Partialing becoming normal?

It seems like partialing is becoming way too common. How do you guys avoid carriers partialing your shipments, especially on open deck?

I had a case where one of my “trusted” carriers partialed RGN load with two 15,000 lb dozers on it—lol. I couldn’t tell whether I was impressed or mad.

Also, I had a contracted TX-IN step deck carrier who got caught partialing most of these loads. He had good volume too—five loads a day, Monday through Saturday—consistently moving 25-30 loads a week and rate was right on DAT. We had to pull the contract because they got greedy and started adding partials. I don’t know why he was risking it like that, even after we caught them once and gave a warning.

Is there even a point in telling carriers to run dedicated? It doesn’t seem to help. And it’s obviously happening on most long-haul runs.