Specialized and flatbed
Open-deck and specialized carriers serving industrial and energy customers.
What Williston looks for
- 01
Industrial Customers
Recurring freight for oilfield, steel, building products and machinery customers.
- 02
Specialized Equipment
Step-deck, lowboy, extendable and other equipment suited to the freight hauled.
- 03
Operating Expertise
Securement, permitting and oversize experience held by the drivers and dispatch team.
- 04
Safety Record
A record that supports the insurance specialized freight requires.
The segment
Specialized freight depends on equipment, permits and driver skill that general carriers do not hold. Those requirements narrow competition and support relationships with customers who value reliability over the lowest rate.
Industrial and energy customers tend to work with carriers they know, which gives an established specialized fleet a customer base that larger acquirers seek to add to their own.
Carriers in the segment
- For-hire carriers declaring this freight
- 364,045
- Running 1 to 10 trucks
- 341,815
- Running 10 to 200 trucks
- 24,136
Source: FMCSA Company Census File, October 2026. Active for-hire US carriers with at least one truck, declaring machinery and large objects; building materials; metal sheets, coils and rolls; oilfield equipment on the MCS-150. A carrier may declare several classes.
Other sectors
Williston welcomes conversations with owners of specialized and flatbed carriers.
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