Expand Your Sales Region With FR8Star, Get Heavy-Haul Shipping To Any Buyer Anywhere

    Posted On: January 29, 2024

    Found a telehandler you want to buy 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 telehandlers, forklifts, scissor lifts, telescopic boom lifts, and any other type of heavy machinery is quick and easy. 

    FR8Star is a highly trusted online shipping resource from Sandhills Global that gives shippers access to a vetted network of more than 20,000 transport companies with experience hauling everything from general freight to expensive heavy-haul loads. These carriers are qualified to transport all types of oversized, overweight, and specialized loads, at any distance. 

    If a load requires overseas shipping, FR8Star’s experts will help arrange secure passage with freight forwarders capable of moving loads through any port across the globe.

    Click For A Free Quote

    Shippers have two ways to get started with FR8Star. At Sandhills auction and trade sites like LiftsToday.comAuctionTime.com, and MachineryTrader.com, each asset’s for-sale listing includes a FR8Star Get Shipping Quotes button. Clicking the button generates a shipping request form that automatically pulls in key details about the load, such as dimensions and weight. Shippers just need to indicate whether they want the load hauled, towed, or driven away and enter their preferred pickup and drop-off locations.


    Click the FR8Star Get Shipping Quotes button on any listing to get started.

    Shippers can also visit FR8Star.com directly and click the Get Started button on the homepage to start the process. Shippers then select over-the-road or overseas transport, indicate a load type (equipment, freight, livestock, etc.), and enter some basic details about the load.

    Select A Bid

    After the load details are entered, the request moves to the FR8Star Load Board for transport companies to review. Comprehensive bids frequently start coming to shippers within an hour and include fees for any necessary permits, escorts, or other special considerations. 

    Shippers can view ratings and reviews of carriers in addition to their submitted bids before choosing a carrier. Once a bid is accepted, FR8Star connects the shipper and transport company so they can finalize details such as arrangements for the proper truck and trailer, payment, and any other logistics.

    Exclusive FR8Star Group

    Registered dealers, auction companies, rental companies, and financial institutions that are part of the Exclusive FR8Star Group have access to a small, elite group of transport companies that have been selected for their service and can lock in a rate with one of the companies. This allows members to include the price of the freight in an asset’s final sale price. Members can bypass down payments and award a bid and pay later. As always, member contact information is confidential, and posting a load is free.

    7 Reasons Haulers & Shippers Choose FR8Star

    1. The Carrier Load Board makes it easy for transport companies to add business and pick up loads to avoid empty routes.
    2. Haulers can filter loads by type, weight, and other criteria to match their capabilities.
    3. Easily manage messages, contracts, billing, and payment processing through the Carrier Dashboard.
    4. Shippers work with vetted transport companies who have the tools and experience for heavy hauling.
    5. Shippers receive comprehensive bids in as little as an hour.
    6. Bids include all necessary fees, such as permits and escorts, so there’s no surprises.
    7. Competition for loads among transport companies provides better rates for shippers.

    Start Shipping

    For more information on FR8Star or to get started, go to FR8Star.com or talk to your Sandhills sales rep today.

    A version of this article first appeared in Sandhills Magazine. You can find the current issue and back issues in the Sandhills Magazine Archive.


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