Flatbed & building materials freight · Northwest & Intermountain lanes
Ship freight by talking to a human.
Freight Helpers runs flatbed freight across the Northwest's busiest lanes — building materials picked up at the manufacturer (roofing, concrete block, lumber), plus oversized loads and heavy equipment — with pre-screened carriers delivering to all lower 48 states. One call, real answers, carriers competing for your load.
What our carriers haul
Specialists in flatbed — stone, roofing supplies, heavy machinery — with a full menu behind it.
Flatbed shipping →
Our specialty — stone, roofing supplies, heavy machinery, and oversized or irregular cargo, secured and hauled by crews who do it daily.
Full truckload (FTL)
A dedicated truck for shipments big enough to fill it — one pickup, one delivery, no co-mingling.
Less-than-truckload (LTL)
Pay for the space you use. We combine your freight with other shipments headed the same way.
Refrigerated / reefer
Temperature-controlled trailers for perishables — food, pharmaceuticals, and select chemicals.
Expedited shipping
Time-sensitive load? Carriers with faster transit commitments keep hot freight moving.
Hazmat
Select carriers in our network are equipped and certified for hazardous-material loads.
Cross-docking
Mode-to-mode transfers with minimal storage time when your freight changes trucks mid-route.
Hot shot →
A 1-ton (usually dually) pickup pulling a gooseneck trailer — the fast, right-sized answer for smaller and partial flatbed loads.
Consolidation & small parcel
LTL, small parcel, and consolidation combined into one integrated shipment when it saves you money.
Why shippers call us back
- A human answers. Your broker knows your load, your lane, and your name — not a ticket number.
- Pre-screened carriers only. We verify every carrier's authority, insurance, W-9, and safety scores before they ever touch your freight.
- Load tracking on your terms — updates by phone, email, or online, as often as you want them.
- On-time pick-up and delivery, protected by carriers who compete for your shipment.
- LTL, small parcel, and consolidation combined into one shipment when it saves you money.
The process is easy
- Tell us about your load.
Call (206) 718-3727 or send the five-field form. A real broker — not a portal — takes it from there. - Carriers compete for it.
We match your freight against our pre-screened network: authority, insurance, W-9, and safety scores already verified. - Track it to the door.
On-time pickup and delivery with updates as often as you want them — phone, email, or online.
Roofing companies: this is our bread and butter
More of our freight is roofing than anything else — shingles, metal panels, and membrane picked up at the plants, and branch-to-branch transfers that keep distributor locations stocked week after week.
- Manufacturer pickups from roofing plants across the Northwest.
- Standing branch-transfer schedules your managers can set inventory by.
- Surge trucks the week after a storm, when your fleet isn't enough.
- Jobsite deliveries coordinated around the tear-off, not the warehouse.
Manufacturer pickups, branch-to-branch delivery
Most of our freight starts at the manufacturer's dock — roofing plants, concrete block producers, lumber and building-material suppliers across Washington, Idaho, Oregon, and Montana — and a lot of it is branch-to-branch roofing distribution our carriers run week after week. Most of it rides on flatbed — and the same crews handle the oversized loads and heavy equipment, because that's our specialty, not an exception. From those lanes we deliver to all lower 48 states. Furniture, machinery, vehicles — if it fits on a truck, we know who hauls it well.
One call books your freight.
No portals, no accounts, no nine-field forms. Tell a real broker what you're shipping and we'll have pre-screened carriers competing for your load.
Frequently asked questions
How do I get a freight quote?
Call (206) 718-3727 during office hours, or send the five-field form — name, phone, where it's coming from, where it's going, and what it is. A broker calls you back with a quote. No account, no portal.
What makes your carriers 'pre-screened'?
Our Master Brokers® verify every carrier's operating authority, insurance coverage, W-9 documentation, and federal safety scores before they haul for us. You get vetted trucks, not whoever answered a load board first.
Do you specialize in roofing freight?
It's our bread and butter — more of our loads are roofing than anything else: shingles, metal panels, and membrane picked up at the manufacturers, plus weekly branch-to-branch transfers for distributors, and surge capacity after storms.
What kind of freight do you move?
Flatbed is our specialty — stone, roofing supplies, heavy machinery — plus full truckload, LTL, refrigerated, expedited, hazmat with select carriers, and consolidated shipments. Furniture, building materials, vehicles: if it fits on a truck, ask us.
Where do you ship?
Our carriers run the Northwest and Intermountain lanes weekly — Seattle–Portland, Seattle–Boise, Seattle–Spokane, Portland–Boise, Salt Lake City–Boise and –Seattle, and Puget Sound branch transfers — and deliver to all lower 48 states.
Can I track my shipment?
Yes — real-time load tracking with updates as often as you want them, by phone, email, or online. You pick the cadence; you're never left wondering.
Are you a licensed broker?
Yes — US DOT 3903561. We're based in Eagle, Idaho, with over a decade of brokerage experience.
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