Partial truckload and LTL flatbed, multi stop deliveries
Fission Logistics, a Mississauga carrier with 80 trucks and 140 trailers, quotes partial flatbed loads in Ontario and into the US on flatbeds and Conestogas. Send the pieces, the weight and the stops, and a dispatcher prices 2 skids of plate, a bundle of pipe, a crated machine or a few pallets of shingles within 1 business hour, 7 am to 5 pm ET, Monday to Friday. Multi stop deliveries to yards and jobsites are routine.
What fits a partial load
Skidded plate, coil, rebar bundles, a few lengths of pipe, crated machinery, racking, stone and pavers, shingles and building products. Anything a forklift can load from the side of a Conestoga, or a crane can set on an open deck. Slit coil on pallets fits too; see slit coil carrier.
| Load | How we move it |
|---|---|
| A few skids of steel, plate or aluminum | Conestoga, side loaded, kept dry without a tarp |
| Pallets of shingles, stone or pavers to several yards | Conestoga, multi stop, delivered in the order you give us |
| One crated machine or die | Conestoga, or step deck if it's tall |
| Short bundles of pipe, rebar or structural | Conestoga or open flatbed, chained on timbers |
How partial loads are priced
Two things set the price: the lane, and the deck space and weight your freight takes. A partial load on a lane we run every working day, Hamilton and Windsor among them, is priced differently from the same skids going somewhere we run once a month. The quote says what you are paying for.
Multi stop deliveries
- Send every stop with the address, the contact, the hours and what comes off at each one.
- The driver delivers in the order you give us and calls each site before arriving.
- Jobsite stops need a gate contact and a crane or forklift window. If a site isn't ready when the truck arrives, dispatch calls you.
Appointments, tracking and proof of delivery on a multi stop load are handled the same way as a full load; see our logistics company in Mississauga page.
Lanes
Partial loads move mostly inside Southern Ontario: Hamilton, the GTA, Kitchener, Cambridge, London and Windsor. Cross border partials into Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Illinois, Indiana and Kentucky cross at Detroit or Buffalo, with your own customs broker. These are the same lanes as our full loads, listed under Ontario flatbed carriers.
What to send for a quote
Pickup, every stop, piece count, largest piece, total weight, dates.
Questions shippers ask
Do you take loads that don't fill the trailer?
Yes. Send the pieces, the weight and the lane, and dispatch prices it. The price depends on the lane and the space and weight the freight takes, and the quote says exactly what you are paying for.
How small a load will you quote?
One skid. A skid to Hamilton or Windsor, lanes we run every working day, is priced differently from a skid to Thunder Bay. Send it and we tell you.
Can one truck deliver to several sites?
Yes. Send every stop with its address, contact and hours, in the order you need them. The driver calls each site before arriving.
Does a partial load ride open or under a curtain?
Under a curtain unless it is too long, wide or tall for the frame, or you want an open deck. A Conestoga loads from the side by forklift or from the top by crane, and your freight stays dry without a tarp.
Are partials and LTL flatbed the same thing?
Close enough for quoting. Both mean your freight shares the deck or does not fill it. Send the pieces, the weight and the stops, and dispatch prices it.
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Rather talk it through?
Call dispatch with the load and the lane. They'll tell you which trailer it goes on, and someone picks up 24 hours a day.