Trailer spotting
We pull trailers off dock doors and set the next one in. Dock door to parking slip and back, all shift long.
Shorter Logistics is an Atlanta-based company, established in 2016, that specializes in yard management. From yard hostler work and shuttles to yard arranging and removal of abandoned trailers, you choose us to keep your facility from going into gridlock.
Whether it's a peak season contract or a long-term contract, we can handle your needs. We have run more than 30 sites in 12 states, and we are willing to go just about anywhere.
Request servicesThink of us as the forklift drivers of your yard: the job is just as important, we just do it outside, moving trailers.
We work on your site, keep your yard arranged and organized, and run shuttles when you need them.
We pull trailers off dock doors and set the next one in. Dock door to parking slip and back, all shift long.
We run the yard as its own operation: where each trailer sits, what's loaded, what's empty, and what's due at a door next.
When volume stacks up, the yard is where a building locks up first. We keep lanes clear and doors turning so carriers get in and out.
When a trailer has to leave the property, we can run short shuttles over the road and to offsite lots that aren't connected to your facility.
Peak season is when volume spikes, the yard fills up and a facility is most likely to go into gridlock. We take peak season contracts to carry your yard through the rush, and long-term contracts for year-round coverage.
Day shifts, night shifts and overnight shifts. The yard keeps moving when the building does.
The dock calls a trailer loaded or empty and ready to pull.
A hostler backs under the trailer, hooks up and pulls it off the door.
The trailer goes to its parking slip, staged for the outbound carrier or its next load.
The next trailer is backed onto the open door, and the dock keeps working.
A busy yard has trucks, trailers and people on foot all moving at once. Safety comes first on every move we make.
Every driver we put in your yard is qualified for the job and works as an extension of your team.
Our drivers wear a safety vest any time they are out of the cab. No exceptions.
We bring the right equipment for the job, so the work gets done the way it should be.
One truck and driver can move up to 20 trailers an hour in a rush. For safety we hold to about 8 to 12 an hour, or your site's own limit.
We run single-axle day cabs. They're shorter and turn tighter than a road tractor, which matters when the job is backing trailers into parking slips and onto dock doors hundreds of times a shift.
Our drivers do yard work full time. Hooking, pulling and spotting trailers in tight quarters is the whole job, not a side task between road trips.
Number of doors, number of parking slips, and the shifts you need covered. We'll come back with a plan.
We hire drivers for yard hostler work and shuttles on day, night and overnight shifts. Send us your details and we will contact you about open positions.
A daytime trailer move through the yard.