A network of independent owner-drivers
dedicated to transporting your freight
direct from door-to-door
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Indie Freight Direct offers a new way to send freight within Australia and offers instant freight quotes. We have developed a network of independent owner-drivers who provide interstate freight services with competitive rates for customers shipping cargo of 4 pallets or more. Our dedicated drivers take pride in their work and go the extra mile to ensure your shipment is delivered in full and on time.
Apart from carrying pallets, Indie Freight Direct can also ship crates, skids or other products not on standard pallets. When sending non-palletised freight, you just convert your shipment into the space that would be taken by standard (1.2m x 1.2m) pallets.
Our service begins with an easy way to get a price for your shipment. Use the Freight Calculator above to get an instant freight quote for interstate shipments along Australia’s east coast. The way we do business is more efficient than those provided by traditional interstate freight companies, as the driver that picks up your load is the one who delivers it.
This eliminates the need to use consolidation depots in each city, saving you time and the potential that your cargo gets lost or damaged. See the diagram below for the difference between the old way and the Indie Freight Direct way of shipping your cargo. This is what makes Indie Freight Direct the smart option for shipping freight interstate.
The traditional model has 12 steps as shown below, with SIX forklift movements.
The IFD model has 4 steps.
Indie Freight Direct offers a better way to ship freight interstate between Australia’s east coast capital cities. We service Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide and Canberra with fixed pallet rates for bookings between these cities available from the Instant Freight Quote calculator above. We can also ship freight which isn’t on pallets, as long as it can be loaded and unloaded by forklifts. We provide a door-to-door service for B2B customers which bypasses the traditional model which is prone to inefficiencies and can lead to cargo getting damaged or lost.
Have you ever wondered why traditional interstate pallet freight along the east coast of Australia seems to take an unfeasibly long time, and is as expensive as it is? The answer to both questions lies in the lack of efficiency in the process as it is often witnessed. Firstly, many interstate freight companies are responsible for semi-trailers making the haul from city to city without full loads, which is clearly inefficient, as many of the costs incurred are the same whether the truck is full or half full.
Secondly, the normal practice is for a shipment to be collected by a local courier who transports it to a consolidation depot before it is handed over to an interstate linehaul truck; and when it arrives at its destination city is handed over to yet another consolidation depot before completing the final leg of the journey with another local courier. It is long winded, time consuming and expensive – and clearly every time your shipment is unloaded or unloaded there is a chance of it being damaged or mis-placed.
Indie Freight Direct, a provider of road freight services, have come up with a solution to expedite door to door road freight by building up a network of independent owner drivers and working with them to become one of the most efficient and affordable interstate transport companies on the east coast. Utilising spare space on trucks and trailers already committed to making the interstate journey is a simple notion but one that is highly effective and is of benefit not only to you, the client sending goods, but also to the owner-drivers themselves.
Furthermore, this procedure avoids the unnecessary unloading and loading at those consolidation depots – with Indie Freight Direct, the driver who picks up your load will be the one who delivers it to its final destination, completely negating the need for the middleman. Working like this truck transport interstate is more efficient and cheaper.
With a fixed rate per pallet (or equivalent size cargo), no levies, surcharges or tolls added, getting your road freight quote from Indie Freight Direct is simple and takes only minutes by utilising their online Freight Calculator. Once you have received your pallet freight quote and made your booking for your door to door pallet freight, you will receive confirmation and details of your pick up. Usually, short haul pallet freight from Melbourne to Sydney can be completed within 24 hours – but the earlier in the day you make your booking the greater your chance of achieving this, but due to legal restrictions on how long drivers can operate for longer hauls, such as pallet freight from Melbourne to Brisbane, will take at least 48 hours. It couldn’t be simpler, and all you have to do is ensure that fork lifts are available at each end of the journey for loading and unloading processes.
When you are ready to leave the somewhat cumbersome traditional methods behind and to embrace the far more efficient and the absolutely best price pallet freight, contact Indie Freight Direct today!
If your business requires the transportation of goods around the eastern seaboard of Australia and you do not have your own delivery vehicles, and you are reliant on traditional road freight services, the chances are that you have been dissatisfied with the process, as it can be both costly and inefficient in terms of time. Conventional interstate transport companies utilise hubs where goods are transferred from one vehicle to another, resulting in delays and increased chances of your freight being damaged or misplaced.
Indie Freight Direct, the new leader of interstate freight companies, offer door to door road freight services, where one driver and one vehicle will be responsible for your interstate pallet freight, resulting in expedited delivery at reduced costs to you. Our network of owner drivers streamlines truck transport interstate by utilising space left on their trucks whilst completing the regular runs and the savings that you can make will be clear when you request your road freight quote from us.
When you have pallet freight that needs to be transported from Sydney to Adelaide, Sydney to Brisbane, Sydney to Canberra or Brisbane to Sydney and you don’t want to wait for days and days for delivery with the potential for unexpected delays or damage to your cargo, it’s time for you to experience the optimum solution for fast reliable door to door pallet freight between the eastern capital cities.
Take a moment to use our online pallet freight calculator to obtain your pallet freight quote – with a guarantee of no hidden charges.
Traditional interstate pallet freight as delivered by many interstate freight companies has often been logistically cumbersome and not particularly fast, the process involving numerous stops where goods are transferred from one vehicle to another, but now at Indie Freight Direct we have established a network of owner drivers that are revolutionising truck transport interstate.
Door to door road freight between capital cities has never been faster or more cost effective; our process involves just one driver and one truck, reducing costs, time and the possibility of your cargo being misplaced or directed to a wrong location. We offer the best price on door-to-door pallet freight and to obtain a pallet freight quote is a simple matter when you take advantage of our own online pallet freight calculator for many routes in Australia.
Our road freight cost calculator for Australia is based on pallet size (minimum of 4 pallets of 1.2m x 1.2m) or the equivalent volume, and in many cases on shorter well-travelled routes, pallet freight between Sydney and Brisbane, Brisbane and Sydney or Sydney to Canberra can be achieved overnight, but on longer routes, such as pallet freight between Sydney and Adelaide, Brisbane to Melbourne or Melbourne to Brisbane, delivery typically takes 2 days, due to regulations concerning limits on the hours that drivers can work.
When you have goods that need to be moved interstate, quickly and affordably and you need to get a road freight quote instantly, then simply enter your details into our interstate freight calculator for Australia and see the difference for yourself!