[TheForge] Re: Cheap Motor Freight?

[Kenneth Mayer]

>Date: Mon, 8 Jul 2002 06:35:33 -0600
>From: Phil Rosche <blacksmith@about.com>
>
>I'm trying to ship about 275 pounds from the upper midwest to the east
coast.  I've gotten rates from 2 or 3 motor freight companies and they are
all about $300.
>
>Does anyone have any suggestions for a particular company who's rates might
be lower, or how to get a lower rate?  I know that companies that have
accounts with motor freight companies get a significant discount.


Forward Air www.forwardair.com quoted me ~$200 to ship a 600 pound air
compressor from Newark, NJ to Fort Worth, TX, terminal to terminal.  If you
have terminals at both ends, its the least expensive carrier.

Another possibility is to check the ads on
http://www.ytmag.com/cgi-bin/haulquery.pl or to post one of your own.  There
are always deadheading drivers looking for loads.

Ken
:-)