Western Canada LTL

[PackRat]

Morning all,

We are looking to expand out Western Canada LTL Carrier base and are looking for some good referrals. There are a lot to choose from but wondering what ones stand out with the board members? Thanks in advance all.
PR.

 

[Howsmydriving]

Try Transam Carriers in Concord

 

[ed1]

try me Galaxy Freightline at least a dozen outbound ltl trucks to west a week

 

[PatcoTrans]

J&R Hall

 

[thebluffs1]

J&R Hall = hands down - they are typically more expensive, but certainly the service level speaks for itself

 

[Nawk]

This is interesting...

Western Canada is an EXTREMELY competitive market.

With that much competition comes a vast variety of service levels.

We use JR Hall, Caneda, Highlight and QuikX Road, Schroeder as our expedited partners.

There are a ton of parners that are a little easier on the wallet. QuikTrax, Direct Right, CFF, NFF, Clarke, CCT and many others.

My advise... Choose a partner that has a network of terminals that can support anything extra that your shippers don't tell you about when booking the shipments (straight truck, lift gate, appointments etc.).

 

[ed1]

I do have terminals all the major western cites and a network of agents for the beyonds my rates are usually somewhere between quik x and jr hall

 

[lowmiler88]

Also are you talking road or rail? We ship everything by rail it is the only way to go once you understand the travel time.

 

[ed1]

road

 

[lowmiler88]

Bison does a very good job for us when we ship road and they will do a full load price + drops.

 

[Freight Broker]

I can't believe how cheap it is to ship to Western Canada (from Ontario). It costs about the same to send a skid to Vancouver as it does to send one to OH...