Hotshot · Direct drive · SEQ

When the freight
can't wait for tomorrow

Time-critical courier work across South East Queensland — dispatch inside 60 minutes in metro Brisbane, a named driver, and a direct drive from A to B with nothing else on board.

Talk to dispatch

Dispatch under 60 min Direct drive only After-hours available

[01 // The service]

One vehicle, one job, right now

Express exists for the jobs that can't join a run sheet: the machine part that stopped a production line, the tender documents due at five, the trade-show stock that got left on the dock.

It costs more per job because the whole vehicle is yours — van, ute or tray truck depending on what needs carrying. What you get back is a clock you can trust and a driver whose name you know.

Vans to 4.5t tray trucks on call
Documents to two tonnes of steel
After-hours and weekend work by arrangement

We only promise express windows we can keep. If traffic or distance makes your deadline genuinely impossible, we'll say so on the phone — before taking the booking, not after.

Courier van on a Brisbane road at speed during an express run

Hotshot to Yatala

Min avg dispatch, metro

1,200+

Hotshots last year

[02 // Pricing]

What express courier costs

Charged per job by distance and vehicle. You get the number before the wheels turn — always.

What you book	Includes	Price
Metro hotshot	Van or ute, direct drive, up to 500 kg	$55per job, metro
Airport / port run	BNE airport or Port of Brisbane precinct	$68per run
Dedicated half-day	Vehicle + driver, your jobs only	$3204 hours
After-hours / weekend	Same direct-drive service, off-clock	+40%on the day rate

Express is quoted flat per job — no waiting-time meters running unless we warned you about them at booking.

[03 // Process]

How express courier jobs run

Five steps and most of them happen inside the first hour.

47 min
avg dispatch

Step 01

Call or send the form

What it is, where from, where to, how urgent. Express bookings jump the phone queue.

Step 02

Instant quote

Flat number on the spot — the dispatcher prices it while you're still on the phone.

Step 03

Nearest vehicle dispatched

The closest suitable vehicle gets the job — 47 minutes average in metro Brisbane.

Step 04

Direct drive

A to B, nothing else on board, no depot stops. You get the driver's name and a live ETA by phone.

Step 05

POD on arrival

Signature and a delivery photo land in your inbox — proof before the driver's even left the site.

[04 // Also on the trucks]

Need something next to it?

Most express courier jobs touch one of these.

Interstate freight Metro delivery Warehousing Pallet distribution Express courier Freight management

[05 // On the job]

Express jobs we've actually run

The weird, the urgent and the 'please don't ask what's in the box'. All true shapes of the work.

Ute loaded with a crated machine part strapped down

Line-stoppage part

Courier handing a document satchel to a reception desk

Tray truck with steel lengths secured for a direct drive

2t of steel

Van interior with a single strapped carton

Phone showing a delivery confirmation photo

POD photo

[06 // The crew]

The express crew

Hotshots go to whichever driver is closest and free — but Mick does most of them, because he likes the variety and the rest of us like his driving.

Dispatch triages express calls personally. If your deadline can't honestly be made, you'll hear that before we take the job.

Mick Draper

Hotshot driver

Does most of the express work. Keeps a go-bag in the van and a podcast queue for the long ones.

Tash Meyer

Dispatch

Prices hotshots while you're still on the phone. Fastest pen in the building.

Darren Betz

Owner

Takes the after-hours calls himself when the crew's stretched.

[07 // Compare]

Express vs the scheduled run

If it can wait for the 15:00 cut-off, standard metro is a fraction of the price. Express is for when waiting costs more than the drive.

Service	Best for	Speed	From
Interstate freight	Pallets up & down the seaboard	1–3 days	$165per pallet, BNE→SYD
Metro & last-mile	Brisbane / SEQ drops	Same or next day	$38per delivery
Warehousing	Stock between jobs	Same-day in/out	$14per pallet / week
Pallet distribution	Bulk in, many drops out	Next day	$22per pallet out
Express courier	Time-critical anything	Inside 60 min dispatch	$55metro hotshot
Freight management	Outsourced freight desk	Ongoing	$490per month

Express is the top row of the price column on purpose — it buys you the clock, not the truck.

[08 // Questions]

Express courier questions

The ones dispatch hears weekly. Anything else — call +61 7 3154 8823.

That's booking-to-wheels-moving in metro Brisbane — our average is 47 minutes. Regional pickups take longer and we'll quote the honest time.

Anywhere in SEQ same-day — Brisbane, the coasts, Toowoomba, out to Warwick if needed. Longer direct drives are quoted per job; sometimes an overnight lane beats them on price.

From a document satchel to about two tonnes on the tray truck. Tell us the dims when you book and we'll send the right vehicle — no guessing at the kerb.

Yes, by arrangement — it adds 40% and it's still our own driver. Text or call the depot number; after-hours calls go to whoever's on call that week.

Wait-and-return is a normal booking — say so upfront and it's priced in, usually cheaper than two separate hotshots.

Dispatch is standing by

Clock's ticking — send it now

Call the depot for the fastest response, or send the form with 'URGENT' in the first line and we'll ring you straight back.

Contact page

Straight to dispatch

Depot line, Mon–Fri 6:30–17:30 and Sat 7:00–12:00:

+61 7 3154 8823

Or put URGENT in an email to betzilogistics@gmail.com — we watch for it.

When the freight can't wait for tomorrow