How do I arrange truckload shipping?

A large stumbling block many buyers face is freight shipping. You have found your truckload or pallet and now it is time to schedule freight to your door. What do you do? Well, if buying from a liquidator chances are they have a freight account which will enable you to have your merchandise delivered at a discounted rate due to the volume of shipping they do. If you are buying from a direct source you will be in total charge of arranging your purchase to be picked up and delivered. No fear as we have a few contacts for you to investigate. There is a large freight brokerage firm called FreightQuote.Com which can assist you in the process of truckload or LTL (Less than full Load) shipping. Freightquote is a team of brokers who will search all of the trucking companies to find the best deal for you. Freightquote is in business to make money like everyone else so there are fees built in to their pricing.

I know when we started shipping we used Freightquote and on our first shipment we realized that we could “Skip the middleman” and arrange freight ourselves with confidence. Listed below are a few major freight haulers, give them a call and let them know you are new to shipping and would like full information about how to open up a freight account. You will need to know several pieces of information about your shipment including: Number of pallets, Pallet Weight, Pallet Height and the type of merchandise you are shipping. They will also ask if there is a loading dock on each end of your shipment. If you do not have a loading dock or forklift on your end ask if you might have your load shipped to the trucking companies nearest terminal for pickup.

C.H. Robinson Worldwide
(800) 428-5377 Ext 1784
Fax (312)-660-4784
www.chrobinson.com

Oak Harbor Freight Lines
Customer Service Phone: (800) 858-8815
Customer Service Fax: (253) 931-5137
Rates Phone: (800) 858-8815
Rates Fax: (253) 288-8350
Terminals in: California Idaho Nevada Oregon Washington
www.oakh.com

Old Dominion Freight Line, Inc.
500 Old Dominion Way
Thomasville, NC 27360
Toll-Free: (800) 432 6335
Local: (336) 889-5000
Fax: (336) 822-5229
www.odfl.com

FreightQuote.Com (Broker)
Freightquote.com
16025 West 113th St
Lenexa KS 66219
https://www.freightquote.com