
Less than truckload or LTL shipping is the transportation of small freight that doesn’t require an entire trailer. This shipping method is an option when freight weighs between 150 and 15,000 pounds.
Less than truckload allows you to pay only for the portion of a truck trailer that your freight occupies while other customers’ freight fills the remaining space in the trailer.
LTL shipping offers many benefits including:
- Cost savings: you only pay for the portion of the trailer your freight occupies instead of an entire truckload.
- More secure: LTL shipments are transported on carefully packed pallets keeping them more secure than many smaller units. This reduces the risk of loss or damage.
- Greater service options: LTL shipping offers additional special service options such as inside pickup and delivery, and liftgates.
- Easy tracking: The ability to track and trace your shipment as it’s transported allows you to provide customers with up-to-date status information and proactively troubleshoot shipment issues if they occur.