Ryan Poynter
SVP of LTL, Armstrong Transport Group
- SVP of LTL, Armstrong Transport Group: leads the LTL division of a $2B-revenue third-party logistics company, which arranges freight with 50+ national and regional carriers.
- Author of The Complete Guide to LTL Shipping.
- Founder of LearnLTL, an LTL certification course for shipping and logistics professionals.
- Editor and data contributor, GetLTLRates: writes and reviews the site’s guides and oversees how Armstrong shipment data is published (see the data methodology).
Background
Ryan has spent 15 years in less-than-truckload freight on three sides of the table: as a shipper buying LTL, as a 3PL pricing leader negotiating with carriers, and as the executive building Armstrong’s LTL business. That mix is the point of view behind GetLTLRates: shippers should see what freight really costs, understand why, and be able to compare carriers without the runaround.
Guides by Ryan on GetLTLRates
- LTL shipping benchmark report 2026
- LTL fuel surcharge this week
- Volume LTL: when 6–12 pallets should use volume pricing
- LTL carrier comparison
- How much does it cost to ship a pallet?
- How to ship a pallet, step by step
- LTL transit times: how long shipping takes
- LTL reweigh and reclass: how to dispute one
- How to file an LTL freight claim
- LTL weight limits: how heavy can a shipment be?
- Pallet size and dimension limits
- Liftgate fees by carrier
- Residential delivery fees by carrier
- Overlength fees by carrier
- What is freight class? The NMFC system explained
- How LTL rates are actually calculated
- LTL accessorial charges: the complete list
- Freight density calculator
- How to read a bill of lading (BOL)
- LTL vs. truckload: when to use each
- LTL shipping benchmark report