Relief Driver & Permanent Truck Hire in Brisbane

This service keeps your freight moving when your own fleet can't cover it. Road Linx Transport supplies trucks with drivers in Brisbane on two bases: relief hire to cover a driver who's off sick or on leave, and permanent hire where a truck and driver work as an ongoing extension of your operation. Both are wet hire, meaning the vehicle always comes with one of our licensed drivers.

When a driver calls in sick the day before a big run, or you simply need more capacity than your fleet can carry, this is how you avoid letting customers down.

Relief cover when a driver is off

A single driver being away shouldn't stop your deliveries, but for a lot of businesses it does. Annual leave, sick days and unexpected absences all leave a truck idle and a run uncovered.

We step into that gap. Give us the run and the vehicle requirements and we supply a driver, or a truck and driver together, to keep the freight moving. Your customers never know a thing, which is exactly how relief cover should work.

Short notice is the norm

Sick calls don't give notice, so we plan for that. Keeping drivers and trucks available for short-notice relief is part of how we operate, so a Monday-morning absence doesn't turn into a week of missed runs.

Permanent hire that grows with you

Sometimes the need isn't a gap, it's steady extra capacity. Permanent hire puts a truck and driver on your work on an ongoing basis, without you buying the vehicle, employing the driver or carrying the maintenance and compliance.

It's a flexible way to scale. You get the capacity of another truck in your fleet, the driver becomes familiar with your work and your customers, and you can adjust the arrangement as your volumes change. When you're not sure a permanent vehicle purchase is justified yet, hire bridges that gap neatly.

Wet hire means no compliance headache

Because our hire is wet hire, the driver is ours, and so is the responsibility for running the vehicle correctly. Our drivers are licensed and trained in load restraint, and they work to Chain of Responsibility obligations. You're not taking on the risk of an unfamiliar driver or a vehicle run outside compliance, and there's no maintenance on your books.

The right vehicle for your work

Relief and permanent hire aren't limited to one truck type. Depending on your freight we can supply anything from a one-tonne ute up to a 24-pallet semi-trailer, including tail-lift trucks and tautliners. So whether you're covering a metro distribution run or a corridor linehaul, the hired vehicle matches the work it's stepping into.

Arranging hire

• Tell us the vehicle type, the run and whether it's relief cover or ongoing hire.
• We confirm availability and a rate, and for relief we move fast.
• The truck and driver turn up ready, compliant and load-rated.
• The run is covered, and we adjust as your needs change.

However your capacity gap appears, the fix is the same. A capable truck and a compliant driver, turning up ready to work, so your business keeps its promises.

Cover your customers never notice

The best relief cover is invisible. Your customer gets their delivery on the usual day, the run goes out as normal, and nobody knows your regular driver was off. That's the outcome we aim for every time you call us in.

It matters because a missed run doesn't just cost that delivery. It chips away at the reliability your customers rely on, and reliability is hard to rebuild once it slips. Relief hire protects it. Whether it's a day, a week of annual leave or a longer stretch, your service level holds and your customers stay confident in you.

We supply relief and permanent hire right across Brisbane and out through South East Queensland, so wherever your run goes, the cover goes with it.