Appletons Business Group / D&L Transport
An agency of D&L Transport
Why ship with Appletons Business Group
Backed by D&L Transport, a licensed freight broker.
Your freight priced against this week’s market, hauled by vetted carriers, with updates until it delivers.
- MC# 512088Licensed freight broker
- USDOT 2233590D&L Transport, LLC
- Overland Park, KansasHeadquarters
The brokerage behind us
D&L Transport by the numbers
Top 50 3PL
Third-party logistics provider
Large enough to compete, small enough to give you the attention, support and partnership you deserve.
- 24/7Client support
- 75,000+Approved motor carriers
- Top 1%Credit rating with carriers and factoring companies
- 1,369,866Loads delivered since inception
- 216,069Loads delivered in the last year
- 915,848,000Miles traveled with clients' freight since inception
- 2,182Clients served in the past year
- 943New clients in the past year
- 86%Repeat customers
From D&L Transport · as of October 2026
This week’s freight market
We watch the market every week, so your quote reflects today’s rates.
Sep 28 – Oct 4, 2026
Demand is up 11% this week while trucks are down 3.6%. Book early.
- +11.0%Loads posted this week
- −3.6%Trucks posted this week
- $6.20Fuel per gallon, −2.82% this week
| National trends | Week | Month | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spot load posts | +11.0% | +11.4% | +26.9% |
| Spot truck posts | −3.6% | +5.3% | −24.5% |
| Van load-to-truck | +20.5% | +9.6% | +73.4% |
| Van spot rates | +0.0% | +3.8% | +46.3% |
| Flatbed load-to-truck | +6.1% | +8.3% | +50.4% |
| Flatbed spot rates | −1.1% | +2.3% | +44.2% |
| Reefer load-to-truck | +17.9% | −4.0% | +75.4% |
| Reefer spot rates | −0.5% | +6.8% | +48.4% |
| Fuel prices | −2.8% | +15.2% | +67.7% |
- Demand rose: 11% more loads were posted this week, and 3.6% fewer trucks.
- Van: 20.5% more loads per truck, while rates held flat.
- Flatbed and reefer: more loads per truck (up 6.1% and 17.9%), with rates down slightly (1.1% and 0.5%).
- Fuel fell 2.8% this week, to $6.20 a gallon.
From D&L Transport's Weekly Freight Pulse
Freight security
We protect your freight.
- 605U.S. cargo theft incidents in Q2 2026, up 5% from Q1
- 219%Year-over-year rise in freight fraud attempts in Q3 2025
Industry reports via D&L Transport's Freight Pulse
- Carriers are set up and vetted through D&L Transport before they haul for us.
- We confirm any change to pickup, delivery or contacts directly, not by reply to the message that asked for it.
Equipment
What we haul
Flatbed
Step deck
Dry van
Reefer
Conestoga
Hotshot
RGN / Lowboy
Power only
How it works
Three steps to your first load
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Pickup, delivery, date and freight. Use the quote form or call.
We quote the same day
Priced against this week’s market.
We book a carrier and keep you posted
A carrier set up through D&L Transport, with updates until delivery.
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