Open-deck trailers, for everything that loads from the top.
Trans-Inter Logistik coordinates your flatbed shipments across Quebec through its network of vetted carriers, from trailer selection to jobsite delivery.
A flatbed loads from the top with a crane or from the sides with a forklift. That is what makes it essential as soon as the freight is long, heavy, or irregularly shaped.
We take the whole file: equipment selection based on the capacity required, compliant securement, weather protection, and follow-up through to unloading. It is the open-deck side of our road transport service, with the flexibility that freight brokerage experience going back to 2000 gives on availability.
Twenty-five years of making a flatbed carry what no dry van will take.
Give us the dimensions, the weight, and the loading method, and we come back with the trailer and the lead time.
Tell us where it ships from and where it lands, and we find the flatbed heading back empty.
A one-way move with no loaded return costs more than a move on a busy corridor, because the carrier bills for repositioning. We show you those factors in the quote instead of handing you a number with no explanation.
The corridors to Ontario, the Maritimes, and the rest of Canada run through the same carrier network. Over long distances, intermodal is worth comparing against road before you decide.
It is transport on an open trailer with no walls and no roof, also called open-deck transport. Freight loads from the top with a crane or from the sides with a forklift. The format suits long, heavy, or irregularly shaped loads, the ones a dry van door turns away.
The most common lengths in Quebec are 48 and 53 feet. A step deck drops the floor to gain usable height; stretch models extend for pieces that run longer. The choice comes down to the dimensions of the load and to the loading equipment available at both ends.
A flatbed is completely open: top loading is possible, protection is zero. A curtain-side trailer keeps a roof and soft walls that open along the full length, which gives the side access of a flatbed with the protection of a van. It costs more and rules out crane loading.
Not necessarily. As long as the loaded vehicle stays within the legal limits on width, height, and length, it runs normally. Beyond that, the load becomes oversize and calls for a special travel permit, signage conditions, and sometimes an escort. We settle that point before booking the equipment.
With straps, chains, binders, and blocking, chosen for the weight and the geometry of the piece, then rechecked along the way. A steel load and a lumber load each call for their own setup. This is the part of the job that tells a serious carrier apart from another.
Yes, with a truck-mounted forklift of the Moffett type hooked to the back of the trailer. The driver unloads on the jobsite or in a yard, with no operator and no equipment on hand. It has to be planned at booking, because the equipment is less common than the flatbed alone.
Yes, through our network of vetted carriers. The corridors to Ontario, the Maritimes, and the American Northeast are the ones we run most often on flatbeds. For border documentation, we work with specialized partners who handle that part of the file.
Send us the dimensions, the weight, and the route, and you get a detailed quote with no obligation.
