LTL
Palletized freight from one pallet up to roughly six. Priced on class, density and accessorials. The mode where classification mistakes cost the most.
Home Services LTL and Truckload
Land freight
LTL, partial truckload and full truckload, priced against each other.
Most shippers moving ten to a few hundred pallets a month have real volume — just not enough on their own to reach the rate programs national accounts hold. We book your freight inside aggregated volume and quote every mode side by side, so the cheaper one wins the load.
Illustrative lane comparison
| Lane | Retail | Program |
|---|---|---|
| Chicago, IL → Dallas, TX | $742 | $556 |
| Newark, NJ → Atlanta, GA | $688 | $524 |
| Fontana, CA → Phoenix, AZ | $430 | $351 |
| Typical range on qualifying lanes | 15% to 30% | |
Class 85, 1,400 lb. Savings vary by lane, weight, freight class, volume and current carrier agreement. Figures are illustrative, not a guarantee.
What we move
Four modes, quoted together
You send one request. We price it every way it can legally and practically move, and show you the comparison rather than the winner alone.
Partial truckload
Six to eighteen pallets, or anything too heavy for economical LTL. Fewer touches than LTL, which usually means less damage and a faster transit.
Full truckload
Dry van and reefer, dedicated to your load. Priced on lane, equipment and timing rather than class, so density and NMFC stop mattering.
Heavy and oversized
Crated machinery, overweight single pieces, flatbed and step-deck. Liftgate, limited access and appointment requirements declared at booking.
Where the money leaks
Four reasons a freight invoice comes back higher than the quote
The class was wrong
Density gets estimated instead of measured, the NMFC code doesn't match what shipped, and a reclass charge lands three weeks later with a rebill fee attached. We run the density check and confirm the code before the bill of lading goes out.
Accessorials weren't declared
Liftgate, residential pickup, limited access, inside delivery and appointment scheduling all cost far less when they're on the original booking than when the driver discovers them at the dock. We ask the questions that surface them up front.
The rate sheet is three years old
Carrier pricing moves every year through the general rate increase, but a mid-sized shipper's agreement often doesn't. If nobody has renegotiated since 2023, the gap between your rates and current market is doing real damage.
Only one mode was quoted
A 4,000 lb shipment of dense freight is frequently cheaper as partial truckload than as LTL, but nobody checks because LTL is the habit. Quoting the modes against each other is the single easiest saving available.
Accessorials
The charges worth declaring at booking
None of these are avoidable when the shipment genuinely needs them. All of them are cheaper when the carrier knows in advance.
| Charge | When it applies | How to control it |
|---|---|---|
| Liftgate | No dock at pickup or delivery | Declare at booking; confirm the consignee's dock before quoting |
| Residential delivery | Delivery to a home or home business | Verify the address classification; commercial-zoned addresses avoid it |
| Limited access | Schools, military bases, farms, construction sites, storage | Check the carrier's limited-access list before promising a rate |
| Inside delivery | Freight moved past the threshold | Agree the exact handoff point with the consignee in writing |
| Appointment / notify | Consignee requires scheduled delivery | Ask at order entry, not at dispatch |
| Reclassification | Actual density or NMFC differs from the BOL | Measure and weigh before shipping — this is the expensive one |
| Redelivery | First attempt refused or missed | Confirm receiving hours; most redelivery fees are avoidable |
Also shipping parcel?
Most freight shippers ship small packages too, and that side of the invoice usually has more leakage than the freight side. Our multi-carrier software is free to use, connects to 32 e-commerce platforms, and comes with the same account management.
Send us a recent freight invoice.
We run a lane-level comparison against our negotiated programs and return it in one to two business days. No cost, no platform sign-up, no obligation.