Additional Markets

Building Materials Expertise

In 2019, Ace Doran Hauling & Rigging Co. demonstrated its prowess in the transport of building materials, completing over 14,000 loads. Covering more than 1.5 million annual miles, our extensive experience primarily focuses on regional and short-haul lanes, ensuring timely and efficient deliveries. Our commitment to maintaining a low cargo claims ratio in the building materials sector further highlights our dedication to quality service.

Specialized Projects Mastery

Bennett’s expertise extends beyond conventional transportation to specialized projects, exemplified by our role in transporting steel trusses for a prominent Atlanta landmark project. Spanning three football fields, the 1,938 illuminated panels, each 19′ wide and 60′ long, presented a logistical challenge. With precision and skill, we moved 1,750 tons of steel from Beck Steel’s plant in Lubbock, Texas, to Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport. This complex operation required a 4-5-day trek over secondary roads, meeting narrow delivery windows during off-peak airport hours. Our coordination with the construction team ensured flawless unloading and welding of the pieces, leveraging years of expertise in transporting oversized loads regionally and nationally.

Structural Steel for Mercedes-Benz Stadium

Bennett’s significant role in the construction of the Atlanta Falcons’ Mercedes-Benz Stadium exemplifies our capability to manage large-scale projects. Transporting over 4,000 loads and 27,000 tons of structural steel, we coordinated efforts from importing steel to fabrication shops in the Southeast and Midwest. Overseeing the transportation of finished pieces to a 20-acre laydown yard, Bennett managed the intricate coordination of shipments on a 24/7 schedule, often with lead times measured in minutes and hours. Our involvement included providing storage and transport for all roof panels from the McDonough facility, showcasing our commitment to excellence in project management and execution.

Advanced Construction Solutions by BOSS Crane & Rigging

BOSS Crane & Rigging stands at the forefront of construction, civil, and industrial operations, offering cutting-edge technology tailored for the toughest challenges. Our continually expanding fleet boasts an industry-leading average age of 4 years, ensuring that you receive top-notch equipment with minimal downtime from mechanical breakdowns. With a dedicated team of certified crane and diesel mechanics, boasting over three decades of experience in crane operations, rigging, and on-site services, we provide 24/7 availability for all your lifting and hauling needs. As one of the fastest-growing crane companies in the southern region, BOSS is committed to delivering excellence.

Beyond crane and rigging services, BOSS offers specialized trucks and trailers designed for maneuvering in tight spaces, coupled with on-site support for equipment relocation on smaller job sites. Regardless of the scale, no project is too big or too small for our versatile team. Team BOSS prioritizes safety, making it our topmost concern—from leadership to on-site personnel, extending our commitment to your job sites. Our team is ready and eager to assist you at every stage of your project. We are poised and prepared whenever you are.

Construction Excellence in:

• Petrochemical/Refineries
• Power, Gas, and Water Treatment Plants
• Paper Mills
• Mining

BOSS Crane & Rigging is your dedicated partner, ensuring the safest and most cost-effective solutions for lifting and placing even the most delicate components. With us, you can trust in a seamless collaboration, unparalleled expertise, and a commitment to making your projects a resounding success.

Clientele and Commitment:

• Mining companies across the U.S. rely on Bennett for over 15,000 annual shipments to and from mines, ports, and equipment suppliers, a testament to the company’s commitment to safety, on-time deliveries, and ensuring freight arrives without any damage.

Freight Services:

• General Freight Trucking: Over 2,000 flatbed, step deck, and dry van trailers covering 48 states, Canada, and Mexico. The operations include secure, hazmat, and team-based options, supporting the transport of supplies, tubing, parts, and general commodities essential for mine operations.
• Over-Dimensional Trucking: Operating with over 500 pieces of 9-13 axle equipment and an in-house permitting department, Bennett excels in handling complex freight, including crushing/conveyance equipment, earth movers, and shovel/drill components.
• Super Heavy Hauling: Capable of transporting loads ranging from 150,000 to over 1 million pounds, offering custom trailer configurations with up to 55 axles, beam and dual-lane dolly transports, comprehensive permitting, engineering for safe transport, and logistics coordination.
• Project Management: Providing track and trace technology for complete supply chain visibility, on-site safety and support personnel, dedicated project managers for schedule, personnel, and billing coordination, and acting as an international freight liaison.
• International Port Services: Managing high-value shipments from major ports such as Long Beach and Los Angeles, specializing in out-of-gauge and heavy-lift cargo, drayage, container stripping, flat rack transport, and drawing from over 20 years of experience in handling complex industrial commodities.
• Steel & Materials Hauling: Transporting coils, bars, plates, beams, structural/fabricated steel, copper wire spools, aluminum, and conduit, offering protective tarping, conestoga, and sidekit trailers, and showcasing deep expertise in handling complex cargo like blood plasma.

Value Added Services:

• Bennett offers complete logistics solutions including brokerage for all trucking capacity needs, international freight forwarding for air, ocean, rail, and intermodal freight, customs brokerage, crane and rigging services, commercial warehousing, and distribution services, tailoring solutions to meet specific transportation supply chain challenges.

Services Offered by Affiliated Entities:

BOSS Crane & Rigging stands as an indispensable partner, ensuring peak productivity and cost savings for mining operations. With a focus on state-of-the-art equipment reliability, their fleet of high-end cranes significantly reduces the expenses associated with downtime due to mechanical failures, lengthy assembly times, and damage. Their coal and lignite mining services encompass vital areas such as dragline maintenance, substation relocation, rolling stock, and over-the-road hauling of dragline components. Rigging and lifting services cater to various maintenance needs, utilizing a range of mobile and crawler cranes, while their comprehensive project management oversees the entire transportation process. Their transportation services extend to the movement of heavy components and equipment, providing specialized transport logistics and a range of premium cranes—ranging from 8-ton to 900-ton mobile and hydraulic cranes—to ensure efficient and secure lifting operations.

Bennett’s dedicated support, specialized equipment, and expansive expertise ensure that mining operations experience streamlined, and reliable transportation solutions tailored to their unique needs and challenges.

Their services meet the distinct requirements of mobile building transports, from adhering to over-dimensional regulations and state-to-state permitting to specialized setup, inspection, and parking considerations, ensuring safe, on-time delivery. Bennett and RoadMasters prioritize safety, backed by extensive cargo and liability insurance coverage, providing peace of mind and reliable services.

Professional driving force: Bennett prides itself on a team of over 450 professional owner-operators, representing 25% of the industry-wide capacity. Their purpose-built toters come equipped with all necessary safety features, showcasing extensive experience in the unique requirements of building transport.

Bennett’s services span a diverse range of sectors within the industry, catering to residential manufactured housing, tiny homes/park models, commercial mobile buildings, commercial modular buildings, and government emergency response projects. They offer on-site and factory pickup/delivery services for each category, supporting everything from portable construction, sales offices, classrooms, oil field support facilities to disaster recovery projects.

RESIDENTIAL MANUFACTURED HOUSING

• Timely movement of on-frame and off-frame factory-built structures.
• HUD Code housing in single, double, or triple wide configurations.
• All major manufacturers in the industry.
• State-to-state permitting and escorts included.

TINY HOMES/ PARK MODELS

• Mobile homes under 400 sq ft. (500 sq. ft. in Florida).
• Manufacturer-to-dealer, dealer-to-dealer, dealer-to-park.
• Tradeshow/auction support.

COMMERCIAL MOBILE BUILDINGS

• Portable construction, sales, and general-purpose offices.
• Classrooms and education trailers.
• Oil field, petrochemical, aerospace support facilities.
• On-site and factory pickup/delivery.

COMMERCIAL MODULAR BUILDINGS

• Modular pre-fabricated components.
• Standard and over-dimensional.
• On-site and factory pickup/delivery.
• Modular transport trailers available.

GOVERNMENT EMERGENCY RESPONSE

• On-site project management solutions for natural disasters, federal emergencies, disaster recovery projects.
• First responder fleet equipment delivery.
• Temporary shelter, office space, storage building delivery.
• Technology and tracking solutions.

RoadMasters, a division of Bennett Truck Transport, commitment to the industry’s major players, include manufacturers, dealers, housing communities, and government agencies, underscores their reliability and expertise in the field. With a team of over 100 experienced mobile home toter owner-drivers, they ensure that the challenges of hauling these structures, from navigating challenging terrains to the vulnerability to weather, are handled with precision and care, ensuring safe and timely deliveries.

Diverse Industry Reach:

Bennett DriveAway proudly serves a diverse array of industries, including major manufacturers, dealerships, entertainment, medical, and construction sectors. Through a network of over 1,700 independent contractors, we facilitate the delivery of more than 60,000 vehicles and trailers annually. This extensive reach underscores our versatility in meeting the unique transportation needs of each client, ensuring a seamless and reliable experience.

Comprehensive Service Offerings:

When you need access to a large network of experienced heavy-duty pick-up or CDL-carrying, FMCSA-compliant professional drivers, Bennett DriveAway is the name to trust. Backed by a fully-insured carrier, we provide the service you expect with the caring touch you deserve. Our fleet includes a variety of power units, specialized trailers, and technology services that offer full visibility into your shipment, ensuring the most cost-effective transport plan tailored to your needs.

Motorized RV DriveAway:

Bennett DriveAway specializes in the transportation of Class A, B, and C motorhomes, with or without tow vehicles. Our highly experienced RV drivers offer nationwide service, including major manufacturers in Elkhart. We pride ourselves on delivering motorized RVs with precision and care, meeting the unique demands of this specialized transport.

Tow Away Services:

Our RV transport services extend to both towing and hauling, accommodating fifth-wheel or ball-hitch connections. Highly experienced RV transport drivers manage the hauling of multiple units on specialized trailers, facilitating manufacturer-to-dealer and dealer-to-dealer transfers. Bennett DriveAway ensures the safe and efficient transport of your towable recreational vehicles.

Trailer Transport:

Our comprehensive trailer transport services cover cargo, horse, utility, and specialty trailers. With capabilities for fifth wheel, hitch-ball, and pintle hook connections and a capacity of up to 42,000 lbs. GVWR, Bennett DriveAway delivers regular status updates, providing transparency and peace of mind throughout the transportation process.

Power Only Transport:

In addition to recreational vehicles, Bennett DriveAway offers power-only transport services for entertainment, construction, medical trailers, and more. Whether it’s flatbeds, dry vans, or trailer-mounted equipment, our fleet of tractors and heavy-duty pickups, depending on the trailer, facilitates efficient transportation. We also manage auctions, providing transport services from and to auction locations.

Bennett DriveAway continues to be a driving force in the transportation of recreational vehicles, offering comprehensive solutions with a caring touch. With a legacy of over three decades, our commitment to providing smart, efficient, and reliable transportation services remains unwavering. Trust Bennett DriveAway to navigate the road ahead, delivering your vehicles and trailers with precision, professionalism, and the highest level of care.

Oversized and Overweight Machinery Hauling:

For oversized loads, Ace Doran employs certified Pilot/Escort Vehicle Operators (P/EVO) as mandated by states, guaranteeing safety for both the motoring public and the transported load. Dealing with the technical challenges and considerations of moving industrial machinery demands the expertise offered by Ace Doran’s seasoned professionals.

Types of Industrial Machinery Commodities:

The range of machinery hauled includes mining equipment, compressors, generators, grinders, piping, pressure vessels, structural steel, tanks, turbines, wind energy equipment, and more, showcasing the versatility and expertise in handling various industrial equipment.

Benefits of Choosing Ace Doran:

• Their in-house logistics professionals possess extensive experience in moving machinery, ensuring that they can find the right equipment for specific needs.
• Expert owner-operators understand the unique requirements of industrial machinery hauling, from load balancing to lift points, ensuring secure transportation.
• Ace Doran handles a wide range of loads, from 5000 lbs. LTL to over 200,000 lbs., utilizing various equipment types for specialized transport, including extended flatbed trailers, step decks, double drops, removable goosenecks (RGN), and up to 19 axle trailers.

Benefits of Choosing Bennett:

Bennett’s Specialized Trucking Services cater to an array of transport needs, offering comprehensive solutions for truckload, LTL, break bulk, emergency, and multimodal or intermodal transport services. Their specialization spans machinery hauling, oversized cargo, and diverse industries, supported by a fleet of specialized equipment such as transportation dollies, hydraulic platform trailers, low bed trailers, Golhofer trailers, and custom transport systems. The utilization of GPS-enabled equipment ensures constant visibility of shipments, complemented by an expert staff providing oversight, guaranteeing secure, reliable, and timely deliveries.

Ace Doran and Bennett’s extensive experience and specialized equipment ensure seamless, secure, and efficient transportation for industrial machinery, demonstrated through their successful execution of complex projects involving oversized and heavyweight equipment.

Relevant Experience provided by Bennett:

• Structural Steel for Atlanta Falcons Mercedes-Benz Stadium: Transported over 4,000 loads and 27,000 tons of structural steel for the stadium construction, coordinating transportation efforts from multiple locations to various destinations within a tight schedule.
• Construction at Atlanta Airport: Coordinated the transportation of 1,938 illuminated panels and 1,750 tons of steel trusses, a complex operation from Texas to Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, meeting strict delivery windows and coordination demands during off-peak airport hours.

Their track record speaks volumes about their prowess in handling steel projects, exemplified by their involvement in prominent landmarks such as the Atlanta Falcon’s Mercedes-Benz Stadium and other innovative projects. They successfully managed the transportation of over 4,000 loads and 27,000 tons of structural steel for the stadium, overseeing transportation efforts from multiple locations to various destinations across a 2.5-year project. Additionally, their involvement in transporting 1,938 illuminated steel panels, spanning three football fields, to the Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport from Lubbock, Texas, showcases their ability to coordinate and execute complex operations, even across secondary roads and within tight delivery schedules. Ace Doran and Bennett’s experience in transporting oversized loads nationally and regionally positions them as a reliable and efficient partner in the metal and steel transportation industry.

Markets Served:

• Aerospace: Bennett serves privatized and government space operations by transporting high-value components critical for rocket, satellite, and aeronautics assembly, launch, and recovery activities across the United States.
• Government: With an illustrious history of serving the United States Government, Bennett stands out as one of the select carriers approved for transporting Arms, Ammunition, and Explosives (AA&E) for the Department of Defense. Additionally, they handle radioactive materials for the United States Department of Energy.
• Heavy & Specialized: Bennett specializes in handling overdimensional and heavy freight that conventional carriers cannot manage. They excel in transporting items that do not fit on standard flatbeds or require specialized transportation due to their weight or size.
• Hazardous Materials: The company is adept at transporting various classes of hazardous materials, including ammunition, explosives, nuclear fuel, and radioactive waste, expertly managing complex logistics scenarios.
• Specialized Services: Offering comprehensive transportation solutions for complex short- or long-haul shipments, including over-the-road, intermodal/rail, and international freight.
• International Logistics: Coordinating versatile transportation solutions for complex shipments, encompassing over-the-road, intermodal/rail, and international freight.

Key Services Offered:

• Secured Transportation Services: Bennett provides oversight and 24/7 protection for sensitive and high-value freight, including DOD-compliant processes and security-cleared driver teams, ensuring efficient, cost-effective, and secure distribution of classified and sensitive material.
• Hazardous Materials Transportation Services: Certified driver teams equipped to handle various classes of hazardous materials, complying with Hazardous Materials Regulations (HMR) for the safe transportation of sensitive hazmat freight.
• Arms, Ammunition, and Explosives Handling: Bennett offers secure hazmat teams and equipment options certified by the Department of Defense for the transportation of ammunition and explosives at all stages of manufacture.
• Expedited Hazmat Transportation: Dedicated drivers and equipment for compressed-timeframe shipments of sensitive hazmat freight.
• Customized High-Value Freight Solutions: Collaborative partnerships to create specialized trucking solutions tailored to unique needs, offering trailer fabrication, transport plans, dedicated transport teams, and project management for complex shipments.

Bennett Heavy & Specialized not only excels in transporting commercial explosives and hazardous materials but also demonstrates a commitment to stringent safety protocols, specialized expertise, and comprehensive solutions in a range of industries.