Flip Neck Box Mechanical RGN Question:

Have to have dreams. If I don't have a fleet, then what am I going to do? This job is physically demanding. All the machinery is metal and when my elbows, knees shoulders touch it, it's beginning to make my body ache!

 

Very informative. These concentrated loads might even screw up the ability of my trailer to stretch down the road and be able to have the pins go into the correct holes. I know of a driver that can only stretch the full 50ft or non at all. Good point, now I have to just trust that God has me right where I'm supposed to be with this trailer. Because I have made a terrible decision. I don't choose the loads. The spot market chooses them. They have $2 mile rgn loads and then the good ones like these dozers.

 

Not yet. Let me get my own DOT and a brokers authority to boot and learn all the great stuff about FR8Star then we will be in business. Also would need the said authority to age 2 years. So how about 5 years from now we revisit this?

 

Heavy machinery dealers (and auction buyers) primarily post their equipment for transportation bids on these specialized heavy-haul marketplaces/load boards that brokers monitor 24/7:

1. FR8Star – The #1 spot dealers actually use

• When a dealer lists a machine on MachineryTrader.com, TractorHouse.com, TruckPaper.com, AuctionTime.com, or any Sandhills site, there’s a big orange “Get Shipping Quotes” button that instantly posts the exact machine to FR8Star’s load board.

• Brokers and carriers bid blindly (no undercutting wars).

• 90% of the loads are dealer-direct or auction-won iron — excavators, dozers, crushers, XL 90 MDE trailers, etc.

• Real brokers live on FR8Star because the loads are high-value ($3K–$25K hauls) and pay fast.

2. VeriTread – Shipper-direct from dealers, auctions, rental houses

• Free load board specifically for heavy equipment.

• Dealers post one machine → gets 5–15 bids in hours from bonded heavy-haul carriers.

• Brokers use the VeriTread Carrier app to watch new posts and bid instantly.

• Loads you won’t find on DAT/Truckstop (private dealer freight).

3. uShip Heavy Equipment section

• Dealers and private sellers post machines exactly like eBay — “2018 Cat 336 excavator, Dallas to Denver”.

• Hundreds of heavy-haul brokers bid daily.

• Great for one-off dealer trades or auction purchases.

4. DAT Heavy Haul / Truckstop.com RGN boards (secondary)

• Some dealers/brokers cross-post oversized equipment here, but most true dealer-direct stuff stays on FR8Star/VeriTread.

• Real heavy-haul brokers still check these for the random 70K+ lb loads.

Pro tip from brokers who move 50+ dealer machines a month:

Set alerts on FR8Star for your lanes and trailer types (RGN, lowboy, stepdeck). When a MachineryTrader listing goes live, you’ll get the ping 30 seconds later and can bid before the pack. I’ve booked $18K hauls on 90 MDE trailers that never hit DAT.

Need me to pull live loads right now for a specific lane (e.g., Texas to Florida RGN)? Just give me origin/destination and I’ll grab the freshest dealer posts.