eliminates cross-docking for efficient delivery in far-off markets.

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Warehouse on Wheels

System Benefits

For remote markets, the solution is a warehouse on wheels. Loaded bodies ride a line-haul trailer out to the remote market, where local trucks pick up the full bodies and run their normal routes. Meanwhile, yesterday's empties ride the same trailer back home.

It's middle-mile and final-mile delivery in remote markets with no cross-dock needed, because the bodies are the cross-dock.

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No Cross Docking

Multiple truck bodies, already loaded in route order, are quickly swapped from trailers to straight trucks for last mile delivery to customers.

a swap body truck with a warehouse on wheels body

Less Windshield Time

There’s no stem drive to get to the market for delivery drivers. This frees-up time to make more, higher quality deliveries per day.

Two warehouse on wheels bodies standing in a swap yard

Rapid Expansion

Flexible, easy to deploy truck based solution offers a quicker way to enter new markets compared to setting up a cross-dock.

How Warehouse on Wheels Works:

Loading and Line Hauling to a Remote Market

At a central distribution center, up to four truck bodies per trailer are loaded through one dock door at the same time.

The loaded truck bodes are then line hauled to a remote market where they will be swapped onto locally stationed final mile trucks to make deliveries.

The Remote Market Swap Yard

After being line hauled to the remote market, the pre-loaded containers are demounted from the line haul trailer and swapped onto final mile delivery trucks.

The empty containers from the previous day's delivery runs are mounted to the line-haul trailer and returned to the centralized distribution center for reloading.

Final Mile Deliveries

After mounting the loaded containers, final mile delivery trucks operated by local drivers complete their delivery routes for the day.

At the end of the day, the empty trucks return to the swap yard and demount their containers so that they can be returned to the distribution center.

Final Mile Deliveries with swap body trucks

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$1M+

saved

in warehousing costs

50%

Reduction

in product touches

4 hrs.

Less

of windshield time per day

Who we work with

We Help Companies Get More Done

When you win, we win! Our customer portfolio reads like a who’s who of top businesses. They know, compared to cross-docking or long drives, Warehouse on Wheels is better way to deliver in remote markets.

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We're always on the hunt for ambitious projects that push the boundaries of how products are delivered. Our account reps eat, drink, and sleep logistics. They'll be happy to talk about how Swap Bodies will benefit your operation.

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