Van Line Lingo

"Lingo" or "Terms and Industry language" is very important. Every industry works with special terms and abbreviations. It is quite helpful to understand these terms not just for communication purpose. In transportation it is also very important to understand these definitions to cover your liabilties and Commitments. Below is a constantly growing list of Terms and Definitions that Truckers, Firms, Coordinators, and other industry professionals might throw at you.

Trailer Trailers are the long units that the Tractor Pulls. This is where your shipments are located. Trailers vary in length from 20ft to 53ft and have a variety of optional componets such as Air-Ride, Climate Control, satellite tracking, and other benefits.

- Accessorial Service - Actual Weight - Air-Ride - Appointment Service - Attempted Pickup - Billable Weight - Blanket Wrap - Box Truck - Cubic Space - Dimensional Weight - Dock - Exclusive Use - Expedite - Fuel Surcharge - Insurance Liability - Insurance Surcharge - Liftgate - Linear Space - LTL - OA & DA - Pallet - SIT - Tariff - TL - Tractor - Trailer - Transit Time - Usable Space - Valuation -