subject: Ltl Delivery Service, Is It Right For Me? [print this page] If you live in the city of Boston and you need to ship your products out, chances are that you are going to need a good Boston delivery service. There are many of these companies in Boston and choosing one can be difficult if you do not know what you are looking for. The very first thing you will need to consider is what you will be shipping, how much you will be shipping, and what price range you are looking at.
There are many terms that are used with the courier industry. One of the most common terms is the term LTL. LTL means less than a truck load and means that any shipment that will not take up the entire space on the truck. The opposite of LTL is FTL which is a full truck load. This is for people who have enough shipments to take up an entire truck load. Naturally if you have a LTL load you will want to find a courier service that has an LTL service. If it is a smaller courier service with LTL service they may choose to break the load down using a small parcel carrier like an airport carrier.
The weigh range per load for an LTL load can be between 100 lbs to 10,000 lbs per load. This is a fairly wide difference but it is used to accommodate those packages that are too large for a normal package carrier or too small for a full truck. LTL loads can be a broad variety of different packages and be a broad variety of different deliveries. LTL options are often used by small businesses that do not ship in huge amounts or do not have the funds to use FTL shipping.
If you use a Boston delivery service that does LTL shipments be aware that your shipment can take longer than a full truck load shipment. With LTL the truck is loaded up at the pickup location according to schedule. It will then be taken to a shipping terminal, where it is weighed, measured and sorted and then placed on a large truck. It will then be take onto a long haul transport until it reaches the next destination terminal. It will then be sorted into smaller vehicles until it reaches its destination. During this entire process your shipment will be going through several different redistributions. You can easily keep up with your package by contacting your courier service and asking them or by checking on their online website.
