Power Only Freight · Canada & USA
Your trailer’s already loaded and sitting on the dock. What’s missing is a tractor and a driver to pull it. That’s the entire service, no dry van fleet to lease, no equipment sitting idle between loads. For loads too small to fill a trailer in the first place, our sprinter van freight shipping services are usually the better starting point.
Zero Trailer Investment
Full power only capacity, no fleet to own
98.7%
On-time delivery
500+
Power only moves monthly
24/7
Live tracking
99.99%
Operational Reliability
THE MODEL
Power only freight strips trucking down to just the tractor and the driver. The trailer, dry van, reefer, or something more specialized, already belongs to you, sits parked in your yard, or comes from a leasing pool you manage separately. A carrier’s entire job is to hook up, haul it to where it’s going, and disconnect. Ownership of the trailer never changes hands, and neither does what’s inside it until it reaches the dock, whether that trailer started its journey on a truck or, for import volume, through our reliable sea logistics network.
It’s built for shippers who already run a trailer program: retailers with a fleet of dry vans staged at distribution centers, manufacturers who preload trailers overnight so a truck can leave the moment a driver clocks in, operations that need extra hauling capacity during a demand spike without buying or leasing equipment they’ll barely use once the spike passes. The trailer is the constant. Power only is the piece that moves it.
DROP & HOOK
Before a tractor gets dispatched, our team checks which trailers in your pool are loaded and ready to move, not just which lane needs covering. That distinction is what keeps dwell time down: a driver who arrives to hook a trailer that’s already staged is back on the road in minutes, not sitting at your dock waiting on a forklift. For shippers running multiple yards, we track trailer status across locations so dispatch decisions are made against what’s actually ready, not a guess. Detention time gets monitored on every pickup, so if a driver is held longer than expected, that gets flagged and addressed rather than absorbed as the cost of doing business. On lanes long enough to make sense, some of that same trailer volume can move by our rail freight services instead of over the road.
Our services
Tractor-and-driver capacity, built around the trailer program you already have.
Core Capacity
Yard & Trailer Support
Industries
A grocery distribution center running a dozen preloaded trailers a night needs a different power only setup than a manufacturer using it to cover one seasonal spike, and when a shipment inside one of those trailers needs to move faster than the road allows, our air freight services can step in.
Retail & Distribution
Grocery & Consumer Goods
Manufacturing
Automotive
Third-Party Warehousing Partners
Food & Beverage
Building Materials
Wholesale Distribution
We build dispatch around how your trailer pool actually operates, not a generic capacity request.
Why ENorth
Capacity matched to a staged trailer quickly, often the same day it’s requested.
Dwell time at pickup is monitored so delays get flagged instead of quietly eaten as cost.
Dispatch decisions run against which trailers are actually loaded and ready, not a guess.
Hours-of-service confirmed against the lane before a tractor is assigned.
Temperature-controlled power only available where the trailer requires it.
Additional capacity brought on for seasonal spikes without a long-term equipment commitment.
Pricing
Power only pricing runs differently than standard truckload since there’s no trailer cost baked in. Here’s what shapes it, and if the lane crosses a border by air rather than by road, reliable international air freight is priced on a different basis entirely.
Origin, destination and total miles
A single move versus a standing lane
Tell us the lane and the trailer type. We'll send a rate with no hidden fees.
Real Testimonials
“We run a fleet of forty-plus trailers across three distribution centers and were constantly short on drivers during peak. ENorth’s power only network fills that gap without us buying a single additional tractor.”
Transportation Manager
Grocery distribution, Ontario
“Detention used to be a line item we just accepted every month. Since switching to ENorth for power only capacity, dwell time at our dock has dropped noticeably because they’re only sending trucks for trailers we’ve confirmed are staged and ready.”
Fulfillment Operations Lead
Consumer goods, Mississauga
Quick Answers
Power only freight is a trucking arrangement where the carrier supplies just the tractor and the driver. The shipper, or a trailer leasing pool the shipper works with, already owns and provides the trailer. The carrier's job starts and ends with hauling that trailer between two points.
Yes. Power only assumes there's a trailer, loaded or staged, waiting on your end. If you don't have your own trailer or access to a pool, standard truckload or LTL freight is likely the better fit, and we can help you compare the two.
In standard truckload, the carrier provides both the tractor and the trailer. In power only, the trailer is already yours, so you're only sourcing the tractor and driver. It's typically used by shippers running their own trailer fleet who need extra hauling capacity without adding more trailers to it.
Dwell time is monitored on every power only pickup. Because dispatch is matched against trailers that are confirmed loaded and staged, drivers generally aren't waiting long at the dock, and any delay that does happen gets tracked rather than quietly absorbed.
Yes. Reefer power only is available for shippers whose trailer pool includes temperature-controlled units, matched to drivers experienced with reefer equipment.
Both. It tends to make the most financial sense for shippers running an active trailer pool, but a one-off power only move is available when you have a trailer staged and just need a tractor to pull it.
Yes. Additional tractor and driver capacity can be brought on for seasonal spikes without you needing to lease more trailers than you'll use the rest of the year.
Tractor and driver capacity that runs on your trailer pool, not ours. Get a fast quote or talk to a specialist today.
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