By Colby Baskin
The Top 20 Dry Van Carriers Every Freight Broker Should Know
A field guide to 20 major North American carrier networks—and how brokers can use carrier knowledge to find stronger lanes, better capacity, and new shipper opportunities.
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Freight strategy, service selection, and shipping education
Plain-English guidance for choosing equipment, planning shipments, managing exceptions, and understanding the freight terms that shape day-to-day logistics.
Data Center Equipment Shipping and Logistics Guide
Data center freight includes server racks, switchgear, generators, chillers, UPS systems, cable, and replacement parts that must arrive on schedule, intact, and visible from pickup to delivery.
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Freight Forwarder Guide to Domestic Expedited and High-Value Shipping
Freight forwarders need a domestic partner that can cover urgent, high-value, white-glove, AOG, and specialized equipment moves without losing visibility or control of the customer relationship.
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Solar Panel Shipping and Logistics Guide for EPCs and Developers
Solar freight moves through ports, warehouses, dry vans, open decks, and project sites. Here is how EPCs, developers, manufacturers, and forwarders can plan solar panel logistics from container arrival to field delivery.
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What Is Reefer Freight? A Guide to Temperature-Controlled Shipping
Reefer freight is temperature-controlled shipping moved in refrigerated trailers. It protects products that need to stay frozen, chilled, above freezing, or inside a controlled room-temperature range.
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LTL Freight Shipping Costs: Pricing Factors, Average Rates, and How to Save
Learn what drives LTL freight shipping costs, how rates compare with full truckload, and practical ways small businesses can lower freight spend.
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Cowtown Logistics vs. National Freight Brokers: What Shippers Should Know
Compare Cowtown Logistics with national freight brokers on rates, responsiveness, carrier access, and hands-on service for U.S. and Canada shippers.
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Medical Equipment & Supplies Freight Shipping: What Manufacturers and Distributors Need to Know
Medical equipment is not general freight. Imaging systems, surgical instruments, diagnostic devices, and sterile supplies need specialized carriers, documented chain-of-custody, and handling protocols built around the cargo.
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By Colby Baskin
Freight Brokerage
What is a Freight Broker?
A freight broker connects shippers with carriers, coordinates freight movement, and helps keep shipments moving from pickup to delivery. Here is how freight brokers work and why shippers rely on them.
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Moffett Delivery 101: When a Piggyback Forklift Saves Your Jobsite
When there is no dock, no forklift, rough ground, or tight access, unloading becomes the real problem. Here is when Moffett delivery makes the difference and what freight is a good fit.
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What Shippers Need to Know About the Supreme Court Freight Broker Liability Ruling
The U.S. Supreme Court's May 14, 2026 ruling in Montgomery v. Caribe changes the freight broker liability conversation. Here is what happened, why it matters for shippers, and how Cowtown vets carriers before a load ever moves.
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How BrokerOS Helped Cowtown Logistics Build a Website for the Future of Search
When Cowtown Logistics needed a new website, we wanted more than a template or a generic web agency. Here is why we chose BrokerOS and what other logistics companies should think about before hiring a website developer.
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How Prax Performance Transformed Cowtown Logistics from the Inside Out
Discover how Prax Performance's leadership and human performance programs transformed Cowtown Logistics — and why 70% of our team has now gone through their Pathfinder course.
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Why Silver Creek Materials Stands Out in Fort Worth
A look at the recycling, mining, land reclamation, and logistics partnership that makes this Fort Worth operation stand out.
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5 Successful Logistics Cost Reduction Strategies for Your Business
Cut freight spend without sacrificing service. Five proven strategies -- from carrier negotiation to route optimization -- that lower logistics costs.
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11 Most Common Accessorials in Freight Shipping and How to Anticipate Them
Liftgate, detention, residential delivery, and other accessorial charges can inflate freight costs. Identify the 11 most common fees and plan around them.
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By Colby Baskin
Logistics Management
5 Benefits of Outsourcing Your Logistics Management: Managed Logistics Services 101
Outsourcing logistics management lowers overhead, improves carrier access & frees your team to focus on core business. Five key benefits of managed logistics.
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Last Mile Delivery: The Key to Business Success
Last mile delivery is the final leg from a distribution hub to the customer's door -- and often the most expensive. Strategies to cut costs & speed up service
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Cold Chain Management: Your Guide to Successful Logistics Solutions
Cold chain management keeps temperature-sensitive goods like food, pharmaceuticals, and chemicals within safe ranges from origin to destination. How it works.
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From the Cowtown team
Freight answers we give customers every week
By Colby Baskin, CEO
Most of these guides start with a question we hear from a shipper: What trailer do I need? Why did the quote change? What should I expect at delivery?
We write down the answer, keep it practical, and update the guide when something important changes.
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