LTL in Pictures

Yes at least one flatbed with forklift at every terminal. Some terminals might send out 4 flatbeds a day with forklifts. Some terminals have several flatbeds with or without forklifts but every terminal has at least one flatbed with a forklift. ABF picks up lots of flatbed freight but you won’t see a loaded down flatbed on the highway they aren’t used for linehaul just pick up and deliveries. As well as ABF getting lots of high paying oversized/weird freight that is impossible to deliver with a regular dry van or liftgate. But ABF owns Upack which is another reason, actually the main reason every terminal has a flatbed with a forklift, for the relocubes.

 

Swift... Swift... Swift...

 

I heard AAA COOPER is nationwide now. I wonder how their operations has been affected since Swift has taken over. Anybody got any info?

 

Terminal growth, acquisition weigh on LTL results
The less-than-truckload unit reported a 20.2% y/y increase in revenue to $279 million. Daily shipments increased 13% with revenue per shipment (excluding fuel) 6.6% higher.

Knight-Swift added a total of 51 terminals in 2024 – 37 organic additions and 14 through the acquisition of Southwest carrier Dependable Highway Express. In total, it increased door count by 1,430, or more than 30%.

 

Almost. They still gotta get the NE.
The ops are... strained.

 

What's the pay?

 

varies by terminal but comparable to everyone else.

I left at 33.49hr iirc

 

I believe they use the mme terminals for Nebraska.

I used to deliver a lot of freight out of Omaha, and it would have MME pro stickers on it when I was at cooper

 

That's right. I meant NE as in Northeast part of the country