What the best Freight Shipping service?

[2002XLT 5,000+ posts]

Im going to be shipping a package that is ~350 lbs, and have been trying to decide which freight service to use. Anyone have any input or experiences?

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[Pl8er 5,000+ posts]

Old Dominion for me. But I get a 70%+ discount due to volume pricing.

 

[2002XLT 5,000+ posts]

Old Dominion for me. But I get a 70%+ discount due to volume pricing.

Ill check their price, cheapest i have found so far is $366 with fedex freight.

 

[crunktimes.com 5,000+ posts]

It would just be easier to buy Kovemaster a ticket on southwest or something //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/fyi.gif.9f1f679348da7204ce960cfc74bca8e0.gif

 

[sundownz Pro Seller]

USF Holland has done well for me, as have SouthEastern and Old Dominion.

 

[Pl8er 5,000+ posts]

there is a frieght shipping website like priceline that will give you good rates.

 

[Speedbump3]

Without a commercial account with discounting, a lot of the big names like Yellow, roadway, Old Dom, etc will be probably be higher than Fedex Freight. Our company gets a 75% discount on Roadway, but if I ship something personally I won't get jack crap for a discount.

 

[Speedbump3]

there is a frieght shipping website like priceline that will give you good rates.

Yes I think there is more than one. Good thing you brought this up. that may be a good avenue for him to look into. They are basically brokering the loads. They have the accounts with discount and they tack a broker fee for themselves and pass the rest of that savings to the shipper. I never thought of it, because every company I have worked for has had pretty good discounts with one or 2 big freight names already.

 

[2002XLT 5,000+ posts]

USF Holland has done well for me, as have SouthEastern and Old Dominion.

Thanks, ill check all those, do you have an account or ship as individual? And what was the heaviest item that you have shipped? (lb wise)

there is a frieght shipping website like priceline that will give you good rates.

link?

Without a commercial account with discounting, a lot of the big names like Yellow, roadway, Old Dom, etc will be probably be higher than Fedex Freight. Our company gets a 75% discount on Roadway, but if I ship something personally I won't get jack crap for a discount.

Ya i noticed when you do a rate quote they all drastically discount their price, i thought it might be because its a heavy item, but i guess its for account holders...

 

[2002XLT 5,000+ posts]

Yes I think there is more than one. Good thing you brought this up. that may be a good avenue for him to look into. They are basically brokering the loads. They have the accounts with discount and they tack a broker fee for themselves and pass the rest of that savings to the shipper. I never thought of it, because every company I have worked for has had pretty good discounts with one or 2 big freight names already.

do you have a link to a good one?

 

[2002XLT 5,000+ posts]

ttt

 

[_DjScrew_ 5,000+ posts]

anything but roadway

 

[vgeek 10+ year member]

http://www.rlcarriers.com/

 

[2002XLT 5,000+ posts]

anything but roadway

reason?

http://www.rlcarriers.com/

Checking it out now, thanks.

 

[GLN305 10+ year member]

Try DHL