Freight services
Residential Freight Shipping
Pallets and crates to or from a home address, quoted as LTL freight. Residential, liftgate, and limited access are separate charges — we ask about the address up front and price them into the rates you compare, across the carriers that serve residences.
Residential rules vary by carrier
Residential, liftgate, and limited access are accessorial charges, and each carrier sets its own rules for them in its published tariff. We check those rules against your addresses before we quote, so the accessorials land on the rate instead of on a corrected invoice.
Carrier tariffs reviewed
Residential and liftgate rules read from each carrier's own published accessorial tariff.
Attach a liftgate automatically
On these carriers a residential stop triggers the liftgate charge whether or not you order it, so we quote the rate with it included.
Restrict residential service
Some deliver to a residence but won't collect from one; others treat the address as limited access or decline it. We quote the carriers whose rules fit your addresses.
For the carrier-by-carrier detail — which rules apply, where liftgate is mandatory, and what each accessorial covers — see our residential freight delivery guide.
What we ship to homes, and what we don't
We move palletized and crated freight to and from homes. Household moves — the contents of a home, loose or packed — are a moving company's work, not ours.
We handle
- One pallet or crate, to or from a house
- Machinery, equipment, and vehicle parts on a pallet
- Furniture, fixtures, and appliances that are crated or palletized
- Home-based businesses, farms, and rural addresses carriers treat as residential
- Pickups and deliveries with no dock and no forklift
We don't handle
- Household moves — the contents of a home, room, or apartment
- Loose, unpalletized, or unboxed items
- Packing, crating, assembly, or debris removal at either end
LTL carriers frequently cap liability on used household goods at $0.10 per pound, or exclude them outright — so even when a carrier accepts the shipment, the coverage is minimal. For a household move, use a moving company.
How it works
Tell us about both ends
Origin and destination, and whether each is a home, a business, or a limited-access location. Tell us whether there's a dock and a forklift at each end.
We match carriers to the address
Carriers that restrict residential are filtered out. Carriers that add a liftgate automatically are quoted with it included, so you're comparing complete totals.
Accessorials show on the quote
Residential, liftgate, and limited access appear as line items on the rate, so the total you compare is the total you book.
We follow it through delivery
We follow the shipment from pickup through delivery. Inspect the freight and note any damage on the delivery receipt before you sign — signing clean makes a later claim much harder.
Residential freight shipping FAQs
Ready to quote a residential shipment?
Enter both addresses and your freight details — we return multi-carrier LTL rates with residential, liftgate, and limited access already priced in. No account needed to see rates.