Resources & Insights
The trucking industry is home to an extensive host of trailer types. From step-deck to lowboy trailers — designed to haul height-sensitive freight — to dry van and reefers commonly used to move food and beverage items. If you have freight to move, it’s likely that the trucking industry has the perfect trailer for you.
Your open-deck shipping price, although difficult to predict, is important to understand. Budgeting your transportation dollars appropriately is crucial to managing your company’s supply chain logistics. But why is it so difficult to do so?
Not to be the bearer of bad news but you may be overpaying for your freight. Sure, spending an extra dollar here or there isn’t terribly destructive. You’ve been known to swing an occasional splurge purchase. To substitute your homemade brew for some store-bought java or to pump unleaded 89 rather than 87.
Whether we're talking Christmas or the Fourth of July, holiday freight shipping requires careful planning to avoid costly disruptions, rate spikes, and capacity shortages.
Trailer-interchange agreements are another special piece of the transportation world. And, if you’ve ever wondered exactly what they do, when they should be used and how they relate to the shipping process, you’re in the right place.
Hot shot trucking is a type of trucking service that uses medium-duty pickup trucks and flatbed or gooseneck trailers to haul urgent, time-sensitive freight. It is typically used for smaller loads that need to be delivered quickly, often without waiting for a full truckload shipment schedule.
In simple terms, hot shot trucking is:
- fast freight transportation for urgent loads
- usually handled with a pickup truck and trailer rather than a full semi-truck
- commonly used for smaller, partial, or expedited shipments
Hot shot trucking is often used in industries like construction, agriculture, manufacturing, and oil and gas, where equipment, parts, or materials may be needed on short notice. Compared with standard trucking, hot shot loads are usually lighter, more flexible, and more time-sensitive.
Ever been called a hot shot? Outside of the trucking industry, a hot shot is someone who’s flashy, successful or larger than life — but in the world of transportation, a hot shot is a smaller trailer hauled by a commercial pick-up
Saving money can be difficult. That said, you’re hoping to find a way to cut back, however slightly, on your freight shipping costs.
Did you know that all told, there are roughly 19,495 incorporated cities, villages, towns and communities in the United States of America?
Whether you’ve worked with a freight brokerage in the past or are thinking about doing so in the future, it’s important to understand how the right broker can help your business. The first step when making any investment or decision that could impact your company is to do your research.
Your freight shipment failed again. Your truck didn’t show up, your freight didn’t make it on time, and your relationship with your customer is struggling. Every time you ask your transportation partner why this is happening they give you a different answer and you want to know why.
