01—A day on this lane
What it's like.
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Drivers · Lanes · Flatbed
Back to driversFlatbed is open-deck work — steel, lumber, machinery, anything that won't fit in a box. It takes a driver who knows how to tarp in the rain, throw a chain on an uneven load, and catch a mistake in the paperwork before it becomes a problem at the gate. Flatbedders tend to be career flatbedders for a reason: the skill compounds. If you already run flatbed and want to work somewhere that respects the craft of it, we'd like to hear from you.
The work
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A day on this lane

A flatbed day starts the night before — pulling the load chart, checking weather, deciding which straps and chains you'll want where. By the time the load is on the deck, you've already thought about how to secure it.
There's a quiet that comes with open-deck work. The load is yours from the moment it's on the trailer until it's off, and that responsibility is most of the job.
The right fit
Flatbed work belongs to the people who do it carefully. If you've been running flatbed long enough to have your own preferences about straps and binders, you already know what we're looking for.
New to open-deck but want to learn? That conversation is open too. The skill takes time, and we'd rather bring someone in slow and right than fast and rough.
Routes + rhythm
Our flatbed freight runs regional and over-the-road — repeat customers and broker work, mixed. The week shapes up differently depending on what's on the deck.
Home time is something we work out with you, not around you. Tell us what you need and we'll be honest about whether we can match it.
Equipment + specifics

Trucks, trailers, straps, chains, edge protectors, tarps — the gear is on the truck, and we keep it maintained. If something isn't right, we want to hear about it before it becomes a problem on the road.
We'll walk you through the specific equipment when we talk. The application starts the conversation. The conversation is where the details get specific.
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Hotshot
Hotshot is time-sensitive freight — the loads a customer pays a premium to move right now, on a truck that can get on the road fast. Hotshot at Onyx is owner-operator work.
Owner-Operators
Owner-operators run their business. We run the freight desk.
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