“Flatbed” truck includes a heavy haul semi-truck (tractor) and a 48’ or 53’ flatbed, consecutive and open trailer that is 102” wide and is about 5’ high off the ground surface.

“Stepdeck” truck includes a heavy haul semi-truck (tractor) and 48’ or 53’ flat, non-consecutive and open trailer that is 102” wide and has about 10’ upper deck with 5’ high off the ground surface and the rest 38’ or 43’ of consecutive flat space that is about 3’ high off the ground surface. In some cases, stepdeck trailer has ramps for loading anything that has wheels if it cannot be loaded with a forklift, crane or any other kind of loader from the side or off the loading dock.

Open trailers like flatbed and stepdeck are designed to haul agriculture, construction products, oilfield equipment, household goods, machinery, manufactured products, metals, plastics, wood products and other. The main difference between flatbed and stepdeck trailers is that stepdeck trailer can haul loads that can reach up to 10’6” in height, flatbed trailer is limited to only 8’ 6” in height.

All of our flatbed and stepdeck truck drivers carry 4’, 6’ or 8’ drop heavy duty commercial tarps to protect the shipment from any weather conditions including rain, snow, sleet, ice, salt, mud, dirt etc.