When trying to determine if a load board is good or not, a customer can evaluate how long the load board keeps loads in its system to start with. Knowing this information will really allow you to gauge whether or not the board is one that they should frequent or not. Generally, a good load board will turns its inventory of loads daily meaning no load stays on the board for more than 24 hours. When the load board has a good relationship with its customers, a customer will find that the shippers and brokers will actively manage the loads they have posted not only daily but throughout the day. This works both ways, because the load board owners should also work actively to manage the board to keep all of the data as fresh as possible. The more recent the information the better because if it is recent that means that it is good for the taking…and that a deal can be made!

Regarding the loads placed on the load board, shippers typically post loads that are meant for full size trailers. However, there should be no surprise that on load boards a customer will find partial or LTL loads posted by shippers. One could definitely expect to see posted load sizes to vary from very small up to full loads. This allows for each trucking company to pick and choose the loads that fit their needs or capabilities best and it is all done quickly and accurately because it is done through the internet.

One of the best things about using load boards is the fact that neither carriers nor shippers are tied into contracts. This flexibility that load boards offer allows shippers and carriers to find and select the load board that works best for them without being tied into something that is not a good fit. Generally, memberships occur on a month to month basis and shippers and carriers are able to end their membership with the load board at any time. The load board owners, post sign up, will simply charge the account on a monthly basis until they are notified by the customer that they would like the account to be cancelled.

As you can see, load boards will help get more truck loads. Not only will it help get more truck loads, it will help to streamline the process of getting more truck loads. In the past trucking companies and those companies that had the loads that needed hauling were paying fees that were making it difficult to stay afloat. Today, with an ever changing economy, it is nice that everyone is able to access the information in an affordable way.

Today those who take the loads and those who need the loads taken from point A to point B can easily meet up and decide for themselves if theirs is a business deal that they would like to enter into. Who would have ever guessed that getting loads from one area to the next would really would be this easy? Load boards really have revolutionized the trucking business and there is no doubt that the load board technology will continue to grow and expand with technology, making it easier than ever as time goes along.