LTL Freight Shipping Blog

When you are the owner of business that relies on customers who place their orders for merchandise or parts online or over the phone, you know that they expect their orders to be delivered in a reasonable amount of time.  Because of this you need to use an LTL shipping company you can count on. You need to know that your LTL shipment is not going to spend days on end sitting in a warehouse waiting for the next truck to take it on the rest of the way.

Our Network of LTL Companies Will Move Your LTL Shipment Along

We have developed a nationwide collection of the best LTL trucking companies in the business for you to work with. Although no LTL carrier is going to guarantee the date on which your LTL shipment will arrive, all of the shipping companies we work with strive to keep the transit time of your shipments to the shortest possible time as they realize how important every piece of freight they deliver for you is.

When you are the owner of a small manufacturing company you are probably never going to have any reason to hire an entire truck to ship your products. For businesses like yours there is less than full truckload shipping that is far more affordable. When you are ready to use this type of shipping, there are only four basic pieces of information that you are going to need in order to get and LTL freight quote.

We Can Give You an Accurate LTL Freight Quote

In order for us to be able to provide you with an accurate LTL freight quote, all we are going to need the zip code where the shipment will originate from, the zip code for where your shipment is destined, the total weight of your shipment and the class of the freight you are shipping. If you are shipping to a residence or need a truck with a lift gate there may be additional charges that apply.

Many of our first time customers want to know the reason why LTL trucking companies don’t guarantee their delivery dates on the shipments they carry. The best answer to this question is that they don’t offer guarantees because with this form of shipping, there is no way they possibly can. If your shipment hits everything just ring and meets all of the right connections it could reach its final destination on time or even early. On the other hand it could end up sitting on a shipping dock waiting for the next truck that is headed the right direction.

Our LTL Trucking Companies Do Their Best to Get Your Shipments Delivered Quickly

While none of the LTL trucking companies in our network is willing to offer any kind of guaranteed delivery date, they do their best to move your freight as quickly as possible. This way you have no reason to complain because your shipment did not arrive as promised. If you need guaranteed delivery time service you will be better off using a full truck load service or finding a company that has a truck headed exactly where your shipment is going.

We are frequently asked by our customers who have never used an LTL carrier whether or not their freight is covered by any kind of insurance should anything should happen to it while in transit. What you will find that all of the carriers you can book through us offer standard liability cargo insurance on […]

As there are such a huge number of LTL carriers on the road today, it can make it hard to know which ones will provide you with the best service at the most affordable rates.  The first thing you need to look at is each company’s reputation for getting their shipments to their destinations in […]