Hotshot trucking, from the carrier that actually runs it.

What fits on a 30–40 ft gooseneck

A gooseneck deck carries the freight a full flatbed is overkill for and a parcel network can't touch: a single machine, a few pallets of steel or building product, crated equipment, an expedited replacement part that has to be on-site tomorrow. Open-deck loading means forklifts and cranes reach it from the side or the top, and securement runs chains, straps, and tarps to spec — the same discipline as our full-size flatbed work.

The cue that says hotshot: the load is real freight with its own deadline, but it doesn't justify — or can't wait for — a full truckload. Partial loads and single pieces are the natural fit.

• Machinery and equipment — skid steers, compressors, crated units
• Palletized steel, lumber, and building product in partial quantities
• Expedited industrial parts where the clock is the whole point
• Anything open-deck that fits a 30–40 ft envelope and a medium-duty tow vehicle's ratings

Hotshot vs. full flatbed vs. LTL

Three honest trade-offs decide it. Against a full 48–53′ flatbed: hotshot wins on speed to dispatch and cost when the freight doesn't fill a deck; the flatbed wins on sheer capacity and on loads whose weight or footprint outgrows a gooseneck. Against LTL: hotshot gives your freight its own dedicated equipment and a direct run — no terminals, no cross-docking, no other shippers' freight riding along — which is exactly what time-critical and damage-sensitive loads want.

Pick hotshot

Partial or single-piece open-deck freight, tight windows, direct runs. Your freight is the only freight on the deck.

Pick full flatbed

The load fills a 48–53′ deck, or the weight and footprint outgrow a gooseneck. See our flatbed service.

Pick LTL elsewhere

Small, non-urgent, dock-to-dock freight that tolerates terminals and transfer handling. We'll say so rather than sell you a truck you don't need.

The lanes we actually run

We move freight nationwide, with equipment domiciled around our operational hubs — Safford, Arizona (MC headquarters), Sedalia, Missouri; Bolingbrook, Illinois; and Fredericktown, Ohio — which keeps us dense on the I-10, I-55, and I-70 corridors and the Midwest–Southwest lanes between them. Tell the desk the lane; if it's one we're strong on, you'll hear it in the response time.

How tendering works

Call or send the lane through the capacity form: commodity, dimensions, weight, how it loads, and the windows. Pricing is quoted per lane on a written rate confirmation — never estimated by a widget — with accessorials named before the truck moves. Every truck runs an ELD, so you get pickup, transit, and delivery updates, and the claims process runs to 49 CFR Part 370, published on this site before you ever need it. Verify the authority first: MC #1800150 on SAFER, two minutes, no login.