LTL Freight Shipping

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LTL Freight Shipping
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Partial LTL Shipments

• Individual and small to medium sized companies
  face the predicament of having to arrange
  shipments that will allow them to be profitable
  and still get their freight delivered in a timely
  manner. To do so, shippers typically spend hours,
  if not days searching for carriers that will best
  suit there needs, as well as their budgets.

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• Instant Freight Quotes, through its large network
  of LTL Freight carriers is able to utilize our
  deeply discounted rates to pick up freight from
  multiple customers via numerous carriers. Our
  freight carriers then transport these items to
  their local terminals, and consolidate freight
  that is traveling in the same general direction.
  These smaller LTL shipments are then loaded onto
  trucks that will deliver to their destination
  terminals.

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• They are then dispatched for delivery to their
  individual shipment destinations. Instant Freight
  Quotes has a large database with access to over
  65 different quality freight companies and always
  places you with the safest most cost effective
  and time sensitive way to handle your freight.

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Less-Than-Truckload or LTL

• (LTL) shipping is the transportation of
  relatively small freight or individual freight
  items less than 350 square feet of trailer space
  combined.

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• ALL ITEMS MUST BE IN BOXES OR CRATES IN ORDER FOR
  THE FREIGHT TO BE ACCEPTED BY THE CARRIER.
• YOUR FREIGHT MUST BE PACKAGED APPROPRIATELY AND
  DOCKSIDE OR AN EASLIY ACCESSIBLE LOADING AREA AT
  TIME OF PICKUP.
• IN MOST CASES YOU WILL BE REQUIRED TO LOAD AND
  UNLOAD YOUR FREIGHT. THE DRIVER MAY ASSIST IN
  LOADING/UNLOADING, BUT IS NOT REQUIRED TO DO SO,
  AND YOU MAY INCUR ADDITIONAL CHARGES FOR SUCH
  HELP IF USED.

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• HEAVY ITEMS MAY REQUIRE LIFT GATE SERVICE IF NO
  DOCK FACILITIES ARE AVAILABE WHICH IS ALSO AN
  ADDITIONAL CHARGE.PICKUPS ARE DONE BETWEEN 12PM
  AND 5PM WEEKDAYS. DELIVERIES ARE USUALLY IN THE
  AM. DATES AND TIMES ARE ALWAYS ESTIMATED AND NOT
  GUARANTEED, SO ALWAYS ALLOW FOR LEEWAY ON
  PICKUP/DELIVERIES.

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Formula to acquire square footage and pounds per
cubic foot

• TO FIGURE OUT THE SQUARE FOOTAGE OF YOUR FREIGHT,
  THE FORMULA IS LENGTH X WIDTH X HEIGHT DIVIDED
  BY 1728 EQUALS THE SQUARE FEET OF THE ITEM. FOR
  MULTIPLE ITEMS JUST REPEAT FOR EACH ADDITIONAL
  ITEM, THEN ADD TOTALS, THE SQUARE FOOTAGE WILL BE
  THE TOTAL OF ALL ITEMS COMBINED.

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• T0 FIGURE POUNDS PER CUBIC FOOT, DIVIDE THE TOTAL
  WEIGHT OF ALL ITEMS BY THE TOTAL SQUARE FOOTAGE
  (AS FIGURED ABOVE). THIS WILL GIVE YOU THE TOTAL
  POUNDS PER CUBIC FOOT.

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• IF A SHIPMENT IS PALLETIZED, THE DIMENSIONS AND
  WEIGHT AND THE DIMENSIONS AND WEIGHT OF THE
  PALLET MUST BE USED TO DETERMINE DENSITY. FOR
  EXEMPLE, A PALLET THAT IS 6 INCHES HIGH PLUS A 22
  INCH CARTON HAS A TOTOL HEIGHT OF 28 INCHES.  THE
  WEIGHT MUST ALSO INCLUDE THE WEIGHT OF THE
  PALLET, IN ORDER TO BE TOTAL WEIGHT.

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• With so many different LTL carriers on the
  market, it can be difficult to know which one to
  choose. That is why Instant Freight Quotes checks
  weekly with all of its carriers on industry
  reliability and their safety standards. Due to
  the amount of freight shipping options, all
  online freight quotes are given at the lowest
  possible freight estimates.

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• Be as descriptive as you can of the item or items
  that you are shipping this will help our freight
  agents more accurately quote your shipment and
  get you the lowest freight quote available.
  Instant Freight Quotes recommends always
  verifying your online freight estimate with a
  live agent. We look forward to handling all of
  your LTL shipping needs!

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