Containers & Freight

How portable container and freight trailer pricing is built, what linear feet mean, and when either beats a van line quote.

Containers & Freight August 22, 2026 Linear Foot Moving Rate: The Number You Write Yourself A freight trailer quote is a rate per foot of deck, and the tariff says you write the footage on the bill of lading. Leave it blank and the driver wins. 14 min read
Containers & Freight August 17, 2026 Moving Container vs Van Line: What the Price Leaves Out Load the container yourself and 49 CFR 375.103(3) may take your mover out of the federal moving rules entirely. Here is the total both quotes hide. 14 min read

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The signature that cost the most sat on a line marked 60 cents per pound, initialled without being read, and its meaning only arrived with a dresser in three pieces. On a different move the delivery-day figure came to nearly double the estimate. Six long-haul moves in, Nora Ellingson now reads 49 CFR 375 and the FMCSA consumer booklet against her own paperwork before anything is loaded. Nothing here is professional advice: no licence to move, broker, advise or adjust; no jobs booked; no referral fee from any carrier. What the site does is print the section number beside the rule so you can hold it against your own estimate.

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