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.

Pallet Pallets are several pieces of wood nailed together to raise products off the ground. This is primarily used so Forklifts can easily move products. Pallets are usually 40"x48" but can be custom made also.

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