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Will this shipment pick up extra charges?

Accessorials are the charges a carrier adds for anything past a dock-to-dock move: a liftgate, a home address, a school, an appointment. They are the usual reason an invoice does not match a quote. Answer six questions about the two ends of the shipment and see which ones are likely, so they are on the quote from the start.

  1. 1.Is there a loading dock, or a forklift, at both the pickup and the delivery?

    A dock-high door or a forklift that can take a pallet off the truck.

  2. 2.Is either address a home, or a business run from one?
  3. 3.Is either address a school, a church, a farm, a storage unit, a military base, a construction site, a mine, or a prison?

    Anywhere the driver cannot pull up, drop and leave.

  4. 4.Does the freight need to go past the first door, up stairs, or to a specific room?
  5. 5.Does the receiver need an appointment, or a call before the truck arrives?

    Common at distribution centres, retailers and anywhere with a receiving window.

  6. 6.Do you know the exact weight and dimensions of what is shipping, as packaged?

    Weighed and measured on the pallet, not estimated from the product.

Every answer here is worth a sentence to the coordinator who quotes your freight. The carrier sets the amounts; we make sure nothing is a surprise.

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