Flatbed

Flatbed Shipping Services

Steel, lumber, and building materials on 48 ft and 53 ft decks. Fello covers the flatbed freight your business runs on every week, with a carrier who does this for a living and a person who keeps you in the loop every step of the way.

The freight your business runs on

The flatbed freight you run every week

Most flatbed freight isn't exotic. It's the same steel, lumber, and building materials leaving your dock week after week, on a schedule a jobsite or a production line is counting on. That freight doesn't need a specialist in the unusual. It needs a truck that shows up, a deck that fits the load, and a rep who keeps you posted.

Your load gets a carrier who runs open-deck freight for a living and already knows the lane and the going rate. Across all shipments, 98.5% of pickups and 98.6% of deliveries land on time, updated quarterly. Last updated 06/30/2026

  • 48 ft and 53 ft flatbeds, covered nationwide
  • Conestoga and tarped loads quoted up front, so there's no surprise accessorial on the invoice
  • Competitive rates and honest expectations, set up front

What rides on flatbeds

If it loads from the top or the side and fits legal dimensions, it belongs on a standard deck. What our team covers every week:

  • Lumber packs and building materials
  • Structural steel, pipe and coils
  • Roofing, drywall and insulation
  • Precast concrete and masonry
  • Palletized machinery and equipment
Equipment

Two decks cover most flatbed freight

Standard flatbed work doesn't need an equipment catalog. It needs the right deck length and an honest answer on whether your freight should ride covered.

48 ft and 53 ft standard flatbeds

The workhorse of open-deck freight: a 102-inch deck that loads from the top, side, or rear by crane or forklift, and carries up to roughly 48,000 lbs of legal-dimension freight. The 48 ft deck covers most loads; the 53 ft adds room when the count runs long.

Conestoga flatbeds

A rolling tarp curtain gives weather-sensitive freight full protection with none of the tarp throw: side and top loading stays open at the dock, and your product arrives dry without a tarping charge stacked on the linehaul.

Bigger than legal limits

Over 8'6" wide, taller than legal on the deck, heavier than 48,000 lbs, or longer than 53 ft? That's step-deck, double-drop, RGN, and permit territory, and it has its own desk at Fello.

Heavy haul and oversize
Why Fello

The Fello flatbed advantage

Three things decide whether an open-deck load goes right: the carrier, how it's tarped and tied down, and whether you know where it is.

The Right Carrier

Open-deck loads go to carriers we've vetted for exactly this freight, drivers who run flatbed for a living, not whoever grabs it off a load board first.

Chained, Strapped, and Tarped Right

Steel and pipe get chained, lumber gets strapped, and weather-sensitive freight gets a tarp or a Conestoga. Matched to what you're shipping, so it shows up the way it left.

Watched the Whole Way

Live GPS on every truckload and one person who owns the load, so if something looks off you hear it from us first.

In their words

Shippers with tough freight trust Fello

★★★★★

"We have been exceptionally pleased with the outstanding service provided by Fello Logistics. Their commitment to reliability, timely deliveries, and seamless logistics has played a pivotal role in optimizing our supply chain. We highly recommend Fello Logistics."

Gypsum ResourcesBuilding materials
★★★★★

"Fello Logistics is an exceptional transportation company that combines efficiency, professionalism, and affordability, while prioritizing customer satisfaction. If you are looking for trusted, reliable service, we highly recommend Fello Logistics!"

Binderholz TimberTimber products
★★★★★

"I have been doing business with Fello now for a little over a year. They have been the best logistics team I've ever worked with. When problems do arise, which in the logistics industry they inevitably do, they do whatever it takes for the problems to be resolved quickly and efficiently!"

Luke McGuireManaging Partner, McGuire Roofing Products
Talk to an expert

Put your next flatbed load with people who move it every day

Tell us the freight and the lane, or call (952) 960-8817. A person who knows flatbed quotes it straight, within the hour during business hours.