{"id":55,"date":"2026-07-09T19:17:44","date_gmt":"2026-07-09T19:17:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost:8765\/ltl-vs-ftl-which-freight-option-is-right-for-you\/"},"modified":"2026-07-09T19:17:44","modified_gmt":"2026-07-09T19:17:44","slug":"ltl-vs-ftl-which-freight-option-is-right-for-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sitemile.fr\/shipme\/ltl-vs-ftl-which-freight-option-is-right-for-you\/","title":{"rendered":"LTL vs FTL: Which Freight Option Is Right for You?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Two acronyms dominate road freight quotes: LTL (less-than-truckload) and FTL (full truckload). Choosing the right one is the single biggest lever on your shipping price, so here&#8217;s a plain-English guide.<\/p>\n<h2>LTL: pay for the space you use<\/h2>\n<p>With less-than-truckload freight, your pallets share a trailer with other customers&#8217; goods. You pay for the space and weight you occupy \u2014 typically the right call for one to six pallets. The trade-offs: slightly longer transit times (the truck makes multiple stops) and more handling, since goods may cross a depot.<\/p>\n<h2>FTL: the whole trailer is yours<\/h2>\n<p>Full truckload means the vehicle carries only your consignment, door to door. It wins on speed and on handling risk \u2014 loaded once, unloaded once. If you&#8217;re moving more than ten pallets, high-value goods, or anything time-critical, FTL usually works out cheaper per pallet than stacking up LTL rates.<\/p>\n<h2>The grey zone: 6\u201310 pallets<\/h2>\n<p>This is where a reverse auction genuinely shines. Post the job with accurate dimensions and let carriers compete: a haulier with a part-empty trailer already running your route can offer a &#8220;backload&#8221; price that beats any published tariff \u2014 often by 30\u201340%.<\/p>\n<h2>Rule of thumb<\/h2>\n<p>Under 6 pallets: quote it LTL. Over 10: FTL. In between: post it on the marketplace and let the market decide.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two acronyms dominate road freight quotes: LTL (less-than-truckload) and FTL (full truckload). Choosing the right one is the single biggest lever on your shipping price, so here&#8217;s a plain-English guide. LTL: pay for the space you use With less-than-truckload freight, your pallets share a trailer with other customers&#8217; goods. You pay for the space and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":56,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-55","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-shipping-tips"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sitemile.fr\/shipme\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sitemile.fr\/shipme\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sitemile.fr\/shipme\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sitemile.fr\/shipme\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sitemile.fr\/shipme\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=55"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sitemile.fr\/shipme\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sitemile.fr\/shipme\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/56"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sitemile.fr\/shipme\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=55"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sitemile.fr\/shipme\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=55"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sitemile.fr\/shipme\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=55"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}