Shipping fertilizer is one the most common types of LTL shipping that we do here at FreightPros, and so for you fertilizer freight shippers out there, we took the time to mark up a quick blog post about the basics of fertilizer shipping. As with any LTL shipment, you’ve got to mind the basics when …
Continue ReadingShipping Fertilizer: Getting LTL Quotes for Dry, Raw, or Liquid Materials
I was reading the news the other day and saw the discovery of the second-largest diamond in the world in Botswana. Dang, I thought, that is a rather large diamond. I wonder how much that would cost to ship from Africa to Texas? Obviously, that’s not going to happen, but it got me thinking about …
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 …
Continue ReadingChanges in Freight Class Affect LTL Shipping
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 …
Continue ReadingClass 50 Freight: Weird things you can ship LTL on Class 50
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, …
Continue ReadingDensity vs NMFC: The Battle of the LTL Freight Classes