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Construction Site Logistics: Getting Equipment On and Off Site Without Losing a Day

A machine that arrives before there is anywhere to put it costs more than the rental. How to plan equipment onto a site, and off it again, the way the carrier will actually have to do it.

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Is the Stick Shift Car a Thing of the Past?

Stick Shift cars were the first kind of cars before cars with automatic transmissions came around. In this time and age, would you drive a stick shift car?

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What Actually Costs the Most to Run a Truck

Fuel is the cost everyone names and it is not reliably the largest one. Driver pay frequently exceeds it, and the fixed costs that continue whether the truck moves or not are larger than most people assume.

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How to Ship a Snowmobile
How to Ship a Snowmobile

This article will cover what the different types of snowmobiles there are, how to prepare them for shipment, the different options for shipping, and how to choose a good company for your shipping needs.

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How to Ship an Engine

It has to be bolted to the pallet, not strapped. A 600 pound object that shifts in transit destroys the pallet and everything near it.

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Charging Infrastructure for Freight: Where It Would Actually Have to Go

The obstacle to electric trucking is not the trucks. It is that a charging network for freight has to exist in specific physical places, drawing power most of those places cannot currently supply.

What to Expect When Shipping Your Car in the Wintertime
What to Expect When Shipping Your Car in the Wintertime

Winter car shipping: how weather affects timing, which lanes get more expensive, and how to prepare a vehicle for cold-weather transport.

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Double Brokering and How to Avoid It

Double brokering means the insurance you were told about belongs to a company that never touched your vehicle.

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Small Business Freight Shipping: Parcel, LTL or Truckload

Packing tighter genuinely lowers the rate, because LTL is priced on density rather than on weight alone.

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Logistics Technology That Actually Affects Your Shipment

Four pieces of logistics technology genuinely change what happens to your shipment: tracking, driver hours, load boards and the paperwork.

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The Jeep Avenger 4×4: The Electric Jeep America Does Not Get

The Avenger is Jeep’s small electric SUV and it is not sold in the United States. Its 4×4 version uses a second motor on the rear axle rather than a driveshaft, and that layout is the one defining electric all wheel drive in America too.

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The Most Common Accessorials in Freight Shipping

This article will cover what accessorial charges are within the trucking industry, and the top ten most common accessorials to avoid in freight shipping.

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Legal Axle Weight Limits for Trucks

A truck can sit under every individual limit and still be illegal, because the bridge formula governs weight against axle spacing.

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CarMax vs. Carvana vs. Vroom: Overview, Pros, and Cons

Vroom exited the used-car market in January 2024, so the real comparison is CarMax vs. Carvana. How each platform works, their pros and cons, and how to ship a car you buy online.

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