Resources & Insights
Long strips of metal, including steel, aluminum and fiber optic cable, are often wrapped around a coil or spool for shipping. Coiling this type of material saves space and keeps it manageable during transportation and storage.
So you’ve contracted with a freight carrier, and they have indicated that they will be using a step-deck trailer. What does that mean? Will the freight arrive safely to your destination? How does the carrier determine which type of trailer is best for your particular freight?
Most companies use pallets to ship their goods at some point or another. Be it for a one-off less-than-truckload shipment, or a full truckload dry van load, palletizing your products is a convenient way to prepare them for transport.
The trucking industry is reliant on its equipment. And, man, there are a ton of different equipment types. From class-8 semi trucks to 53-foot trailers, jeep/stinger dollies and 3-axle RGNs, “equipment” means everything to trucking companies.
Companies that ship freight using open-deck trailers are no stranger to the realities of doing so. The impact natural elements (wind, snow, rain, etc.) can have on the products transported on open-deck trailers is among the harshest of these realities.
Whether you ship open-deck freight or commonly use a dry van, there’s always “something else” to consider. Even if your company moves cargoes regularly, it’s nearly impossible to learn everything there is to know about these shipments.
Your company moves freight. You’ve been at it for a long time. How long? One year? Five years? 10 years? More?
