Dedicated, not consolidated
Your freight is the only freight on the truck. No terminal, no transfer, no waiting for the trailer to fill.
Expedited and Hot Shot
Expedited freight when the clock is the load.
Expedited is a different service, not a faster version of the same one. The truck is dedicated to your load, it does not stop for other pickups, and on long runs a team keeps it rolling while one driver sleeps.
At a glance
The specs that set the rate.
These four details decide the equipment, the carrier and the number. Have them ready and your quote comes back faster.
- Equipment
- Cargo van, sprinter, straight truck, tractor trailer, team drivers
- Typical response
- Truck dispatched within one to three hours in most metro markets
- Best for
- Line down parts, medical and lab freight, job site material, recovery loads
- Transit
- Direct drive, roughly 500 to 550 miles per day solo, 900 plus with a team
How we run it
What Verve does differently here.
Team drivers for long runs
Over about 600 miles, a team beats a solo driver by a full day because the truck never stops for a ten hour reset.
Right sized equipment
Two pallets do not need a tractor trailer. A sprinter or a straight truck costs less and often loads faster.
Answered at 2 AM
Expedited freight does not respect office hours. Dispatch is staffed around the clock and a real person picks up.
Expedited and Hot Shot FAQ
Questions about expedited and hot shot.
In most metropolitan markets we can have a driver at your dock within one to three hours. Rural pickups depend on where the nearest available equipment sits. Call rather than email when the clock matters.
Freight moved by a medium duty pickup pulling a gooseneck or flatbed trailer, usually under about 16,500 pounds. It is common in oil and gas, construction and agriculture, and it is often the fastest and cheapest option for a single piece of urgent equipment.
A solo driver is limited to 11 hours of driving inside a 14 hour on duty window, which works out to roughly 500 to 550 miles. A team can cover 900 to 1,100 miles per day because one driver rests while the other drives.
Compare it to the cost of the delay. A production line down for a shift, a crew standing on a job site, or a missed retail delivery window with a chargeback attached usually costs several times the premium on the truck.
Also available
Other freight services.
Full Truckload
One shipper, one trailer, one direct run. The fastest and least handled way to move a full load anywhere in the lower 48.
LTL and Partial
Anything from one pallet to a half trailer, priced so you pay for the space you use instead of the space you do not.
Refrigerated
Temperature controlled freight with continuous monitoring, documented setpoints, and carriers who understand a cold chain.
Flatbed and Open Deck
Steel, lumber, machinery and anything that will not fit through a dock door. Secured, tarped, and permitted when it needs to be.
Drayage and Intermodal
Port and rail container moves, plus long haul on rail where it saves real money without wrecking the schedule.
Need a truck on the dock today?
Send the lane, the dates and the freight details. Most quotes go back the same business day.