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Falcon Logistics Inc is a full-service transportation provider that operates out of significant urban centers to guarantee that cargo, freight, or regular parcels are safely transferred across the U.S.

A three-day weekend isn't one extra day off. For freight, it's four days of shifted schedules.ㅤReceiving departments run...
08/31/2026

A three-day weekend isn't one extra day off. For freight, it's four days of shifted schedules.
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Receiving departments run short staff on the Friday before, some docks close entirely, and the Tuesday after absorbs two days of volume arriving at once — so everything booked for that morning is competing with everything that didn't move on Friday. The loads that pass through a holiday week cleanly are almost always the ones somebody talked about the week before it.
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Confirm receiving hours directly rather than assuming last year's schedule. Pull the time-critical pickups toward Monday and Tuesday. Decide now what can safely sit over the weekend.
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Let's look at your holiday-week lanes while there's still room to move them.
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The 29th is not the 15th. 📈ㅤSales closes deals.Warehouses clear inventory before the books close.Everyone needs a truck ...
08/28/2026

The 29th is not the 15th. 📈
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Sales closes deals.
Warehouses clear inventory before the books close.
Everyone needs a truck for the same forty-eight hours.
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And the lane that was easy two weeks ago suddenly isn't.
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This happens every single month. It's the most predictable capacity event on the calendar, and it still catches people out — because month-end volume gets mentioned on the morning of the 29th instead of the week before.
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Tell us what's coming while it's still coming. Month-end freight isn't harder to move. It just doesn't wait.
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A 26-foot box truck can run out of weight long before it runs out of floor.ㅤHow? ⚖️ㅤBecause payload isn't the number on ...
08/24/2026

A 26-foot box truck can run out of weight long before it runs out of floor.
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How? ⚖️
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Because payload isn't the number on the side of the truck. It's what's left after the truck itself, the fuel, the driver, and the equipment bolted to the back. A liftgate is a real piece of steel and hydraulics — it earns its place on that door, but it takes its weight out of what you can load.
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So a truck with plenty of empty floor can still be at its legal limit, and a shipment that "obviously fits" can be one pallet too heavy to leave the yard.
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Which is why weight per pallet is worth more to us than total weight. Give us both and the right size of truck shows up the first time — instead of a second one being sent back for the last two pallets.
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Send the piece weights. We'll do the arithmetic.
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WHAT GETS WRITTEN DOWN:"One pallet crushed at the corner. Photographed at delivery, 2:15 PM."ㅤWHAT GETS REMEMBERED:"I th...
08/21/2026

WHAT GETS WRITTEN DOWN:
"One pallet crushed at the corner. Photographed at delivery, 2:15 PM."
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WHAT GETS REMEMBERED:
"I think it showed up like that? Maybe two weeks ago? Somebody said something about it."
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Only one of those survives a claim. ✍️
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A freight claim is decided in the five minutes before the driver pulls away, not in the file somebody opens three weeks later. A clean signature on the delivery receipt states that the freight arrived in good order — and every version of events after that argues against your own paperwork.
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Note the exception. Count the pieces. Take the photo at the dock, not in the warehouse that evening.
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Nobody plans for a claim. The receiving team decides how it ends.
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Some deliveries don't have a dock. They have a curb. 🛻ㅤConstruction trailers, small offices, retail strips, medical suit...
08/17/2026

Some deliveries don't have a dock. They have a curb. 🛻
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Construction trailers, small offices, retail strips, medical suites, residential jobsites — plenty of legitimate B2B freight ends up somewhere a forklift will never reach.
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That changes the equipment, not just the price:
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⬆️ A liftgate to get freight to ground level
🛒 A pallet jack that works on asphalt, not just smooth concrete
👤 A driver who knows whether this is no-touch or hands-on
📞 A live contact on site who will actually answer
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When a delivery gets called "limited access," it isn't a penalty. It's a description of what the truck has to do when it gets there.
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Tell us what's at the delivery address and we'll send the right truck the first time.
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POOLED PALLETRented, not sold. Scanned and tracked. Has to come back — and if it disappears into a receiver's yard, some...
08/14/2026

POOLED PALLET
Rented, not sold. Scanned and tracked. Has to come back — and if it disappears into a receiver's yard, somebody gets billed for it.
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ONE-WAY PALLET
Sold with the freight. Nobody wants it returned. If the receiver refuses to take it, it becomes a disposal problem standing at the dock.
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The freight is yours. The pallets underneath it might not be. 🪵
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Which means two questions belong on the booking rather than the delivery: which kind is under this load, and does the receiver accept, exchange, or refuse them?
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We put pallet terms on the BOL before pickup, so that conversation happens in an office instead of on a loading dock with a driver waiting.
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7:40 AM. The driver backs in. The dock plate drops — and stops short of the trailer floor.ㅤNow three people are standing...
08/10/2026

7:40 AM. The driver backs in. The dock plate drops — and stops short of the trailer floor.
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Now three people are standing at the back of a truck discussing whose problem this is, while somebody goes looking for a ramp, a forklift, or a different door. The appointment window closes during the conversation.
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Nobody did anything wrong. The trailer was simply a different height than the dock expected. A loaded air-ride trailer settles lower than an empty one. A box truck deck sits well below a dry van. A warehouse built decades ago rarely matches one built last year.
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"Standard dock height" has been a range for a long time. 📏
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We ask about deck height, plate reach and door setup before dispatch — one sentence in an email that buys back the two hours it prevents.
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Canceled freight does not always mean zero cost. 🚛ㅤIf a truck has already been dispatched, the carrier may have driven t...
08/07/2026

Canceled freight does not always mean zero cost. 🚛
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If a truck has already been dispatched, the carrier may have driven toward the pickup, used fuel, committed driver hours, and declined other freight to keep that vehicle available.
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When the load disappears after those resources have been committed, a Truck Ordered Not Used charge may apply.
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It is not simply a cancellation penalty. It reflects the time and capacity that can no longer be recovered.
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Shippers can reduce the risk by confirming that the freight is ready, checking the pickup appointment, and communicating any changes as early as possible.
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The sooner a cancellation is shared, the more options everyone has.
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In logistics, “not moving” can still use a truck day. ⏱️
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Before the first pallet goes in, look down. 👀ㅤThe trailer floor is part of the load plan.ㅤMoisture can damage cartons fr...
08/03/2026

Before the first pallet goes in, look down. 👀
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The trailer floor is part of the load plan.
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Moisture can damage cartons from underneath. Broken boards can create an unstable surface. Nails, sharp debris, oil, or other residue can damage packaging before the truck even leaves the dock.
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Floor condition also affects how safely pallets can be positioned and secured during transit.
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A trailer may look ready from the outside, but the loading team should know what is waiting inside.
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A quick pre-load inspection helps prevent avoidable damage, rejected equipment, and last-minute delays at the dock.
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Good freight protection starts below the cargo. 📦
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Owner-operators: the trailer behind you shapes the freight in front of you. 🚛ㅤA dry van and a re**er are two different w...
07/31/2026

Owner-operators: the trailer behind you shapes the freight in front of you. 🚛
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A dry van and a re**er are two different working weeks. Dry van runs general and retail freight — enclosed, straightforward, steady loading. Re**er opens up fresh and frozen lanes that dry van simply can't take, along with the extra checks that come with them.
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Neither one is the "right" answer. But knowing which one you run — and telling your dispatcher honestly what your equipment can and can't handle — is how you stop getting offered loads that were never a fit.
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Falcon Logistics Inc is recruiting owner-operators with their own dry van or re**er trailer. Real freight across the US, Canada and Mexico, weekly settlements, and a dispatcher who knows your truck instead of guessing.
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Running dry van or re**er? Call recruiting and tell us what you pull.
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📞 Recruiting: (205) 623-5028
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2550 Fivestar Pkwy, Suite 136
Bessemer, AL
35022

Opening Hours

Monday 8am - 5pm
Tuesday 8am - 5pm
Wednesday 8am - 5pm
Thursday 8am - 5pm
Friday 8am - 5pm

Telephone

+12058956617

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