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THIS EDITION OF THE STANDARDIZED TRUCKING RATE GUIDE IS FOR ZONE 7 DESTINATIONS (AL, FL, GA, MS, TN) FOR 5-AXLE DD/RGN IS STRG RIGHT FOR ME? Do you haul Oversized & Overweight (OS/OW) cargo? Are you a shipper or manufacturer that frequently needs to price or budget the cost of large trucking projects? The Standardized Trucking Rate Guide ("STRG") is a manual that was designed for the driver or transportation professional in need of solid transportation rates, fast. STRG is simple and fast to use. First, in every STRG, there are more than 50,000 rates displayed for up to 25 major routes in any particular zone: Houston to Miami, Houston to Atlanta, Houston to Nashville, etc. Rates are all displayed in easy-to-read tables that can be searched dictionary-style. No kidding. If you can look up a word in the dictionary, then you can use the STRG. Effectively doubling or tripling the 50,000+ rates displayed, STRG also includes an internal pricing "yardstick" that allows you to quickly revise a rate up or down if your cargo is picking up or delivering within 50 miles of the proposed lane. Picking up in Galveston instead of Houston? Use the yardstick to increase the rate. Delivering in Panama City, FL? Simply use the rates to Tallahassee and use the yardstick to subtract from the rate. Rates are all tabled as a possible two-way conversation between a shipper and a driver/carrier, and the rates are assigned 1 of 5 STRG pricing classifications: Cheap, Bargain, Decent, Good, and Urgent. WHY IS STRG NEEDED? The STRG will help you quickly navigate the every-day, repetitive, time-consuming and resource draining BS that you encounter daily with pricing OS/OW loads. How much of your day is spent pricing cargo? How much of your day is spent quoting cargo that you know you'll likely never move? How many opportunities to do business do you miss out on, because you do not have a fast and powerful answer to the question: What does it cost? If you're a driver