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If you are not using a computer comparison program to route your LTL freight, it IS costing you money.

Common ways freight is routed include:

Map: Decide by state which carrier gets which freight.
Freebies: The carrier who supplies the most perks.
Random (Dartboard): Having no system at all.
Customer choice: But you pay the freight.
History: "We've always used these carriers."

And some reasons these are costing you money:

Map: We have six pages of examples of how no one carrier has the best rate or service, even within a city.
Freebies: With a rating system, you will be able to see if freebies are costing your company money.
Random: Carriers have no reason to give you their best discount, they get freight anyway.
Customer choice: While 'the customer is always right,' most will be willing to work with you if can show them the cost savings.
History: Long term and personal relationships are very important, but at what cost? Carrier's rates change every year, and while the carriers take the same AVERAGE increase, it may greatly effect the ACTUAL zip codes you ship to.

Also, putting all your carriers on a single rate base could be costing you money...

No carrier / rate base has the lowest base rates on all zip codes, all freight classes and all weight breaks.
Each carrier has it's unique lane costs, forcing them on your rate base can effect your discount.

WEIGHT

ZIP

3500#

###38

SPREAD

$260.26

D/1

$371.00

D/1

$387.24

D/1

$393.26

D/2

$393.40

D/1

$393.68

D/2

$404.88

D/1

$412.02

D/2

$412.30

D/1

$428.40

D/1

$436.05

D/1

$436.05

D/2

$532.00

$631.26

Note: We have chosen not to use current carriers logo's on our website as these are examples only and we do not want to show any one carrier being better (or worse) than others.

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Rates / Service:

A common way to try and get 'control' of carrier rates is to put all carriers on the same rate base. Pick any carrier on any of these pages as your 'single rate base', then look at each example and see how doing so would cost you money.

The following examples show how carriers rates and service vary by area.
...as you look at the placement of these carriers. Note that...

SERVICE - Many times, the carrier with the best service does not have the best rates.
"Midland" is your lowest carrier for TN, your highest for MA, and somewhere between for the other areas.
"Advanced" is second in TN, and drops as low as 11th in other areas.
Rates vary by over $40 for this shipment between the two lowest carriers to TX.

(We have highlighted "Carter & Sons" on each page so that it is easier to follow at least one of the carriers. If they are not shown it means that point is not serviced direct.)

Rates shown are all 2002 rates, with the exact same discount (only the logos have been changed).

From:
TN

To: TN
Rural

WEIGHT

CLASS

3500#

SPREAD

$260.26

D/1

$371.00

D/1

$387.24

D/1

$393.26

D/2

$393.40

D/1

$393.68

D/2

$404.88

D/1

$412.02

D/2

$412.30

D/1

$428.40

D/1

$436.05

D/1

$436.05

D/2

$532.00

$631.26

From:
TN

To: MA
Suburb

WEIGHT

CLASS

3500#

SPREAD

$217.00

D/3

$653.38

D/3

$659.68

D/4

$672.28

D/4

$695.80

D/2

$696.36

D/3

$715.82

$718.48

D/3

$734.58

D/4

$743.40

D/2

$870.38

From:
TN

To: CA
Rural

WEIGHT

CLASS

3500#

SPREAD

$384.72

I/0

$808.64

D/5

$915.88

D/5

$939.12

I/0

$943.04

I/0

$957.74

I/0

$986.86

D/4

$996.80

I/0

$1,037.40

D/4

$1,057.56

D/6

$1,193.36

From:
TN

To: CA
City

WEIGHT

CLASS

3500#

SPREAD

$480.06

D/5

$884.52

D/5

$990.50

D/5

$999.88

D/5

$1,051.68

D/3

$1,069.18

D/5

$1,071.56

D/4

$1,103.06

$1,121.12

D/4

$1,364.58

From:
TN

To: TX
City

WEIGHT

CLASS

3,500#

SPREAD

$248.36

D/2

$481.74

D/2

$543.48

D/2

$637.14

D/3

$638.54

D/2

$645.40

D/2

$652.26

D/3

$656.18

D/3

$657.44

D/2

$672.00

D/3

$680.12

D/2

$683.48

D/3

$693.98

$730.10

(due to how few carriers service this rural California area, interline carriers are shown at the same discount as the direct carriers. Generally a lesser discount will apply to interline shipments.)

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