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Flatbed Trucking & Logistics Company
Flatbed carrier and logistics company specializing in 49 states, Canada and Mexico.
www.accessamericatransport.com
Flat Bed Trucking
Flat Bed Trucking company offering great & fast service at a great price. Get a quote today!
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$72.4k from Los Angeles. OTR & LTL Flatbed Company Drivers Only
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Flatbed Truck Brokers
Specializing In Flatbed Trucking For More Than 20 Years,Free Quotes
www.handyfreightbrokers.com
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Pittsburgh Logistics, Inc
Specializing in Metals, Lumber & Building Material-Transport Experts
www.pghlogistics.com
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4 Way Logistics
Provider of a variety of services, including flatbed, heavy-haul, overdimensional and international air and ocean freight forwarding services to all points in North America.
www.4way.com
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Air Eagle, Inc.
Provides less than truckload and truckload, flatbed, expedited and overnight truck transportation services.
www.aireagle.com
AMCO Transportation Logistics
Provides flatbed, stepdeck, doubledrop, van and heavy haul shipping services.
www.amcotrans.com
Anderson Trucking Service
A flatbed, specialized and heavy haul carrier seriving the continental US as well as Mexico, Puerto Rico, the Dominican Republic and Canada.
ats-inc.com
Arrow Trucking
Provider of flatbed truckload, less-than-truckload, heavy haul, specialized and dry van truckload services.
www.arrowtrucking.com
B & A Enterprises
Boca Raton, Florida based full service trucking and logistics company. Offers refrigerated, van, flatbed and heavy haul divisions.
www.baboca.cc
Best Delivery Systems Inc.
Provides equipment that includes vans, flatbeds, and trailers of all sizes.
www.best-transportation.com
Carlen Transport
A truck transportation and truck courier company specializing in flatbed truck transport and contract courier truck carrier services and modern tractor trailer truck transportation services.
www.carlentransport.com
Carpentar Transportation
A regional specialized motor carrier offering same day and next day delivery.
www.carpentertrans.com
Carroll Fulmer & Co., Inc.
Offers coast to coast services and everything in between via vans, reefers, flat-beds, lowboys and container services.
www.1800cfulmer.com
Chasteen's Trucking
Provides flatbed truck transport services to any location in the southeastern US.
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Combined Transport
Provider of a variety of flatbed, heavy and specialized trucking services.
www.combinedtransport.com
Combined Transport
Provides haulage of any kind of product, including lumber, steel and building materials anywhere in the US.
www.combinedtransport.com
Core Carriers
Provides 100 flatbed and specialized trailers. Headquartered in Jacksonville, Florida, Core Carriers maintains four additional terminal locations in Charlotte, North Carolina, Ashland, Kentucky, Cleveland, Tennessee and Indianapolis, Indiana.
www.corecarriers.com
Custom Direct Logistics, Inc.
Provides TL and LTL trucking services that include dry vans, flatbed, bonded loads, dedicated fleet and expedited services.
www.customdirectlogistics.com
Dallas Mavis
Provides flatbed, brokerage, logistics support and van delivery services.
www.dallas-mavis.com
Elgin Trucking Company
Primarily a flatbed carrier that services the lower 48 states and Canada. Specializing in the transport of wolmanized lumber throughout Pennsylvania.
www.elgintrucking.com
Ester Transportation
Provides flatbeds, vans, specialized trailers and refrigerated trailers for transport.
www.ester.net
Evans Trucking
Fulfilling shipping, hauling and warehousing needs. Truck drivers haul over the road and regional. Truck drivers can drive a flatbed, van or side kit.
www.evanstrucking.com
Fikes Truck Lines
A 48 state contract carrier with 250 flatbeds throughout the country. Headquartered in Hope, Arkansas.
www.fikes.com
Flat Bed Trucking
Flat Bed Trucking company offering great & fast service at a great price. Get a quote today!
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Flatbed Trucking & Logistics Company
Flatbed carrier and logistics company specializing in 49 states, Canada and Mexico.
www.accessamericatransport.com (Paid)
Flatbed Trucking Company - Flatbed Shipping Quotes
Long haul or short haul trucking services, specializing in Flatbed and Stepdeck freight. Providing around the clock service for customers nationwide.
www.flatbedshipping.com(Paid)
Fleetwood Transportation Services
Texas based provider of truck transportation services.
www.ftwd.net
Freight Carriers - Flatbed Trucking
Contact us today for a quote on flatbed trucking services. We service 48 US states and Canada. No weight limits. All our carriers are prescreened.
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www.freightmonster.com (Paid)
Great Western Transportation
Provider of truckload and less-than-truckload services throughout the US and Canada. Specializes in refrigerated freight, dry van freight, flatbed freight and oversized freight.
www.gwtrans.com
Home Run, Inc.
Providing both dedicated as well as flat bed service to customers in the Mid-Atlantic, South, and Midwest.
www.homeruninc.com
Kenneth Clark
Provider of global logistics services using flatbeds and specialized trailers.
kennethclark.com
Maverick Transportation
Provider of 48 US state flatbed transportation services transporting primarily steel and building materials.
www.maverickusa.com
McAfee Trucking
Provider of flatbed, step deck and double drop trailer transportation services in 48 US states and Canada.
www.mcafeetrucking.com
Megatrux, Inc.
Provides a flatbed traffic division specializing in heavy haul, oversized/overweight loads, tarped, strapped, drop desk, step deck and any other "unusual" types of freight.
www.megatrux.com
Metzger Trucking
Can haul a wide variety of material utilizing flatbeds with side kits, air-ride 48' & 53' vans and stepdeck trailers.
www.metzgertrucking.com
Nelson Motor Freightways
Provider of truckload and less-than-truckload transportation services to 48 US states utilizing dry van, refrigerated and flatbed equipment.
www.nelsonfreight.com
NetTrans
A subscription-based freight matching service. Online registration for posting and availability of trucks and loads. Database for custom matches is available 24 hours a day.
www.nettrans.com
Nooteboom
Designs and manufactures extendible and hydraulically steered low-loaders, semi low-loaders, flatbed trailers and modular trailers.
www.nooteboom.nl
NSL, Inc
A flatbed carrier with 48 state general commodity, common and contract authority.
www.nslinc.com
Ogletree Trucking
Ogletree Trucking Company, Ltd. operates exclusively as a flatbed, irregular route transportation company.
www.ogletree.net
Ohio Northern Transit Co.
Operates a multitude of flatbeds, dropdecks, double dropdecks, extendibles and multi-axle supertrailers to move oversized or overweight cargo anywhere in the 48 US and Canada.
www.ohionorthern.com
Pan Western Transportation
Regional flatbed carrier with an emphasis on service to the Los Angeles Basin. Provides specialized transport, heavy hauling and the transport of oversized and overweight equipment.
www.panwestern.com
Prime
Provides flatbed carrier and refrigerated carrier transportation.
www.primeinc.com
Road Art Transportation
Provides van, flatbed, reefer, LTL, TL and air ride services.
www.roadart.on.ca
Roehl Transport
Provides curtainside, flatbed, specialized, and van trailer services throughout the US and Canada.
www.roehl.net
Royal Trucking Company
Located in West Point, Mississippi, has been serving the specialized dry van, flatbed equipment needs of customers for the past 27 years.
www.royaltruck.com
Stevens West, Inc. Flatbed, Dropdeck, Lowboy Truck Shipment Specialists
Specializes in the truck shipment of flatbed and drop deck trailer freight across the US and Canada.
www.stevenswest.com
Tandem Transport Corp.
Flatbed carrier with 48 state general commodities, common and contract authorities, plus common authority for Ontario and Quebec, Canada.
www.tand.com
Trans-System, Inc.
Company is comprised of three divisions that include: System Transport, the flatbed division, T. W. Transport (TWT), a refrigerated and dry van operation, and James J. Williams, a bulk commodities hauling operation.
www.trans-system.com
Transource International
Provider of less-than-truckload and truckload services utilizing straight trucks, dry vans, refrigerated units, flatbeds, stepdecks, double drops and multiaxles.
www.tsitransource.com
Truscott Trucking
A major common and contract carrier based in Twin Falls, Idaho. Provides common, contract, refrigerated, flatbed and step deck delivery services.
www.truscotttrucking.com
Watson Freight Management
Provides van, refrigerated and flatbed shipments. Transportation specialists in moving TL, LTL and intermodal freight.
www.watsonfreight.com
Wiersma Trucking
Specializes in the shipping of commodities, both LTL and truckload, on flatbed and curtain van trailers.
www.wiersmatrucking.com
Wingline Trucking
Provider of trucking services using flatbeds, vans and other specialized equipment.
www.wingline.com
  • Boyd Bros. Transportation Inc.
  • Smithway Motor Xpress Corp.
Truck Loads for Everyone
Over 2.5 million loads per month No lead takes. 100% DAT network.
3sixty.TransCore.com/truck-loads
Experienced Drivers Jobs
$72.4k from Los Angeles. OTR & LTL Flatbed Company Drivers Only
www.wksh.com
Flatbed Truck Brokers
Specializing In Flatbed Trucking For More Than 20 Years,Free Quotes
www.handyfreightbrokers.com

Guide to Flatbed Trucking

Flatbed trailers haul just about anything you can lay on a slab


 
 

Flatbed Trucking Fast Facts

  • Flatbed trucks expose your cargo to the elements, so use them only for containerized cargo or cargo that doesn't mind rain.
  • You can save money by sharing a flatbed truck with another customer.
  • Most large trucking companies do flatbed trucking.
 
 
A flatbed truck (more accurately, a semi truck towing a flatbed trailer) is easy to spot: it's that long trailer with a floor but no sides or roof. If your load is pretty weatherproof and also ungainly, a flatbed may be the way to go. Flatbed trucking is your best option when your shipment is:

1. A large or heavy load that needs to get on and off the truck quickly; a flatbed trailer is easier to load and unload.

2. Stored in standard shipping containers--such containers are designed to be carried by flatbed trucks.
3. An odd size or shape, as is construction equipment, that's difficult or impossible to wedge into an enclosed trailer but sits fine on a flatbed trailer.

4. Invulnerable to wind, rain and snow; tie-down tarps on flatbed trucks offer only so much protection.

Here are the most effective solutions for shipping by flatbed truck:


Action Steps

The best contacts and resources to help you get it done

Choose a type of flatbed trailer Not all flatbed trailers are alike. Different designs accommodate different types of loads. If you need a particular flatbed trailer design, you need to make sure the flatbed trucking company you choose has the right flatbed trailer on hand.

I recommend:  Stevens West, Inc. publishes an online Trailer Selector Guide that shows the types of flatbed trailers and their size/weight capacities.

Know the class of cargo you will ship by flatbed truck To calculate your quote, most flatbed trucking companies assign a class to each load according to the National Motor Freight Classification uniform standards. The cargo's density, ease of handling and liability of materials are all considered in assigning the cargo to one of 18 different classes representing the typical ease of transport for goods of that class.

I recommend:  The National Motor Freight Traffic Association gives details on the classifications used by flatbed trucking companies and the packaging you can apply to lower your shipping rates. Use what you learn to negotiate rates with your carrier, or buy the association's classification guide to calculate a fair price on your own.

Find a trucking company that fields flatbed trucks Most major trucking companies have flatbed trucks in their fleets, along with the usual box trailers and such. Nearly all offer free quotes online.

I recommend:  To quickly collect quotes from a range of flatbed trucking companies, try FreightQuote, QWikQuote Express or eFreightLine.

Investigate a trucking company's reputation before hiring its flatbed truck Once you have a quote or two you like, do a background check on the flatbed trucking companies to make sure they are solid citizens. Ask companies for their overall claims ratio, which compares damage claims with the number of shipments carried. Be sure they have registered their flatbed trucks, have proper insurance, and have drug testing programs for their drivers.

I recommend:  The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, part of the U.S. Department of Transportation, registers and compiles background and safety data on trucking companies, including those with flatbed trucks in their fleets.

Tips & Tactics

Helpful advice for making the most of this Guide
  • If a shipment is unusually large for its actual weight, flatbed trucking companies may charge for a higher 'dimensional weight,' determined by size, instead of the real weight.
  • If you ship with a wrong size or weight estimate, the flatbed trucking company may stick you with a 'reweigh' fee.
  • If your flatbed truck load looks like less than a full truckload, talk to your flatbed trucking company about whether you can share the bed with someone else's shipment to save money -- a practice known as less than truck load, or LTL. (A full truck all to yourself is a full truck load, or FTL.)

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By Ned Averill-Snell
Flatbed trailers haul just about anything you can lay on a slab.
A flatbed truck (more accurately, a semi truck towing a flatbed trailer) is easy to spot: it's that long trailer with a floor but no sides or roof. If your load is pretty weatherproof and also ungainly, a flatbed may be the way to go. Flatbed ... Read more
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