Question:
LTL (a type of trucking that a lot of truckers think is the best way to go)
BOL (general abbreviation I'm not familiar with)
Can you better define these terms for this dumbass - uh, I mean newbie!

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LTL = Less Than Truckload. A partial shipment anywhere between 1 skid (or less) and usually 1/2 a truckload. Carriers usually charge full truckload rates for anything more than 1/2 a trailer. LTL rates are based on size (quantity) and weight.
BOL = Bill Of Lading. The paperwork you sign denoting the contents loaded on your trailer.

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Well sometimes on some forums and chat rooms BOL can also stand for Best of Luck or so I'm told. Just another internet term to learn
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Also written as B/L (Bill Of Lading)
SLC (shipper load and count freight)
DLC (Driver load and count freight)
P/U (pick up)
Del (delivery)
D/H (dead head miles running empty)

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The prior posts covered it pretty good
After a few months they take on a NEW MEANING
LTL = Late To Load
LTL = Late to Leave
BOL = Best Of Luck
P/U - For those 6 days on the road and who needs a shower type drivers
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And after running into said driver, LTL can mean "Lost The Lunch".
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Unless you're in Las Vegas, California, Texas, Florida, --------------Fill in the blank, where brokers think 39,000 is a partial.
"Ya don't need a high rate on that, it's an LTL, only takes 52 and one/half feet of trailer, ya can find something to go with it to fill out!"

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LTL - Life's Tough, Loser: What you soon find out working 25 hours a day, 8 days a week, 366 days a year driving a truck.
BOL - Bend Over, Loser: What you will be told when you complain about the above work schedule.
"Climb back in the cab, cross your fingers for luck.
We gotta keep movin' if we're going to make a buck. "
- Roll On Down the Highway, Bachman Turner Overdrive


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Thanks for your replies, guys. Just out of curiosity, why do some people say that the LTL business is the best type of trucking?

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They are usually union, benefits, pay well, local, home every night, usually only have to drive a 28ft. Then theres the other half of busting your @$$ physically 16hrs a day 5-6 days a week, compared to OTR it is better IMHO.
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FTL = Full Truck load
FTL = Find The Load
FTL = Froze the Load
FTL = Flipped The Load
And after a load broker hoses you its "Find The LIar"
Whitr Truck / Trailer wedged under a overpass = Sure Wish It Fit Through
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Or, it could be non union with so-so benefits, pay so-so, usually pull a 48ft trailer with a million plus mile rag wagon with a rather unique smell. Add to that, the days that you had a 28ft trailer usually involved a dedicated dock swap out. Or, better yet, a set of pups that often as not had you doing the dock swap then moving number one trailer to the number two postion. But then, so what, you are paid by the hour right? Okay, so what if dispatch is wondering what is taking so long, you did not feel like taking lunch today anyway. The days that you actually did have a 28ft trailer seemed to not coincide with the days that you had to get into some rat hole dock.

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yeah, i think LTL is generally better than OTR.
But i never really had to "bust A$$" physically 16hrs a day. Although you are generally on a very tight schedule to get all the stops off -sometimes over 20 stops per day! So, you have to hussle.
Every LTL company i ever work for had older, but well maintained equipment. Forget about A/C.
Much, more later.

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yeah, i think LTL is generally better than OTR.
But i never really had to "bust A$$" physically 16hrs a day. Although you are generally on a very tight schedule to get all the stops off -sometimes over 20 stops per day! So, you have to hussle.
Every LTL company i ever work for had older, but well maintained equipment. Forget about A/C.
Much, more later.

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Which is quite often paired with "STC" which is "Said to Contain", meaning "hopefully these bozo's know how to count their own stuff"!

And something really amusing about this industry is the number of ya-hoo's that will complain about long deadheads with an empty trailer....when they get paid the same loaded or empty Oh well, Forrest Gump was right afterall So I like what I do, you don't, too bad, get over it. Get on with your life, I am.