Keller Handles More LTL, Traffic Includes 40% Dry

In today's LTL arena, manufacturers ship more often because customers demand just-in-time delivery. They don't want to hold inventory as they did in the past. “A lot of what used to be pool distribution for us has become LTL direct,” says David DeVries, co-owner of KRC Companies including the original LTL division, Keller Transfer, in Grand Rapids, Michigan. “That's why we're fortunate to have added more terminals and warehouses, including one in Chicago.” Pool distribution remains a big part of what Keller does today, but for different customers, DeVries adds. In the early 1970s, when David and his ...

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