Necessary Equipment for All Local Freight Services

Every local freight service needs to have a solid arsenal of equipment. Depending the vehicle, a wide variety of utilities are necessary to keep freight deliveries as safe and efficient as possible. No one wants time wasted hand-bombing a large order of materials, damaged goods or injured personel.

Equipment for freight stems from heavy duty straps (D-Ring straps or E-Track straps), to liftgates to pump trucks. What’s on the truck plays a huge role in the effectiveness for all deliveries.

As we know freight deliveries can be time consuming.  Here are a list of items every company needs to be safe, secure, and increase efficiency:

  • Liftgate
    • This one is HUGE. It’s essential for most straight trucks, as dock to dock deliveries don’t always happen. Especially when carrying large or heavy items. Save the hassle of stepping up and down of your cargo space, and get a liftgate!
  • Pump truck
    • This one goes in tandem with a liftgate. Don’t expect to drag, push loaded skids or large items around. Whether it’s dock to dock or not, this one obviously is a necessity.
  • Heavy-Duty Straps
    • This one is also fairly obvious. Secure every load, it’s the law! The last thing you want is a damaged load, or to get pulled over for an inspection and finding trouble!
  • Dolly
    • As it relates to a pump truck, this one helps for smaller items or oddly shaped items after you’ve unloaded.
  • PPE
    • Necessary for all construction sites, and your safety! Don’t be negligent.
  • Safety knife
    • This one helps tremendously in unwrapping skids that are shrink wrapped.
  • Extra Tools
    • These will come in handy. Keep a screwdriver, crowbar and other tools with you. You never know when something might happen where you have to do last second repairs or hacks to get back on the road.

Once you have all of these items, you are ready for all scenarios. From large item deliveries to window deliveries, furniture deliveries and construction materials – your local freight delivery will be as safe, efficient, and high quality as possible!