Partial truckload, for freight that does not fill a trailer
Somewhere between a pallet and a full load, your freight is expensive to ship badly. A partial moves it on a shared deck without paying for space you are not using.
The gap between LTL and a full truck
Traditional LTL is cheap because your freight gets handled at every terminal it passes through. That handling is also where damage happens. A partial truckload keeps the freight on one trailer with far fewer touches.
- Roughly six to eighteen pallets. The awkward middle, where LTL class pricing gets expensive and a full trailer is mostly air.
- Fewer handling points. Loaded once, unloaded once, instead of being moved across four terminals on the way.
- Better for fragile freight. Less handling means less damage. For anything delicate, that alone is usually worth the difference.
- No freight class guessing. Tell us the weight, the dimensions and the pallet count and we will quote it without a class dispute later.
Freight we move on this equipment every week
Six to eighteen pallets
Too much for a parcel or LTL rate to make sense, not enough to justify a full trailer.
Fragile or high value
Freight you do not want cross docked repeatedly on the way to the receiver.
Regional runs
Shorter Texas and neighbouring state moves where a partial often beats LTL on both price and transit.
Specifications and how we run it
The numbers shippers ask for before they book. If your freight sits outside any of these, say so and dispatch will tell you what it needs instead.
Talk to dispatchAsked before most bookings
What is the difference between LTL and partial truckload?
LTL moves your freight through a terminal network, so it is handled several times. A partial truckload shares a trailer with one or two other shipments and goes more directly, with far less handling.
How many pallets counts as a partial?
Generally six to eighteen. Below that LTL usually wins on price, above it you are close enough to a full trailer that a truckload rate often makes more sense.
Do I need a freight class for a partial?
No. We quote on the actual space, weight and dimensions, which avoids the reclassification charges that surprise shippers on LTL invoices.
Is a partial faster than LTL?
Usually, because the freight is not routed through terminals. On regional Texas lanes the difference is often a couple of days.
Other ways we move freight
Dry van truckload
The workhorse of American freight. If your load is palletized, boxed or floor loaded and it needs to stay dry, this is
Refrigerated freight
Temperature controlled freight where the setpoint is agreed in writing, monitored the whole way, and provable on deliv
Flatbed and step deck
Steel, lumber, machinery, pipe and building materials. Loaded from the side or the top, secured to standard, and tarpe
Expedited and hot shot
Direct runs with no stops in between, team drivers when the clock demands it, and an honest answer on whether your dea
Dedicated lanes
Recurring freight on a contract rate, with the same equipment and the same drivers, so your shipping schedule stops de
Send the lane, get a number
Pickup, delivery, equipment and the pickup window. Dispatch normally comes back inside the hour with a rate and a realistic transit time.
- A rate back fast usually inside the hour on a straightforward lane
- Tracking on every load updates you did not have to chase
- A straight answer including when the timeline is not achievable
