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<p>[QUOTE="expedite_it, post: 5288564, member: 95309"]When I was a trucking student (in the real world, not at truck driving school) 3 years ago, my trainer and I were at a trucking company (other than our own trucking company) making a pickup or a delivery, and my trainer told me that the company "consolidates freight." I am not 100% sure, but I think we were at SAIA. My trainer elaborated on what he meant when he said that the company consolidates freight, but I forgot what he said specifically. Hence, I created this thread. I know that the word consolidate means to put pieces of something together that were separated before, but I still don't know exactly what he meant when he said that the company consolidates freight.</p><p> </p><p>Some questions that would help me better understand this.</p><p> </p><p>When a trucking company consolidates freight, does the trucking company typically consolidate freight from a bunch of different shippers so it can all go to one receiver in one trailer, or does consolidating freight occur in a different way for a different purpose than what I describe?</p><p> </p><p>For instance, you could have two shippers: S1 and S2. S1 sends out Trailer1 and S2 send out Trailer2. Then some of the freight from trailer 1 and some of the freight from trailer 2 could be put on Freight Consolidation Company trailer A to go to Receiver X . Then the remained of the freight on Trailer 1 could be mixed with the remained of the freight on Trailer 2 to be put on Freight Consolidation company trailer B to go to receiver Q.</p><p> </p><p>Which scenario is more common in real world?</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Does SAIA consolidate freight?</p><p> </p><p>What are some other trucking companies that consolidate freight?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="expedite_it, post: 5288564, member: 95309"]When I was a trucking student (in the real world, not at truck driving school) 3 years ago, my trainer and I were at a trucking company (other than our own trucking company) making a pickup or a delivery, and my trainer told me that the company "consolidates freight." I am not 100% sure, but I think we were at SAIA. My trainer elaborated on what he meant when he said that the company consolidates freight, but I forgot what he said specifically. Hence, I created this thread. I know that the word consolidate means to put pieces of something together that were separated before, but I still don't know exactly what he meant when he said that the company consolidates freight. Some questions that would help me better understand this. When a trucking company consolidates freight, does the trucking company typically consolidate freight from a bunch of different shippers so it can all go to one receiver in one trailer, or does consolidating freight occur in a different way for a different purpose than what I describe? For instance, you could have two shippers: S1 and S2. S1 sends out Trailer1 and S2 send out Trailer2. Then some of the freight from trailer 1 and some of the freight from trailer 2 could be put on Freight Consolidation Company trailer A to go to Receiver X . Then the remained of the freight on Trailer 1 could be mixed with the remained of the freight on Trailer 2 to be put on Freight Consolidation company trailer B to go to receiver Q. Which scenario is more common in real world? Does SAIA consolidate freight? What are some other trucking companies that consolidate freight?[/QUOTE]
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