Betzi Logistics · Hamilton, Brisbane
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This is our freight blog, written between loads by the people who run the trucks. What jobs cost, where freight goes wrong, and what we tell people who ring up asking.
Dock 2, manifest day
What a pallet actually costs to move in Queensland
9 January 2026 · 9 min read · by Dan in dispatch
We get asked this three times a week, so we wrote it down. Linehaul, fuel levy, the tail-lift nobody mentioned — the honest maths on a pallet going Brisbane to Sydney, and where the cheap quotes go quiet.
There's a worked example in there with real numbers from a job we ran in November. If you've ever stared at a freight invoice wondering what half the lines were for, start here.
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New ones land most months, whenever there's something worth writing down.
Given Tce, 08:15
Why last-mile is where your freight budget leaks
The last three kilometres cost more than the last three hundred. Where the money goes, and the one phone call that halves it.
Aisle 4 walkthrough
Ten questions to ask before signing a warehouse
Every 3PL looks great in the brochure. Walk the floor and ask these instead — the tour answers matter less than the pauses.
Gates up, 21:40
How we plan a Brisbane–Sydney linehaul night
Freight in by six, wheels up by nine. What happens between the last pickup and the Pacific Motorway, manifest by manifest.
Pallet bay, out the back
Pallet standards in Australia: a yard-level guide
Chep, Loscam, plain pine. What fits our racking, what gets knocked back at the dock, and why 1165 square keeps coming up.
Hotshot, out by 06:55
Same-day freight: when express is worth the money
Express runs about double the standard rate. Sometimes it's still the cheapest option you've got — the trick is knowing when.
Six things we keep coming back to
Every piece sits under one of these. If you're only here for the money chat, skip straight to costs — we won't be offended.
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