Industries we serve · Construction and building materials
Building materials to the jobsite
A jobsite is not a dock, and that single fact drives most of what goes wrong with building-materials freight. There is no leveller, often no forklift, sometimes no address that a truck can actually reach, and a delivery window set by a crew that is standing around until the load shows up. We run flatbed for the full decks and 30–40 ft gooseneck hotshots for the urgent partials, with the site realities priced in before the truck leaves rather than argued about when it arrives.
Have a load that fits? Quotes are per lane, in writing, from a person.
Industries we serve / Construction and building materials
What we haul to sites
Building product is open-deck freight almost by definition: it is long, it is bundled, and it comes off the side or the top with a forklift or a crane rather than through a dock door. The list below is shapes, not a catalogue — if your material looks like one of these, it belongs on a deck we run.
- Dimensional lumber and engineered wood, banded in units
- Roof and floor trusses, and prefabricated panels
- Rebar, mesh and structural steel for the pour
- Block, brick and hardscape on pallets
- Roofing material — bundles, rolls, coil stock and metal panels
- HVAC units, rooftop equipment and mechanical packages
- Windows, doors and crated finishes that cannot take weather
Jobsite realities
The things that decide whether a jobsite delivery works are the ones nobody writes on a bill of lading, so the desk asks at tender. Who is unloading, with what, and will it be there? Our drivers secure and tarp the load and operate the truck; they are not the unloading crew, so a delivery that assumes driver assistance needs to say so in advance and be quoted as an accessorial rather than refused on arrival.
Then the site itself. An appointment window means the truck is idle until someone releases it, and that clock is real — free time and detention terms go on the rate confirmation before the load moves, in both directions. A residential or limited-access address means a truck that can get in, turn and get out, which needs an honest description rather than a pin on a map. And if the site will not be ready, tell the desk early: rescheduling is a phone call, while a truck at a locked gate is an accessorial.
Tarping and weather
Building material is where tarping earns its keep. Lumber units, engineered wood, roofing bundles and crated finishes all arrive as somebody's next task, and material that shows up wet becomes a rejection, a claim, or a crew standing around. Tarping is hand work on the deck, so it is a named accessorial quoted per lane rather than a flat charge, and it varies with how the load builds. Tell us whether the freight tarps when you tender it and it is priced on the rate confirmation before dispatch — a cheaper conversation at quote time than at the site.
Partial loads and urgent site supplies
Construction schedules do not fail by whole truckloads. They fail on one bundle of trusses, a pallet of anchors, or the rooftop unit that has to be up before the crane leaves — freight too small for a full deck and too urgent to wait for one. That is what a 30–40 ft gooseneck is for, and hotshot is one of our largest specialties rather than a sideline.
A hotshot run means your material gets its own truck straight from the supplier to the site: no consolidation, no terminal stops, no re-handling. What you will not get is a transit time promised before we have looked at the lane — distance, routing and federal hours-of-service rules decide that. Give the desk the real deadline and you get a plan that meets it or a straight no.
How tendering works
Site deliveries are quoted per lane on a written rate confirmation, with the unloading method, the delivery window and every accessorial named before the truck moves. Every truck runs an ELD, so the crew waiting on the material gets updates from data rather than a guess. Claims run to 49 CFR Part 370, and the authority is MC #1800150, verifiable on SAFER.
Send these seven and the desk can name the deck and price the lane without a round of questions:
- Commodity — what the freight actually is, in your own words
- Dimensions — length by width by height, per piece and for the whole load
- Total and per-piece weight — how it sits over the axles matters as much as the scale total
- Loading method — dock, forklift, crane or drive-on, and whose equipment does it at each end
- Tarping — whether the freight needs weather protection on the road
- Special handling — permits, appointment windows, residential or limited-access sites
- Origin and destination — the lane sets the routing, the state limits, and the quote
Send the freight and the lane; the desk names the deck and quotes it in writing.
Construction and building materials freight questions, answered
What if the jobsite has no forklift?
Tell us at tender — it changes the quote rather than ending it. The unloading method is priced as a named accessorial on the rate confirmation, whether that means driver assistance where the load allows it or the receiver bringing equipment with the reach and rating for the material. What does not work is a truck arriving where nobody knew unloading was an open question.
Can a hotshot bring a partial urgent order?
Yes — that is the job a 30–40 ft gooseneck exists for, and hotshot is one of our largest specialties. A bundle of trusses, a pallet of fasteners or a single mechanical unit gets its own truck running directly to the site, with no consolidation and no terminal handling. Tell us the real deadline and you get a plan that meets it or a straight no.
Do you deliver to residential addresses?
Yes, quoted as a named accessorial, because a residential or limited-access site is a different job from a commercial yard — the truck has to get in, turn and get out, and the unloading is rarely someone else's forklift. Describe the access honestly when you tender: the width of the approach, the surface, and where the material has to end up.
Can you deliver on weekends or after hours?
The dispatch desk is staffed 24/7, so there is always a person to reach at +1 (571) 619-8119. The delivery window itself is agreed per lane and written on the rate confirmation, because a weekend or after-hours delivery depends on the supplier releasing the freight, the site being open to receive it, and federal hours-of-service rules for the driver. Ask the desk with the dates and the lane for a real answer rather than a general yes.