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Guides

How freight actually works.

Three long-form guides to the parts of shipping that cost people money when they get them wrong. Written to be read once and referred back to, not to sell you anything.

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  • Guide 01

    Cross-Border Freight Between Canada and the U.S.

    Most cross-border delays have nothing to do with the truck. They happen because a document was wrong, late, or filed by nobody in particular. This is what the process actually looks like, and where it tends to break.

    7 sections · 4 questions answered

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  • Guide 02

    Shipping Freight from British Columbia

    British Columbia is the hardest province in Canada to ship out of, and the reasons are geographic rather than commercial. Everything eastbound has to cross a mountain range, and everything southbound has to cross a border.

    6 sections · 4 questions answered

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  • Guide 03

    How to Choose the Right Freight Service

    Most shippers do not need to become experts in freight. They need to answer four questions correctly, because those four answers determine everything else about how a shipment is priced and moved.

    6 sections · 4 questions answered

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Each guide anchors a set of shorter articles that go deeper on one part of it. Those are listed at the foot of each guide and will be published from here as they are written.

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