LTL Freight Shipping Blog

In today’s tough economy no company can afford to pay too much money on their LTL shipping anymore. Shipping has always been one of the highest costs in any industry and if you are not careful your shipping costs can eat into your profits. Being able to find an affordable shipping company that will handle any size load you have is not always an easy task as there are so many of them.

If you have been taking care of your own LTL shipping research and not been finding anyway of getting your costs under control, it could be because you do not have access to the right shipping companies. At LTL Freight Shipping we have worked hard to create a network of the most reputable LTL freight carriers in the country. When you contact us, we will work to match the right carrier to your needs as well as to your budget.

Just as you might expect from any type of trucking service, an LTL trucking company will pick up your freight from your loading dock and transport it to anywhere in the country for you. While FTL and LTL companies will carry your freight to just about any location, there is one major difference in how they take care of making sure that your freight gets to your customers.

When you use an LTL trucking service such at those recommended by LTL Freight , Shipping your freight will be offloaded at a local distribution center close to your customer, here it will be sorted so that arrangements for delivery made. From here a local company will pick it up and take care of making sure that it is delivered to the customer for you. Although this might take a little longer that FTL or full truck load shipping, it is far more cost effective.

If your job is to prepare your company’s LTL freight for the carrier that will be picking it up from your shipping docks, you will find that just as with any other type of commercial carrier service, there are specific ways it must be packaged. The most common way is palletizing in which you stack smaller packages on the pallet and plastic wrap them in place securely.

The second alternative is to build a crate for the item or items you are shipping, the crate itself can be built onto or around a pallet to make it easier to move around. As a last option you can put everything into a cardboard box and hope it lasts as this type of packaging does not lend itself to much in the way of protection. For more information on packing your freight, contact LTL Freight Shipping and we will put you in touch with a shipper that can help you.

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