Prepare a flatbed quote request with dimensions, weight, loading methods, tarps, appointments and site details using a copyable shipment checklist.
In This Guide
What It Means
A usable quote request identifies the cargo, lane and handling requirements before a trailer is selected. Estimates or missing dimensions can delay equipment selection or require the quote to be revisited.
Why It Matters
OTR coordinates legal-dimension and legal-weight flatbed and open-deck freight only. OTR does not arrange oversized, overweight or permit-required shipments.
How It Works
- Origin and destination, including postal/ZIP codes
- Pickup date and delivery timing
- Commodity and number of pieces or bundles
- Verified total weight and units
- Each piece’s length, width and height, including packaging, with units
- Loading method and available equipment
- Unloading method and available equipment
- Tarp requirements and weather-sensitive surfaces
- Pickup and delivery site-access restrictions
- Appointment requirements and site contacts
- Cross-border details, commercial invoice and appointed customs broker when applicable
Common Challenges
“One machine” or an estimated weight is not enough to confirm a trailer. Measure the packaged cargo and obtain reliable weight information; identify anything still awaiting confirmation.
Best Practices
Use the copyable checklist below to gather the information from the shipping and receiving teams. Include the appointed customs broker and shipment documents for Canada–U.S. moves.
When to Use This Service
Planning references are not an engineered securement design, legal advice, approval or a release determination. The motor carrier and driver remain responsible for final cargo securement and regulatory compliance.
Plan compatible open-deck capacity using complete shipment details.
Flatbed quote-information checklist
- Origin and destination, including postal/ZIP codes
- Pickup date and delivery timing
- Commodity and number of pieces or bundles
- Verified total weight and units
- Each piece’s length, width and height, including packaging, with units
- Loading method and available equipment
- Unloading method and available equipment
- Tarp requirements and weather-sensitive surfaces
- Pickup and delivery site-access restrictions
- Appointment requirements and site contacts
- Cross-border details, commercial invoice and appointed customs broker when applicable
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