
Flatbed
Flatbed is open deck freight with no walls and no roof, and the load is held down by work you do yourself. Out of Central Florida that means structural steel, lumber, pipe, drywall, roofing material and palletized building product headed for job sites along the I-4 corridor and across the Southeast. Because the freight is exposed, securement sits with the driver and is regulated under FMCSA rules in 49 CFR Part 393. You will work with straps, chains, binders, edge protection and tarps depending on the commodity. Against dry van, flatbed trades physical work for far less time waiting at a dock. Most pickups and deliveries happen in yards or on job sites instead of appointment-based receiving doors, so detention is lower and the day is more predictable. Flatbed is the entry point into our open deck operation, and the securement habits you build here are exactly what qualify you for stepdeck and lowboy later.




