Here at Slingshot logistics, we offer an efficient and effective partial consolidation program that cuts your costs on partial shipments and decreases the long transit times offered by common LTL carriers. Any large partial is quickly consolidated, and matched with other freight, maximizing your dollar. Large partials are typically any shipment of 5 pallets or more, traveling over 700 miles. Common LTL carriers pick up your freight and take it to a cross-dock facility where it is offloaded repeatedly and sits for days until enough freight is gathered to make a full load. Slow transit times, reclassification of your freight, marked-up ‘volume’ quotes, and unwanted claims are a downside of shipping with common LTL carriers. We eliminate these headaches every day for our customers through partial consolidation.
Benefits of partial truckload
- One truck: Partial truckload shipping allows your freight to stay on one truck for the duration of transit. When only one truck is involved, the freight is loaded and unloaded one time, which means less handling and faster transit times than LTL.
- Less freight handling: When freight is handled less, the chance for damage is reduced. Partial truckload can be ideal for shipments susceptible to damage during loading and unloading.
