Before there was ever a moving truck, there was a stock trailer, a two-lane highway somewhere between the Panhandle and Central Texas, and a load of cattle that had better arrive standing calm, not scattered against the gate from a driver who took a turn too fast. Colton Briggs spent nine years learning that lesson the hard way, hauling cattle trailers and ranch equipment across Texas and Oklahoma for other people’s operations.
What stuck with him through those years wasn’t the miles — it was how much a shifted load costs everyone downstream of it, in money and in trust. When he set up his own outfit, the rule he carried over was simple: pack it so nothing moves, and say the price out loud before the tailgate ever comes down.
Founding Just Right Transportation
Colton bought his first moving truck rather than lease it, brought on every mover as a direct employee rather than phoning around for day labor, and set the same rule that governed his cattle-hauling years: a customer gets one flat number in writing before anything gets loaded. He still runs the harder acreage jobs personally and still picks up the office line most Saturdays.
What ranch-hauling taught him about a Tuesday move in Azle
Securing a trailer load of equipment for a rough county road means checking your tie-downs twice, not once. Colton runs that same habit on an ordinary Springtown ranchette move or a Weatherford new-build delivery — the truck gets packed like the driveway is gravel and the turn is sharp, because in this part of Parker County, it usually is.
Just Right Transportation today
- OwnerColton Briggs
- FleetCompany-owned trucks, no leased or borrowed equipment
- CrewW-2 employees only
- How we quoteSigned number, handed over before anything gets loaded
Just Right Transportation vs. a crew pulled together for the day
| Hiring Just Right | Hiring a day-labor crew |
|---|---|
| Whoever wrote your number is frequently the one loading the truck | A stranger off a call-list shows up instead |
| Gravel driveways, gate codes, and acreage lots are already part of the plan | A locked cattle guard is news to the crew when the truck’s already there |
| Years learning Parker and Tarrant County’s rural roads and Fort Worth’s growing exurbs | Directions come entirely from a phone screen |
| Ask and you’ll have Texas carrier paperwork plus proof of insurance the same day | Day labor with no paperwork behind it |
Texas carrier registration and current insurance are both on file for Just Right Transportation, and Colton personally sends the paperwork over the moment a property manager or HOA board asks — there’s no chain of managers between you and the guy who signed for the first truck. Want to see who’s actually on the crew? Our team page covers that, honest feedback lives on reviews, or just call the office.