Services — Expedited shipping

Expedited shipping.

Team drivers, straight-through routing and position updates every hour — for the loads where a day late costs more than the freight.

What it is

Speed is a routing decision, not a promise.

Expedited freight is not a faster truck. It is a shorter chain of decisions: the right size of vehicle, a driver already near your dock, no terminals in the middle, and a second driver when the clock will not allow a ten-hour break.

We can quote it in minutes because the answer is usually simple — here is the vehicle, here is the pickup time, here is when it delivers. If we cannot hit your window, we say so when you ask, not from the road the next morning.

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What's included

Everything that comes with an expedited move.

No tiers, no add-on packages. This is the service.

Same-day dispatch

Quoted in minutes and a vehicle assigned the same day on most lanes. Pickup measured in hours, not next business day.

Team drivers on the clock

Two drivers running in shifts keeps the freight moving overnight, roughly doubling what a solo truck covers in a day.

No terminals, no transfers

Loaded once and unloaded once. Nothing sits on a dock waiting for a linehaul trailer to fill up.

Position updates every hour

Location and a revised ETA on the hour, plus a call the moment anything threatens the delivery window.

Right-sized equipment

One pallet does not need a 53-footer. We price the smallest vehicle that legally and safely carries the load.

Exclusive use

Your freight is the only thing on the vehicle. No co-loading, no detours to collect somebody else's shipment.

Service levels

How fast, and on what.

Distances are what a vehicle typically covers in a day under hours-of-service rules — not a guarantee. Tell us the deadline and we will tell you which of these actually makes it.

Vehicle Typical payload and use Daily reach
Cargo van or sprinterUp to 3 pallets, around 3,000 lb. Parts, samples, single skids~600 mi
Straight truck, 24–26 ftUp to 12 pallets, around 12,000 lb. Liftgate and inside delivery~600 mi
Tractor-trailer, soloUp to 26 pallets, 45,000 lb. Full truckload against a deadline~600 mi
Tractor-trailer, teamSame capacity, two drivers in shifts. Coast to coast on a fixed date1,000+ mi
Next flight outSmall high-value pieces on the next commercial departure, with ground legs each endSame day
Questions

Before you ask.

If your question is not here, dispatch will answer it in a sentence rather than a brochure.

How fast can you have a vehicle at my dock?

On most metro lanes, two to four hours for a van or straight truck and the same day for a tractor-trailer. The honest answer depends on where the nearest qualified vehicle is, so we quote the actual pickup time rather than the best case.

Why does expedited cost more than a standard truckload?

You are paying for exclusive use of a vehicle that drops whatever it was going to do next, for the empty miles it runs to reach you, and often for a second driver. The all-in number is on the quote before you commit.

What does a guaranteed window actually mean?

If we commit to a delivery window in writing, we hold to it and we call the moment anything puts it at risk. We will not sell a guarantee we would have to argue about later — breakdowns, weather closures and a receiver turning the driver away are the real exceptions.

Can you expedite temperature-controlled or hazmat freight?

Yes, with the right equipment and endorsements. Give us the commodity and temperature range when you ask for the rate; hazmat needs the class and UN number so we assign a driver who carries the endorsement.

Other services

Also worth looking at.

Dedicated freight

Locked-in capacity on the lanes you run every week. Same carriers, same transit windows, and a rate you can budget a quarter around.

Amazon & e-commerce freight

FBA and 3PL deliveries that hit their appointment. We handle ISA booking, pallet specs and delivery windows so inventory never sits.

International freight & customs

Ocean, air and cross-border moves with customs paperwork prepared, filed and tracked alongside the freight.

Get a rate

Send us the lane. We will send back a number.

Ten fields, no account, no obligation. Most quotes come back the same morning with transit time and equipment confirmed.

Prefer to talk it through?

Dispatch answers around the clock, including weekends and holidays.