What Is Liftgate Delivery Service & Why Would I Need It?

Liftgate delivery service is an economical means for LTL (less-than-truckload) shippers to onload, offload or transload heavy or bulky items while limiting the risk of damage to those goods and injury to workers.liftgate delivery services As a longtime 3PL which also provides warehousing and trucking services, we’re committed to getting our clients’ shipments to their destination on time. But it’s going to be of little consolation to them or their customers if it doesn’t arrive intact. Liftgate delivery service helps ensure...

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Freight Loading and Unloading: 9 Tips and Tricks

If you don’t have a business with a dock, freight loading or unloading can become very stressful very fast. This is why we’ve prepared a few tips for you in case you’re unsure of how to proceed. 1) Be prepared. The best thing you can do is think aheadIf the carrier arrives and your location doesn’t have the means to load or unload the cargo, the driver will simply leave. This will cause avoidable delays or extra charges since carriers tend...

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COMMON LIFT GATE PROBLEMS AND HOW TO MANAGE THEM

A lift gate is a metal platform that is mounted at the rear of various types of trucks. They are specifically used for lifting cargo up or down from the ground during loading or unloading of the item(s). Powered typically by an electric motor driven hydraulic pump system, this component when installed on a truck makes moving heavier items a much safer operation. Lift gates are designed to keep cargo stationary during the loading and unloading process. It is intended to...

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Are Your Trucks Ready for Last-Mile Logistics?

A recent study by BigCommerce.com revealed that 51% of Americans prefer online shopping, with e-commerce growing by 23% every year. The research predicts this trend will pick up its pace as brands increasingly embrace omnichannel and voice platforms to simplify customers’ digital shopping experiences. As e-commerce escalates, so will last-mile logistics, defined as the final step in the delivery process from a distribution center or brick-and-mortar store to the shipment’s destination, be it a smaller regional store, office building, or even...

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Mickey expands to meet demand for van bodies

Mickey Truck Bodies has launched a major expansion and upgrade of its van body operations in High Point, N.C., to support the division’s prolific growth. The plan covers two company-owned buildings that will be fully operational in the first quarter of 2022 and will be dedicated to van body assembly, finishing and chassis prep. Demand for Mickey van bodies is very high, noted CEO Matt Sink. “We have a great backlog of work, a very strong schedule and tremendous growth opportunities into...

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Cool Equipment: Imagine pouring suds from this ultimate beer serving truck made by Isuzu

Isuzu is celebrating 35 years of selling trucks in America in 2019, and today the company rules the small but important low-cab forward market in America. Like all chassis cabs, these low-cab forward units can be upfitted for a zillion different vocations — from landscape dump bodies to hauling flatbeds to snowplow vehicles with giant salt spreaders in the back — but mostly they go into the pickup-and-delivery market. Recently I found a new favorite cab forward upfit that I hadn’t...

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Innovators: Estes Express Lines turns its attention to the rear of the rig to boost capacity, productivity

Hearing the ghost of disgraced Chicago White Sox outfielder “Shoeless” Joe Jackson hint, “If you build it, they will come,” fictional Iowa farmer Ray Kinsella defied all naysayers and constructed a baseball diamond in the middle of his cornfield. Mike Palmer, vice president of fleet services for Estes Express Lines (CCJ Top 250, No. 12), must have been within earshot. Estes, with a fleet of more than 7,000 tractors and nearly 29,000 trailers, is among the nation’s largest less-than-truckload and truckload carriers....

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Box Trucks vs Box Trucks with Liftgates

Packages Need a Lift? Deciding on Whether Your Box Truck Needs a Liftgate So, you’ve got a delivery that needs to be made, and while you assess your inventory, you might find that some of your items are rather large, unwieldy, and pretty heavy. At this point, you probably already know that you need at least a box truck to properly deliver your large items, along with the rest of the delivery. After all, there’s box trucks of all kinds and...

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Find the Right Liftgate for Your Delivery Box Truck 

Any business that routinely delivers product to its customers knows the value of a reliable box truck. A delivery box truck protects products while they are en route to their final destination. As an added bonus, the enclosed cargo space allows for more product to be housed in the delivery truck than would fit in a traditional pickup truck. While a box truck comes equipped to make product deliveries when purchased direct from the manufacturers, you can make some modifications to...

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Maxon Lift expands product line with new liftgates

Maxon Lift Corp. announced the addition of the Tuk-A-Way MXT-25 and MXT-33 liftgate models to its product line. The MXT-25 and MXT-33 liftgates combine low bed height application with a premium level-ramping ride feature. The MXT features a twin-cylinder, mid-arm design that results in performance and stability, the company says. MXT models are available in low bed height ranges of 38 in. to 46 in. With 2,500 lb. (MXT-25) and 3,300 lb. (MXT-33) for lifting capacities, the MXT models were built...

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