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A Comet National Shipping company

You only pay for the space you use.

Your cross-country Flatbed LTL carrier — moving steel, machinery, generators and other heavy, odd-shaped freight that fills only part of a deck.

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Shippers save money. Carriers maximize revenue. Everyone wins.

48 FT · billed anyway 12 FT · you pay this

A Comet National Shipping company — moving heavy, odd-shaped freight across the U.S. and Canada since 1990.

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The core idea

Pay for the space you use —
not the whole trailer.

A traditional flatbed move bills you for the entire deck, even when your load only takes up part of it. Flatbed LTL works differently: your steel, machinery, or generator shares the deck with other partial loads — so you pay for the footprint your freight actually occupies, and nothing more.

  • Only the deck space your freight needs
  • No paying for empty trailer you’ll never use
  • Cross-country lanes, properly secured
Price my partial load How it works

What we haul

Heavy, tall, long, and awkward — that’s our specialty.

If it’s odd-shaped, over-dimensional, or only fills part of a deck, we’ve secured it and moved it. A sample of what rolls on our flatbeds:

Steel coils

Equipment & machinery

  • Pumps & heavy equipment
  • Construction equipment
  • Large machinery ("big iron")
  • Vehicles & trucks
  • Generators & compressors

Industrial & electrical

  • Transformers & electrical panels
  • Electrical cable spools
  • Tanks
  • Raw materials
  • Landscaping materials

Building materials

  • Structural steel & steel rods
  • Reinforced concrete & cement
  • Brick
  • Lumber
  • Scaffolding

Actual FlatbedLTL loads

Real freight, really secured.

Not stock photos — these are loads we've moved: heavy, tall, odd-shaped, and chained down right for the trip.

  • Two compact track loaders chained and strapped to a FlatbedLTL flatbed at dusk
  • An oversized red-and-black industrial impeller secured with chains on a flatbed deck
  • A large stainless-steel tank hauled as an oversized flatbed load
  • A red fire-department truck secured on a FlatbedLTL flatbed trailer
  • A tracked drilling rig transported on a step-deck trailer
  • Heavy machined steel components — big iron — chained on a flatbed
  • Concrete counterweights filling only part of a flatbed deck — a true partial load
  • A wrapped, palletized partial load secured for cross-country flatbed transport

What we do

One partner for the freight that doesn’t fit the box.

From a single skid of steel to a full flatbed — and the messy situations in between — here’s how we move it.

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The hidden cost of LTL

A $500 freight bill can quietly become $3,500.

Traditional LTL pricing hides surcharges that punish heavy, bulky, or long freight — exactly the kind you ship. Rules like the Density Minimum, Cubic Capacity, Linear Foot, and Capacity Load charges can multiply a quote several times over before it reaches your desk.

Partial flatbed sidesteps the trap entirely: you’re quoted for the deck space your freight occupies — one number, no re-rating surprises.

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Full truck vs. right-sized

One deck. Two very different bills.

A full truckload bills you for all 48 feet of deck — loaded or not. Flatbed LTL draws the line around the feet your freight actually occupies.

Why pay for all this?

Full truckload — billed for the whole 48 ft, empty or not.

48 FT · ALL OF IT
VS

When you only need this.

FlatbedLTL — you pay for the linear feet you actually use.

12 FT · what you use

Pay for value. Not excess.

Save moneyPay for what you useBetter efficiencySmarter decisions

How it works

Three steps from quote to delivered.

  1. 1

    Get a Quote

    Tell us what you're shipping and where. We price the partial space your freight actually needs — not a full trailer.

  2. 2

    Schedule Shipment

    We coordinate pickup, securement, and the lane. You get a clear plan and a single point of contact.

  3. 3

    Rest Easy

    Your freight moves cross-country on the right equipment, properly secured, and arrives without surprise accessorial charges.

Coverage

Flatbed freight, to and from everywhere.

We move partial and full flatbed freight to and from every corner of the lower 48 and into Canada — consolidating loads along dense lanes so your freight keeps moving and your cost stays low. Our Atlanta consolidation hub keeps the whole network humming.

  • 48 states + Canada, door to door
  • Partial & full flatbed lanes
  • Atlanta, GA consolidation hub
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Everyone wins

Good for shippers. Good for carriers. Good for your business.

Partial flatbed isn’t a compromise — it’s a better model for everyone on the lane. Empty deck space becomes affordable capacity.

  • Shippers Only pay for the deck space you use — no full-trailer premium on a partial load.
  • Carriers Fill empty deck space and maximize revenue per mile instead of hauling air.
  • Your business Predictable pricing, properly secured freight, and one accountable partner.
See how everyone wins
  • — Years in business to confirm
  • — Lanes served to confirm
  • — Loads moved to confirm
  • 48 + Canada States covered

In their words

Trusted by the people who load the trucks.

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You pay for the linear feet you load.

Excess deck — not your cost ▷

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Ready to stop paying for empty deck space?

Tell us what you’re shipping and we’ll price the partial flatbed space it actually needs — usually within one business day.

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