Shipping Household Goods

shipping household goods

Shipping household goods is one of the most common LTL shipments we do here at FreightPros. That being said, we’ve found there is still quite a bit of confusion when it comes to the shipping of household goods, and our blog is nothing if not a place to clear up LTL shipping confusion. So today …

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Changes in Freight Class Affect LTL Shipping

changes in freight class

Have You Checked Your Freight Class Recently? As a Billing Specialist at FreightPros, one of the most difficult invoice issues I deal with is a Reclass. Your product may not ship at the same class as it did when you started shipping. I cannot stress enough the importance of all five suggestions that our Classmaster, Lucas, made …

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The 65% Rule | LTL Pallet Re-classes

The 65% Rule | LTL Pallet Reclasses

There is a little known but important classing rule to take into account when you’re palletizing your freight. Considering this is LTL, (hopefully) you’re palletizing most of your freight (on standard-sized pallets, no doubt). So listen up! We call it the 65% Rule, and what it means is that when a commodity or item is …

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Class 50 Freight: Weird things you can ship LTL on Class 50

Class 50 freight

  If you’re a regular LTL freight shipper, you know the complications with freight class. You finally find the right one for your product and then the NMFTA goes and changes it! Maybe they move it from NMFC to density classing! You never know with those pesky NMFTAers. From class 50 to 500, the cheapest …

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Density vs NMFC: The Battle of the LTL Freight Classes

Density vs. NMFC

There are two ways to class freight in LTL: Density or NMFC. We’ve already discussed at length the explaining of freight class, and we’ve even got a Free Freight Paper on The Mysteries of Freight Class, but as carriers such as Fedex and UPS begin the process of density/dimensional pricing for their small package shipments, …

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