EXPERIENCE
Leavitt’s Freight Service is a full service flatbed carrier, but our specialty is the movement of utility poles up to 150’ in length. Our company entered the trucking industry in 1958 and has grown to one of the primary players in the transportation of utility poles. Our drivers are trained and experienced in handling extra long poles as well as lengths as short as 25’. With equipment that is specially suited to the task, we have built a strong reputation for transporting and unloading these poles without damage.
COMPANY SIZE
We began as a small trucking company with a few trucks that were driven by the owners. We have grown to a fleet size of 80 trucks, and provide family wage earning positions for well over 100 people.
EQUIPMENT
Of our 80 trucks, nine have the capacity to unload poles off their own trailer as well as others, eliminating the need for forklifts or cranes at the customer’s yard. These poles can be delivered to a yard, a jobsite, or we can string the poles along lines that are being constructed. Fourteen of our trucks are configured to handle poles up to 95’ in length. Seven are equipped to pull steerable trailers for the movement of poles exceeding 95’ in length. We have both mechanically and manually steered trailers. The mechanically steered trailers are steered independently from the cab of the truck. The manually steered trailers have a compartment where an additional driver rides and steers the end of the load. These pieces of equipment provide maneuverability as well as increasing safety. With only a few exceptions, all our trucks are cabovers so we can reduce our overall length, thus reducing the associated costs for permits and pilot cars.
WEIGHT CAPACITY
The weight capacity of our equipment is best broken down into four categories:
- Our entire flatbed fleet can transport weights up to 50,000# throughout the 48 states and Canada.
- All our self-loading trucks can transport weights up to 40,000# throughout the 48 states and Canada.
- Two of those self loader trucks can transport weights up to 50,000# in North and South Dakota, Montana, Wyoming, Nebraska, Idaho, Washington, Oregon and Utah as well as British Columbia and Alberta.
- There are four trucks equipped to haul up to 65,000# in North and South Dakota, Montana, Wyoming, Nebraska, Idaho, Washington, Oregon and Utah. These trucks can haul 60,000# in British Columbia and Alberta.
TRAFFIC LANES
Our trucks are licensed for all 48 states plus Alaska, as well as the Canadian provinces.
We have the best coverage for our customers in the eleven western states. However, we do transport poles across the country on a regular basis. During recent years we have sent many trucks to the disaster stricken areas of the Midwest and east.
