Ames Flatbed Dispatch: Data Center Build-Outs
Explore local carrier filings, cargo classifications and dispatch information below. See the dated market section for the latest available city figures.
Flatbed dispatch: flat $250/week per truck, no per-load commission, no contract.
+1-682-978-8641Get a quoteAmes Trucking Companies: Flatbed Market by the Numbers
133 active motor carriers are based in Ames. 63 of them (47%) report a single power unit.
Local carriers that haul flatbed freight types
- 48list building materials
- 14list metal: sheets, coils, rolls
- 15list logs, poles, beams and lumber
- 28list machinery and large objects
Counts of active Ames-based carriers whose MCS-150 lists each cargo classification (as filed; a carrier can list several).
Ames carriers reporting flatbed freight types
These carriers list at least one cargo classification shown above. Cargo filings do not verify trailer ownership, available capacity, operating authority, or a relationship with O Trucking. Confirm equipment and service directly with the carrier. Listed power units cover the carrier's whole reported fleet.
- COUNTRY LANDSCAPES INC117 power units · DOT 623372
- CENTRAL IOWA TOWING AND RECOVERY INC88 power units · DOT 2359315
- CON-STRUCT INC40 power units · DOT 725635
- ALEWELT INC34 power units · DOT 1053076
- CENTRAL IOWA UTILITIES16 power units · DOT 4258826
- AMES TRENCHING & EXCAVATING15 power units · DOT 2005323
- CONLEY'S TRUCKING INC13 power units · DOT 725235
- ELMQUIST BP INC13 power units · DOT 2390915
Browse every carrier in the Iowa carrier directory or look up any company with the DOT number lookup.
Source: FMCSA motor carrier census via the O Trucking carrier database, as of Oct 16, 2026. Values as filed by each carrier.
Ames Roads and Facilities
- Highways
- I-35; US-30; US-69; IA-210
- Truck stops
- Casey's (I-35 & US-30); Kwik Star (I-35 Exit 111); Shell (US-30 East)
- Weigh station
- I-35 at mile marker 102 southbound
Source: O Trucking research notes. Check current conditions before routing.