subject: Know What The Most A Courier Services Company Can Deliver [print this page] Visualizing the maximum carrying capacity of a courier vehicle can be difficult for most people, especially those who haven't worked in the industry. So what is the carrying capacity for a currier vehicle? Finding the answer to that question can be harder than just simply providing a number. When a delivery services decided what a max load is for their vehicle there are a lot of things that factor in to their decision. These factors include things like the size of the shipment, local transportation laws and company policies. Even then, just knowing what the max capacity is for a vehicle won't help you as much as you think it might. There are other factors that need to be factored in the decision making process. In order to get an accurate limit you need to be able to describe your shipment and it size.
Courier companies have different types of vehicles that are used for different things. Cars, vans, small pickup trucks, and sports utility vehicles are typically used for transporting mail and small packages as well as local deliveries. These of course have small carrying capacities. The advantage for these types of vehicles is that there is no requirement for them to weigh in at check points. Semi trucks can obviously handle large loads and can even take multiple loads. Their only disadvantage is stopping at check points to be weighed.
Delivery services use many different types of vehicles ranging from compact cars to semis, all with different weight limits making it difficult to figure out their total capacity. Many companies have up to a hundred different types of vehicles. Some of the bigger courier companies carry a large variety of vehicles just so they have vehicles with the capacity to carry large loads. Out of all of these there could be dozens of vehicle types ranging from bicycles to full sized semis. Aside from the couriers max weight and size there are also legal maximums for each vehicle that cannot be exceeded.
Finding out how much a courier company will allow a semi to haul can be useful in deciding if it will be a full truck load (FTL) or less than a truck load (LTL). Using LTL can actually save you money. If you require the use of an FTL then you can employ the use of a dedicated truck and save time. In these cases having an accurate carrying capacity on loads this size can benefit you.
