More about LTL rates

A couple of weeks ago I went to do a pickup at a local ethanol shipping facility.
This is what they tried to give me.

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I sent these pictures to my terminal manager.
He refused to pick it up as it was unprotected from damage.
Not palletized or crated.

Later that day they call back and say we have it straped to a pallet can you come get it.
Sure but before we send the driver send us a picture.
Refused to pick it up because it is 14 feet long and was on a 10 foot pallet.
Sticking over the end of the pallet so still unprotected.

Next day my boss says go pick it up.
I know it is not on a full pallet and unprotected but pick it up anyway.

So I do as he says.
Seems there big boss called out big boss.
He was told straight up we only haul unprotected freight is dedicated trailer space.
This is where they load your freight in the nose of a trailer and wall it off not to be touched till it is delivered.
So this company paid $2025 for 14 feet of trailer space to go from New Orleans to upstate New York.
That thing you see in the picture was the only thing in that space.

Sometimes it is not about the money.
It is about I need it there and I need it there NOW.
We do not care what it cost.

Another thing that hurts LTL cost is what we call a lane.
If we have mega freight going from Atlanta to Miami and little or no freight going from Miami to Atlanta you are fighting a loosing battle if you are in Atlanta wanting your freight to go south. We would rather not haul your freight unless you pay enough to haul the empty trailer back. Now if you are in Miami and want freight to go north we can help you with that price.
 
The LTL freight line I drove for would haul that but there was all ways an exception put on freight bill that we were not liable for any damages and had to have a clear signature of shipping person. We would put cardboard and junk pallets around it and pile freight over it.
 

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