Local Hauling & Freight
Semis when the load is big. Straight trucks when the street is tight.
Full truckloads on 53' vans and flatbeds, downtown drops on 24' and 32' straight trucks, and a Moffett truck-mounted forklift that unloads without a dock on your end. One carrier for the whole range, with yard space to stage your material until the job is ready for it.
Why shippers call us
Four reasons the load moves easier with our truck.
We already run freight for our pallet customers every week. The hauling service is that same equipment and the same drivers, available for your loads.
Moffett-equipped
We bring the forklift with us.
A Moffett is a truck-mounted forklift that rides on the back of the trailer. It comes off and unloads on grade: gravel lots, jobsites, curbside, a warehouse with no dock. You don't need anyone standing by with a lift.
Right-sized decks
Trucks that fit the site.
Downtown Rochester and the Mayo campus aren't semi-friendly. Our 24' and 32' flatbeds turn into places a tractor-trailer has to refuse, so the load gets delivered instead of rescheduled.
Staged delivery
Delivered the day the job needs it.
We'll hold your material in our Rochester yard and run it out as the work calls for it, a few pallets at a time instead of a full order dumped on a site with nowhere to put it. You set the schedule; we hit it.
One vendor
Pallets and transport on one invoice.
If we're already building or recovering your pallets, the haul rides on the same relationship: one point of contact, one PO, and a crew that knows how your freight is supposed to be stacked.
Equipment
Match the trailer to the job.
Tell us the freight, the dock situation, and where it's going. We'll put the right unit on it.
| Equipment | Deck | Best for | Tight-site access |
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Semi with van trailer Enclosed, dry, dock-height |
53' | Full truckloads of palletized goods that need to stay out of the weather. | Dock or yard required |
Large flatbed Open deck, side-loadable |
48' to 53' | Lumber, banded pallet stacks, steel, oversized or crane-set loads. | Open yard required |
Straight-truck flatbed Maneuverable, no tractor |
24' & 32' | Downtown drops, hospital and clinic campuses, alley loading, partial loads. | Gets in where semis can't |
Moffett truck-mounted forklift A forklift that rides on the back of the trailer |
Add-on | Any delivery where there's no dock, no forklift, or nobody on site to receive. | Unloads on grade |
The downtown problem. Contractors on the Mayo Clinic project downtown can't take a tractor-trailer down to the site. A 24' or 32' flatbed with a Moffett forklift on the back solves both halves of that at once: it fits the street, and it sets the load down itself.
What it costs
$100 an hour. One hour minimum. That's the whole rate card.
Time runs from when the truck leaves our yard to when it's back. Move the sliders for a working estimate before you call. The invoice is always actual time, so a fast unload costs you less than this shows.
Estimated total
About 1.5 billable hours at $100/hr
Estimate only, based on 45 mph average round-trip travel. Loads over 100 miles, after-hours runs, and permitted oversize freight are quoted individually.
Get a firm quoteYard storage and handling
If we're staging your material, the handling and storage are billed separately from the truck time.
These rates are per standard pallet position. Oversized pallets are billed by how many standard pallet positions of floor space they take up, so a load that covers two positions is billed as two.
How it works
Four steps from call to signed BOL.
What happens between the first phone call and the invoice.
Tell us the load
Pickup, drop-off, what's on the pallets, and whether either end has a dock. A photo helps more than a paragraph.
We confirm the truck
We name the equipment, the window, and an hour estimate at $100/hr so there's no surprise on the invoice.
We haul it
Insured, licensed, and reachable by phone while the truck is out. You get a call if anything changes on site.
You get billed actual time
Hours out, itemized. Net terms available for established accounts.
Service area
100 miles out of Rochester.
Regular lanes run north to the Twin Cities, east to La Crosse, and south to the Iowa line. Beyond that, just ask. If a truck is already headed that way, we'll quote it.
Outside the circle?
Long-haul and backhaul lanes are quoted per load rather than hourly. If you ship the same route regularly, we'll price it as a standing lane instead of trip by trip.
Call Mitchell at 407-433-9842 and describe the run.
Request a haul
Send the details, get a real number back.
Weekday requests are answered the same business day. If it's moving today, call instead. The phone is faster than the form.
Director of Operations
Rochester, MN 55904
8:00am to 5:00pm
Questions
Before you call.
The things shippers ask us most, answered before you pick up the phone.
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No. It starts when the truck leaves our yard on 20th Street SE and stops when it’s back. That’s why the estimator adds round-trip travel. It keeps the rate honest for short local runs instead of loading a separate mileage charge on top.
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Not if we bring the Moffett. A Moffett is a truck-mounted forklift that rides on the back of the trailer, comes off in a couple of minutes, and unloads on gravel, asphalt, or a jobsite pad. Tell us on the request form that there’s no dock and no lift, and we’ll dispatch accordingly.
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Yes. That’s what the 24’ and 32’ flatbeds are for. A tractor-trailer can’t make those turns or stage on those streets, but a straight truck can, and it can still carry a Moffett forklift to set the load.
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Yes. Staged delivery is one of the main reasons contractors use us. We’ll take the full order into our Rochester yard, then run it out to the site in whatever increments your schedule calls for. Storage runs $7 per pallet in, $7 per pallet out, and $10 per pallet per month while we hold it. Those rates are per standard pallet position, and oversized pallets are billed by how many standard pallet positions of floor space they take up.
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Usually. Machinery, crated equipment, lumber, and building materials are all routine on the flatbeds. Send dimensions and weight and we’ll tell you if it needs a permit or a different trailer.
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No. Hauling is open to any business in the area. It’s a natural fit if we already supply your pallets, but plenty of the loads we move have nothing to do with them.
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Yes. Certificates of insurance are available on request, and we’ll send one over with your quote if your receiving facility requires it on file.