Photo Courtesy of Dubbo Regional Livestock Markets
A livestock truck costs money whether it is full or empty.
Fuel is still being used. The driver is still working. The tyres, maintenance, registration, insurance and finance costs do not stop just because there is no livestock on board.
That is why visibility matters. A suitable job may exist near your route. But if the producer does not know you have capacity, and you do not know they have livestock to move, that opportunity can be missed.
StockShift is designed to make more of those opportunities visible.
The challenge is knowing where the work is
A job needs to suit the route, timing, truck and livestock involved. Two locations may look close on a map, but that does not automatically make the job a practical fit.
At the same time, transport jobs are often spread across individual calls, messages and personal networks. Those relationships remain important, but no truckie can be in every conversation.
This creates a simple communication gap: a producer has a job, and a truckie may have suitable capacity, but neither side can see the opportunity clearly.
See jobs beyond your existing contact list
On StockShift, truckies can view jobs posted by producers, check the pickup, destination and timing, and contact the producer directly if a job suits an upcoming run.
You remain in control. StockShift does not tell you which work to accept or how to run the job. It simply gives you another place to find opportunities and decide what works for your operation.
Better visibility can support better planning
A job posted at the right time may help a truckie:
- Find work near an existing route
- Consider a suitable backload
- Use available truck capacity more effectively
- Build connections with producers outside an existing network
- Reduce time spent searching across separate calls and messages
Not every posted job will suit every truckie. The route, equipment, timing and livestock requirements still need to be right. StockShift simply gives you more information before deciding whether to make contact.
Efficiency also supports resilience
The Australian Government’s National Freight Data Hub highlights how better freight information can improve efficiency and productivity across the sector.
For truckies, the benefit is practical: seeing a job earlier, planning the next run with more information and finding opportunities beyond the usual contact list.
More jobs posted means more opportunities to connect
StockShift becomes more useful as more livestock producers post jobs and more truckies join the network.
For truckies, signing up means having another place to find transport jobs that may suit an upcoming route or return journey.
StockShift does not replace trusted relationships or direct conversations. It gives those conversations another place to begin.
Sign up to StockShift, view available livestock transport jobs and see what may suit your next run.