Questions? Call us at

(800) 697-4477
Contact Us | Track Shipment | Login

What are you looking for?

Explore our services and discover how we can help you achieve your goals

A dark blue-tinted overhead shot of a massive cargo ship loaded with shipping containers, overlaid with a digital grid and a wave-like data visualization.

What is a Flatbed Truck?

A flatbed truck is a truck towing a trailer with a flat base and no walls. A flatbed is used to transport large cargo and oversize freight that a standard shipping container cannot accommodate.

See our Demo
Flatbed Freight Services flatbed hauling tractor

Flatbed Details

Flatbed truck freight includes:

  • Building materials
  • Industrial equipment
  • Agriculture equipment
  • Military vehicles
  • Solar panels

There are many types of flatbed trucks such as the lowboy, step deck, stretch double drop, removable gooseneck, Conestoga, and sidekick.

The benefits of using a flatbed truck include:

Access from various angles for easy loading and unloading

Space flexibility without the limitations of a four-walled truck

An easily secured load for safe cargo transport and reduced risk of damage

Moving freight on a flatbed requires specialized equipment, knowledge, and expertise such as:

  • Choosing the right truck for the specific freight
  • Loading and securing your specific cargo properly with tarps, chains, and corner protectors
  • Knowledge of regulations and safety requirements to ensure compliance and secure freight transport without risk of injury to others on the road
  • The complexities and costs of flatbed freight can drain your operations and profit margins.

Sourcing reliable capacity of flatbed equipment that’s full service at competitive rates can be difficult. That’s why it’s best to partner with a 3PL, like BlueGrace Logistics, with extensive flatbed experience.

BlueGrace Logistics takes the burden off your operations with:

  • An established network of trucks and trailers to meet your needs.
  • A dedicated team of advisors to guide you through moving your specialized, flatbed freight combined with consistent service and communications throughout the process.
  • Knowledgeable industry experts that know the nuances, intricacies, and market dynamics of flatbed shipping industries like manufacturing, automotive, agriculture, energy, and construction.

Streamline flatbed truck sourcing by partnering with the flatbed experts at BlueGrace logistics.

"*" indicates required fields

This field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged.
Name*
How often do you ship?

Book Your Flatbed Truck Today

Schedule with a BlueGrace transportation expert and see how flatbed trucking solutions simplify the movement of oversized, heavy, and irregular freight. Learn how the right combination of expertise, carrier access, and technology brings greater visibility, safety, and control to flatbed shipments from pickup to delivery.

You’ll see how BlueGrace supports flatbed shipping with:

  • Expert flatbed carrier selection for specialized loads

  • Secure load planning and coordination for oversize and open-deck freight

  • Real-time shipment tracking and proactive exception management

  • Data insights that help optimize routes, costs, and equipment usage

  • Flexible flatbed solutions tailored to your freight and project requirements

We invite you to schedule a demonstration to explore our services in greater detail. A personalized demo will provide you with valuable insights into how our solutions can meet your specific needs. Please select a convenient time, and our team will be ready to assist you. We look forward to showcasing the benefits our offerings can bring to your organization.

The BlueShip® Platform

Simplify your LTL with the proprietary BlueShip Rating Engine built for speed, accuracy, and performance. This LTL rating engine delivers thousands of rates in seconds through a single instance platform - so you can quote with confidence. As an open platform, it allows for an easy and accessible API with software development kit available.

BlueShip Platform on tablet view

Built on a modern tech stack with software products designed to support an increasing amount of transportation and modes. Full truckload, less-than-truckload, refrigerated, temperature controlled, flatbed, intermodal, and more. BlueShip TMS is designed with flexibility and customization to support multiple modes and integrations that provide the highest level of visibility across your supply chain.

BlueShip Plaform Book Shipment on tablet screen

Having complete visibility to your freight is a necessity. With the BlueShip platform, you'll have access to built-in tracking, making it effortless to see where your freight is, every step of the way.

BlueShip Platform Tracking screen on tablet

BlueShip drives value through understanding, comprehending, and visualizing your logistics network data. Based on highly clean and accurate data, this provides deep visibility across your supply chain. It allows for AI and machine learning, as well as predictive and prescriptive decision support analytics, to build resilience, prepare for disruption, and increase operations efficiency.

BlueShip Platform Cost Allocation Screen On Tablet
Book A Demo