Equipment Types
This enclosed trailer is ideal for palletized dry goods loaded with forklifts or pallet jacks.
Dry Van
This term means driving a truck without a trailer attached.
Bobtail
BOL
Bill of Lading
This person or company serves as the liaison between a customer and a carrier.
Broker
This trailer keeps temperature-sensitive cargo cold (or warm) throughout transit.
Reefer
This document, signed at delivery, lists the goods from the originating facility and proves delivery.
Bill of Lading (BOL)
OTR
Over The Road
This term describes a shipment that has a carrier already assigned.
Covered
This open-deck trailer is built for long, heavy, or irregularly shaped cargo loaded from the top, side, or rear.
Flatbed
This is the term for driving distance with no freight loaded on the trailer.
Deadhead
FMCSA
Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
This third-party worker charges a fee to load or unload freight at a facility.
Lumper
Also called a "drop deck," this dual-level trailer legally hauls cargo up to 10 feet tall.
Step Deck
This charge is paid to a driver who waits more than 2 hours to be loaded or unloaded at a facility.
Detention
TONU
Truck Ordered Not Used
This number identifies a carrier authorized to haul regulated commodities across state lines.
MC Number
With upper, lower, and well decks, this trailer is the heavyweight champion of oversized freight, legally hauling up to 12 feet high.
Double Drop (Low Boy)
This term describes matching a carrier with a new shipment right after they deliver in the same area.
Reload
LTL
Less Than Truckload
This term means freight is offloaded from one trailer and loaded straight onto another, with no storage involved.
Cross Dock