Steel coils and plate
Coil racks, chocks and edge protection. Suicide coils loaded eye to the side.
EST. 2009 · PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA
Open deck freight, chained down by people who have done it ten thousand times.
185 trucks pulling flatbeds, step decks, double drops and conestogas from the Rust Belt to the Gulf. Steel, lumber, machinery and anything else that does not fit through a dock door.
- Trucks
- 185
- Open deck trailers
- 240
- Securement claims, 2025
- 0
| Deck length | 48 ft |
|---|---|
| Deck height | 60 in |
| Legal freight height | 8 ft 6 in |
| Max payload | 48,000 lbs |
| Best for | Steel, lumber, pipe, building materials |
What we haul
Request a rate
Lumber and panels
Tarped on request, corner protectors on every strap, no crushed edges.
Machinery
Forklifts, generators and skid-mounted equipment up to 11 ft tall on a double drop.
Building materials
Rebar, trusses, roofing and drywall delivered to job sites, not just yards.
Pipe and tube
Pipe stakes and bunks, dunnage between every layer, chained in sections.
Solar and energy
Module pallets, inverters and transformers to utility-scale sites.
Securement standard
Every load is tied down to FMCSA cargo securement rules, then to ours, which are stricter. Drivers photograph the finished load before they pull out, and the photos go straight into your shipment record.
- Aggregate working load limit at least 50 percent of cargo weight. We plan for 70.
- One tiedown per 10 feet of cargo, never fewer than two. Steel always gets chains.
- Edge protection on every strap that touches a corner, no exceptions.
- Re-check within the first 50 miles and every 3 hours or 150 miles after that.
On every truck
- 10 grade 70 chains, 5/16 in4,700 lbs WLL
- 20 ratchet straps, 4 in5,400 lbs WLL
- Lumber and steel tarps2 sets
- Corner and edge protectors30 plus
- Coil racks and chocksSteel loads
Quick tools
Tiedown counter
Minimum tiedowns by FMCSA rule for an article of cargo.
Notices
- Winter tarp policy in effect from November 1 for all lumber and drywall loads
- Six new 53 ft step decks with ramps added to the Houston pool
- CVSA Brake Safety Week results: zero out of service across the fleet
- New dedicated coil lane, Gary, IN to Monterrey via Laredo, two trucks daily
- Conestoga capacity doubled for aerospace and finished goods
Yards
Flatbed drivers
Paid for the tarp, paid for the chains, home every weekend.
- $0.70per mile, loaded and empty
- $75tarp pay per load
- $1,500securement gear allowance
Quote a load
Send dimensions, weight and both addresses. Open deck desk answers Monday to Saturday, 5 am to 8 pm Eastern.
- (412) 555 0193
- opendeck@bedrockflatbed.example
- 1200 Neville Rd, Pittsburgh, PA