Tucker Company really knows sign, display and awning shipping. The United States Sign Council (USSC) has named Tucker Company the association’s "Preferred Supplier for Freight, from 1 Pallet to a Truckload."
Founded in 1961, Tucker has specialized in moving signs nationwide for many of America’s best shops, both large and small for over 15 years. In addition, we have written articles and hosted online forums on the subject of sign shipping.
Shipping signs is like no other freight. The various sizes, shapes and the fragile nature of many signs make shipping them challenging. Combine those difficulties with the coordination of job site deliveries, and you can see why the shipping of signs is as much of a transportation art form as designing them is.
Tucker Company is designed to be "user friendly." Our Customer Service department handles any rate quotations, questions, or comments. We will make sure you get to the proper dispatcher/contact person for your shipment, as well as stay in close communication with you.
Every Sign Manufacturer Shares the Same Three Freight Challenges. Tucker Can Help.
1. Damage Control
The unusual sizes and shapes, combined with delicate electronics, glass, neon and lightweight metals and plastics involved in signs present difficult freight challenges. One of the major factors in freight damage control is the number of times the freight is handled. Tucker minimizes damage by offering the right service for the right situation.
The service offering the least chance for damage is truckload with air ride suspension. This service is door to door, with no off loading. The air ride suspension offers the smoothest ride. Truckload service is the fastest service as well.
When cost issues prohibit the use of truckload services, Tucker offers a partial truckload service. This service utilizes a truckload carrier with space available on his equipment. You load the freight on the same truck that makes the delivery, and it does not get touched except by your customer. The speed is truckload or near truckload, depending on where your freight is on the trailer. Exact pick up and delivery time is not as reliable as truckload service.
LTL (Common Carrier) and Air Freight service entail significantly more handling than truckload and partial truckload. The Air Freight may have slightly less handling if the freight actually moves via plane during transit. These modes present increased chance of damage and loss.
2. Freight Bill Savings
Tucker Company regularly deals with over 600 of the nation’s best carriers. They range from dry van carriers to flatbed and specialized carriers, as well as LTL carriers.
Our pricing should always be competitive. Not only will you gain from our pricing leverage, but also you will benefit by our using the right carrier for that particular lane. Every carrier has different rate structures, so it is not uncommon for a 38% discount with one carrier to be cheaper than a 50% discount with another. We make our decisions based on the bottom line cost for the service, not only on the percentage of discount.
3. Where and When You Need it - Even at Job Sites.
Since our founding over 40 years ago, Tucker served the rigging and large item manufacturing industries with nationwide trucking services. These customers use cranes, crews and specialized equipment in order to load and unload their freight. The demands of the sign industry are very similar to these firms, as well as some of the other industries we serve.
Serving the sign industry and meeting the strict time constraints for pickups and deliveries is a natural for us. Like anything else, freight can never be perfect timing, but we work hard to meet cranes and crews at job sites across the country every week. We are excellent communicators and will keep you informed along the way.
For those extremely critical shipments, Tucker has numerous expedited carriers who offer limited guarantees that allow you to deduct part or all of the freight bill charges for late deliveries. These services must be announced at time of quotation, before the freight ships, and specifically agreed to in writing by both parties, before pickup. Since each carrier's guarantee terms are different, be sure to detail to us what you want, and get the terms in writing.
For your freight tracking convenience, we offer Internet tracking of all shipments and we transmit to you a daily fax showing all loads in transit or scheduled to pick up.
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