It takes an experienced carrier with the right equipment to ship heavy machinery like wheel loaders and telehandlers safely and securely. FR8Star makes it easy for shippers to find professional haulers who can transport loads no matter the size or distance.

Found a tractor you want to buy through AuctionTime.com from a seller in Indiana, but you live in South Dakota? Have an out-of-state buyer worried about transportation? Those might sound like headaches, but with FR8Star, moving heavy machinery, trucks, or other heavy assets—or even containers, pallets, or cattle—is quick and easy.

Shipping a heavy-haul load like a farm tractor, semitruck, or bulldozer clearly isn’t a simple matter of stuffing it in a box, licking a few stamps, and dropping it off at the post office. There are truck and trailer considerations, loading and unloading particulars, fees and permits, and other details to work out. It’s no wonder many equipment buyers dread the process. That’s why shippers use FR8Star.

Arranging heavy-haul transport for oversized and overweight equipment like dozers, excavators, and wheel loaders can consume a lot of time—a precious asset that’s already in short supply. FR8Star addresses this by removing the hassles traditionally involved in booking heavy-equipment transport. The service’s automated process makes it easy to connect with experienced professional carriers and receive a shipping estimate in just minutes based on specific load details and route requirements.

Creating opportunities for businesses to grow and become more efficient is what Sandhills Global’s products and services–including TractorHouse, AuctionTime, and FR8Star–are all about. Take, for example, Outdoor Power Source (OutdoorPowerSourceKY.com), a lawn, garden, and farm equipment seller in Elizabethtown, Kentucky, that also offers parts and a service department. Years ago, customers didn’t know what equipment the company had for sale unless they drove by the store or called to ask, says Matt Bewley, director of sales.

The staff at Drews Parts, located in Anderson, Indiana, are parts encyclopedias. “Between the three of us, we have probably 50 years’ worth of knowledge in parts, and it’s not just part numbers,” says owner Kelly Drews. With nearly 30 years in business, they have a wealth of experience, and they make sure someone’s always there to answer the phone to get customers what they need. “Being a used parts distribution center, we have a lot of the parts others don’t have,” says Drews, noting that in addition to selling new and used parts and attachments, the company parts out machines.

FR8Star has been hard at work making updates and adding new features to continue to meet the needs of transporters and customers alike. Here’s a look at some of the updates so far in 2021.

FR8Star, a trusted online marketplace specializing in oversize heavy equipment hauling, announces 269% growth from September 2019 to June 2020. This increase is due in part to substantial new developments introduced on the FR8Star platform throughout that period. More than $5.5 million in freight loads have been billed through FR8Star so far in 2020, and with an increasing number of loads generated each week, there has never been a better time for brokers and carriers to join the FR8Star network and start bidding on loads.

FR8Star, a trusted online marketplace and preferred shipping partner of Sandhills Global, announces a successful closing quarter in 2019, with more than 25,000 specialized, less than load (LTL), and flatbed transport loads posted to the FR8Star broker and carrier network. FR8Star connects shippers with expert, bonded brokers and insured carriers, providing a secure and transparent bidding process to facilitate timely, hassle-free shipping. Continuing its momentum into 2020, FR8Star’s lead generation looks to grow past 1,500 quality leads per week, derived from AuctionTime.com, MachineryTrader.com, TractorHouse.com, and TruckPaper.com.

“About 75% or more of our business now comes directly from FR8Star”