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A ramp or walkboard is a portable metal or fiberglass walkway used by movers to enter and exit the moving van. While almost every residence uses stairs to access a home, movers prefer to use an inclined ramp to move items into and out of the truck. The ramp offers several advantages; ease of use, […]

A reweight is a second weighing of the shipment at destination that is used to verify the original weight. Customers may request a reweigh if they suspect that the original weight was somehow flawed by mechanical malfunction, use of two scales, or weather factors such as snow accumulation. At origin, the truck is weighed before

Reasonable dispatch is a legal term defining the period of time agreed upon by the customer and the carrier for picking up, transporting, and delivering the shipment. The agreed delivery date and statement of estimated charges are noted on the Bill of Lading or BOL. The carrier must make final delivery of the shipment withing

The term registered on an interstate move means that the shipment has been accepted by the van lines or carrier and is given a specific number so it can be tracked during its life span. Once a shipment is registered with a national van line, it become their responsibility to transport it under their interstate

Released value is a type of valuation offered to moving customers. There are three levels of valuation; released valuation, Actual cash value or depreciated valuation, or full value replacement valuation or FVR. Released value valuation is basic, bare bones coverage. Although it is free to the customer, it only provides minimal coverage if an item

Ride time is the transit time that is involved for all of the travel time during a local move. Like a taxi, moving trucks charge for the time that the truck is in use. That includes the time to travel from the warehouse to origin residence, he time to travel to the new residence, and

Routing is the generic term used to determine the linehaul distance between origin and destination residences. Along with the shipment weight, the linehaul distance is used to determine the linehaul or the base transportations costs of the move. Arpin of RI wants you to know that although there may be many possible routes between move

The required delivery date or RDD is the last day of the agreed delivery date spread that the shipment can be delivered on before it is considered late. The delivery spread is the time period or delivery window in which Arpin of RI is obligated to effect delivery of a shipment to its final destination.