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| Larger Capacity Trailer Strategies | | The use of larger capacity trailers eliminates the need to send multiple tractors to the same destination. By combining loads into larger trailers , companies free up tractors and drivers for other revenue generating loads. For smaller amounts of freight traveling to multiple destinations on the same route, double and triple trailers may be an effective method of moving a larger amount of freight with a single tractor and driver. |
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| Less-Than-Truckload (LTL) Carriers | | A LTL operation collects small shipments from local pick-ups, moves them over the road between terminals in truckloads, and breaks them up at the destination terminal, from where it makes local deliveries. |
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| Light rail | | Trams and guided buses are examples of light rail. Vehicles run along fixed routes that may be part of the standard road infrastructure, or that may run along separate routes. |
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| Lumping | | When a driver assists with loading and unloading the trailer contents. |
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| Larger Capacity Trailer Strategies | | The use of larger capacity trailers eliminates the need to send multiple tractors to the same destination. By combining loads into larger trailers , companies free up tractors and drivers for other revenue generating loads. For smaller amounts of freight traveling to multiple destinations on the same route, double and triple trailers may be an effective method of moving a larger amount of freight with a single tractor and driver. |
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| Less-Than-Truckload (LTL) Carriers | | A LTL operation collects small shipments from local pick-ups, moves them over the road between terminals in truckloads, and breaks them up at the destination terminal, from where it makes local deliveries. |
