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Long distance

Tariffs, trips, delivery windows and long-distance paperwork.

32 guides

  1. Long distance in MoveBoardHow MoveBoard decides a move is long distance, how it is priced, and where the delivery is planned — the map of everything long-distance. 3 min read
  2. Choose how long distance is pricedThe six kinds of long-distance tariff — Mileage, 400N-style, Single Factor Rate, Cubic Foot, Flat Rate LD and Regions — what each suits, and how to make one your default. 3 min read
  3. A long-distance orderWhat is different in the order window when a move is long distance — the Pickup and Delivery halves, the tariff rows, the Linehaul Charge and its step-by-step pop-up, and the long-distance summary on the quote. 4 min read
  4. Delivery dates and the delivery spreadSet when a long-distance shipment is picked up and delivered — the pickup spread, delivery days, the first available delivery date, the estimated delivery, and the truck block with its driving-hours suggestion. 4 min read
  5. Long-distance extra feesThe charges a long-distance move adds on top of the line haul — extra pickups and drop-offs, stairs, elevators, long carry and shuttles — how they are set and how they reach the order. 2 min read
  6. Travel time on long-distance movesWhich drives count as travel time on a long-distance day — the four ways MoveBoard can measure the trip, and how to pick one. 2 min read
  7. Weight-priced tariffs ("per X lbs")How a tariff priced by weight works — the "Price Is Per" unit, the weight factor that turns cubic feet into pounds, minimum weights, and the re-rate on the scale weight. 2 min read
  8. Which bill of lading long distance usesChoose whether long-distance jobs use your own bill of lading templates or MoveBoard's federal long-distance bill — and read the federal checklist for your own. 2 min read
  9. The Trip PlannerWhere long-distance trips are planned, followed on the road and closed — the board, Needs Attention, and the pickups and deliveries waiting for a trip. 6 min read
  10. Trip Planner: step-by-step scenariosEvery common Trip Planner job from start to finish — setting up, planning a trip, pickups by the trip or by your local crew, several stops, delivery dates, storage, splits, the road, changes and closing the trip. 17 min read
  11. Create a trip and add ordersMake a trip, put long-distance orders on it, and give it its truck, trailer, driver and crew — then save. 5 min read
  12. The trip windowA tour of a trip's window — its buttons and its ten tabs, from Overview and Orders to Expenses and Settlement — and how saving works. 3 min read
  13. Trip statusesPlanning, Scheduled, In Transit, Completed and Settled — what each means, the button that moves a trip on, and what it needs first. 3 min read
  14. Optimize the routeLet MoveBoard find a shorter order for a trip's stops — inside every pickup and delivery spread, with pinned stops kept in place — and see the miles and hours before you accept it. 2 min read
  15. Capacity and load planRead a trip's Capacity tab — the cubic feet and pounds on each truck and trailer, the step chart along the stops, and the load plan in linear feet or vaults at the truck's fullest moment. 2 min read
  16. Hours of service alertsHow MoveBoard plans each trip day inside the driving-hours limits and warns you when a day or a driver's week goes over. 2 min read
  17. Trip expenses, fuel and IFTA milesRecord what a trip costs with its receipts, give drivers advances, and keep the fuel gallons and states your quarterly IFTA return needs. 3 min read
  18. Driver settlementWork out what each driver and crew member earns on a trip — pay, per diem, advances and deductions — and send it to payroll or the owner-operator's folio. 3 min read
  19. Trip revenue and marginThe difference between a trip's order totals and its trip revenue, how the gross margin is worked out from the expenses, and who can see it. 2 min read
  20. Carriers and agentsKeep the carriers and agents you work with, put them on long-distance orders, and follow the money with each one on its folio. 3 min read
  21. Other companies' loadsHaul a load for another moving company on your trip, collect its balance at delivery, and let MoveBoard settle it on that company's account. 3 min read
  22. Storage in transit (SIT)Keep long-distance shipments that wait in a warehouse on the SIT board — carrier holds and billable SIT, the 375.609 conversion notice, billing the stay, delivery out, partial delivery and conversion to permanent storage. 3 min read
  23. Trailers and trip settingsSet up the Trip Planner once — trailers, truck weight limits and lengths, the capacity headline, the SIT period, per diem, routing, the drivers' hours-of-service cycle, the load plan, and which customer messages trips send. 2 min read
  24. Print the trip sheetPrint or save as PDF a trip's sheet — equipment and people, the itinerary day by day, the orders with their spreads, and the completed trip summary — or send the itinerary to the drivers. 1 min read
  25. Record a delayWhen a long-distance delivery can't make the promised spread, record the delay on the trip — the new date, the reason and how the customer was told — and keep the record federal rules ask for. 2 min read
  26. Weight and charges noticeWhen a customer asks to know the actual weight and charges before delivery, tick it on the trip and send the notice in time — one full business day before delivery (49 CFR 375.521). 2 min read
  27. Messages customers get on a tripThe emails and texts a long-distance trip sends customers by itself — driver on the way, delivery scheduling and the 24-hour notice — plus the ones the office sends, and how to switch them or change the words. 2 min read
  28. Split a shipment across trucks or tripsCarry one order on two trucks of the same trip, or in parts on different trips — and deliver part of a stored shipment now and the rest later. 2 min read
  29. Delivery crew textsWhat the movers on a long-distance delivery are told when you put them on it — the delivery dates, arrival window, address and crew — and when the text goes. 2 min read
  30. Long-distance reportsThe eleven Long Distance reports — tariffs, linehaul, weight, trip profit, on-time deliveries, storage in transit, trucks, deadhead, settlements, carrier statements and IFTA. 2 min read
  31. Long distance in CanadaRunning long-distance moves from a Canadian branch, or into and out of Canada — kilometres, postal codes, provinces on the regions map, and fuel. 2 min read
  32. Long-distance stagesLong-distance stages (a list of coloured steps for each long-distance order) are not offered yet — how to follow a long-distance move today. 1 min read

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