Trade shows give consumers and fellow business owners the chance to learn more about various companies. Somewhat like a brochure come to life, visiting trade shows gives the public a three-dimensional sense of a company and its products and services. Since exhibits and trade shows take place all around the country, participating companies reach out [...]
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Service Options for Smaller Shipments
Not every company requires a full truckload to transfer goods from one location to another. Some shipping companies charge a flat fee or require smaller businesses to pay for a full truckload even if they don’t have one. But Quick Transfer USA realizes that an inability to ship due to rigid rules and prices can negatively impact [...]
Truck Routes: Route 66
Route 66 was referred to as “the super-highway” during its planning stages in 1926, and the idea represented freedom for Americans to travel West. While other east-west highways already existed, most were linear and didn’t access rural communities. By 1938, the 2,300 mile super-highway connecting Chicago and Los Angeles was complete, connecting the Rocky Mountains [...]
A Winning Relay Team: Efficient Negotiation of Intermodal Shipping
Intermodal shipping is like a relay race in which a transportation team, involving a number of companies and modes of transportation working together to get products from start to finish line rapidly. To succeed, this intermodal system requires smooth, secure connections between truck and rail companies, careful shipping to avoid product damage and a reasonable [...]
Truck Routes: Badlands
Did you know that the two largest T. Rex dinosaur skeletons ever discovered were found in South Dakota? The area is rich in natural history and geological wonders that existed long before trappers, miners and homesteaders came. If you head east from the Black Hills on Highway 36 to 79 to Interstate 90, after 50 [...]
Truck Routes: Lookout Mountain Parkway
Cutting across Georgia, Alabama and Tennessee, Lookout Mountain Parkway is a perfect 120-mile detour, regardless of your destination. If you have a little spare time before you need to reach your destination—whether you are traveling for your own personal adventure or on business—make sure you travel at least some stretch of this road filled with [...]
Truck Routes: Blue Ridge Parkway
With the exception of 1949, the Blue Ridge Parkway has been the most visited component of the National Park System every year since 1946. This stretch of road connects the Shenandoah National Park with the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Linking these two national parks, the Blue Ridge Parkway passes through 29 counties in Virginia [...]
Truck Routes: Route 1
Route 1 (US-1) is a major highway that can take you more that 2,300 miles from the very tip of Florida up to the northeastern coastline of Maine. Running adjacent to the Atlantic coast, Route 1 is a much more scenic route than Interstate 95 which is situated to the west. The Southern leg of [...]
Best Road Trips: Route 1
Route 1: The Atlantic Highway Last week, we highlighted one of the most scenic drives in the country, Route 101, the Pacific Coast Highway. This week, we’re taking a look at another beautiful trip, this time on the opposite coast: Route 1 runs the entire length of the East Coast, from Fort Keith, Maine at [...]
Best Road Trips: Route 101
Trucking services can sometimes be a slo0g–try driving straight through the middle of the country sometime and see how sick you get of corn fields and nondescript highways–but driving around the United States can also lead to seeing and visiting some amazing places. We’ll be looking at some of the country’s best road trips in [...]
