Looking For Information On Folks Interested In Hauling A Trailer To Alaska
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I work for ABF Freight, we do this all the time!!! Contact your local ABF terminal , go online, or call the number below. We will drop a Pup trailer or 2 if needed at your house with a ramp and a bulkhead. You load it, we come back, pick it up and and ship to new house
Terminal:
A facility where trucking companies operate out of, or their "home base" if you will. A lot of major companies have multiple terminals around the country which usually consist of the main office building, a drop lot for trailers, and sometimes a repair shop and wash facilities.
Bulkhead:
A strong wall-like structure placed at the front of a flatbed trailer (or on the rear of the tractor) used to protect the driver against shifting cargo during a front-end collision. May also refer to any separator within a dry or liquid trailer (also called a baffle for liquid trailers) used to partition the load.
ABF also offers storage of the trailer until your ready for delivery. Sure Upack can give you the rates
Delco Dave proposes:
I work for ABF Freight, we do this all the time!!! Contact your local ABF terminal , go online, or call the number below. We will drop a Pup trailer or 2 if needed at your house with a ramp and a bulkhead. You load it, we come back, pick it up and and ship to new house
I did exactly that for a move from California to Arkansas. We used ABF. Easy to do. (you could hire some lumpers to load you.)
No worries on the actual move, and the trailer is ready when you get a place.
The only issue is the trip to Alaska. That is question #1 when call any LTL company.
Terminal:
A facility where trucking companies operate out of, or their "home base" if you will. A lot of major companies have multiple terminals around the country which usually consist of the main office building, a drop lot for trailers, and sometimes a repair shop and wash facilities.
LTL:
Less Than Truckload
Refers to carriers that make a lot of smaller pickups and deliveries for multiple customers as opposed to hauling one big load of freight for one customer. This type of hauling is normally done by companies with terminals scattered throughout the country where freight is sorted before being moved on to its destination.
LTL carriers include:
- FedEx Freight
- Con-way
- YRC Freight
- UPS
- Old Dominion
- Estes
- Yellow-Roadway
- ABF Freight
- R+L Carrier
Bulkhead:
A strong wall-like structure placed at the front of a flatbed trailer (or on the rear of the tractor) used to protect the driver against shifting cargo during a front-end collision. May also refer to any separator within a dry or liquid trailer (also called a baffle for liquid trailers) used to partition the load.
I work for ABF Freight, we do this all the time!!! Contact your local ABF terminal , go online, or call the number below. We will drop a Pup trailer or 2 if needed at your house with a ramp and a bulkhead. You load it, we come back, pick it up and and ship to new house
That is so awesome! I had no idea ABF does this kind of thing
Terminal:
A facility where trucking companies operate out of, or their "home base" if you will. A lot of major companies have multiple terminals around the country which usually consist of the main office building, a drop lot for trailers, and sometimes a repair shop and wash facilities.
Bulkhead:
A strong wall-like structure placed at the front of a flatbed trailer (or on the rear of the tractor) used to protect the driver against shifting cargo during a front-end collision. May also refer to any separator within a dry or liquid trailer (also called a baffle for liquid trailers) used to partition the load.
Thanks for these suggestions. I will effort this through the folks you mentioned. Finally, some real help. Thanks again you guys.
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I apologies if this sort of question is not appreciated here. (I just can't find help anywhere on this subject).
I am planning a move to Alaska this summer from North Idaho. For a host of reasons it's a pain to do this through normal means or companies set-up to do this. I was hoping to purchase a 28' trailer (that’s easy to do) and load it, once loaded; and I knew where I was headed I could hire someone to take it North. Is there a bulletin board, or website, or something you folks use to find loads headed that way I could reach out to?
Again, I hope this isn't an inappropriate to use this forum.
Safe travels out there, Allen
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