A less than truckload (LTL) shipment is . ANSWER a shipment made directly, with no additional stops, changing of trucks, or loading of additional cargo a transportation solution that seeks to exploit the strengths of multiple transportation modes through physical, information, and monetary flows that are as seamless as possible a smaller shipment, often combined with other loads to reduce costs and improve truck efficiencies a specialized rail car the size of a standard truck trailer that can be quickly switched from rail to ground transportation by changing the wheels