When you're shipping something that's over a hundred pounds – furniture, hot tubs, automobiles – using UPS can be expensive. That's where freight shippers come in. Freight shipping is fast, convenient and more affordable than using the postal service. If you need to transport products for your business, freight shippers will get you where you need to go. Here are some tips on how to ship freight:
1. Get a Quote – The first step, of course, is to assess the items you need to ship and seek a freight quote from freight shippers. It's easy to get a quote online from a freight shipping company's website, and it's wise to get quotes from several companies to ensure that you get the best deal. To get an accurate quote, you'll need to indicate how many items you are shipping, the zip code of your pickup and delivery address, and the estimated height, weight, length and width of every item to determine the class code of your shipment. You'll also need to enter in information about the type of pickup and delivery – for example, whether the freight shippers need to pick up from a construction site, business, residential or trade show.
2. Weigh Your Items – Obviously, to get an accurate quote, you'll need to weigh and measure the items you are shipping. Determining the height, length and depth is easy enough to do yourself with the assistance of a measuring tape, but weighing the items can be harder. You'll likely need the services of a forklift so that the freight can be moved and weighed.
3. To LTL or FTL? – You need to decide whether you need to ship freight using LTL or FTL. LTL stands for Less-Than-Truckload; these shipments generally weigh between 150 and 20,000 pounds. Less-Than-Truckload trucks bring together shipments from various clients and transport them in a single truck. FTL, on the other hand, stands for Full Truckload – these trucks are filled with freight from one individual shipper. If you ship freight using LTL shipping, be aware that your freight shippers may make several stops on the way to your destination, which means that your freight should be packaged with extra care.
4. Packing – It's important to remember that when you ship freight, you need to package your shipment with the same care that you'd use when sending items through UPS. That means carefully wrapping and padding fragile items to protect them from breakage during transportation. Remember, boxes should always be carefully sealed with packing tape and labeled with their contents. Hard or heavy items should not be packed in the same box with fragile items, lighter items should always go on top of lighter items, and packed cartons should never bulge or rattle. When you ship freight, crockery and other fragile items should always be individually wrapped in tissue paper, with paper separating each item and lining the side of the box.
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