Transloading
Transloading Professionals
Rail to Road transloads and delivers rail-shipped products to locations in Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska, and South Dakota from our loading facilities in Iowa, Minnesota, and South Dakota. Cross-docking can be an economical choice for your supply-chain because it solves a common problem manufacturers run into:
How Do I Get My Goods from Here to There?
The Answer is Multiple Modes of Transportation. Referred to as transloading or cross-docking, this is most commonly seen when one mode of transportation covers a long distance and is very economical, but it doesn’t reach the delivery point. Where one company might be able to ship your products by rail, they might not have the means to pick up your items from the depot and drive it to the next location. We’re the final link in your supply chain.
Products We Work With
Dry Bulk Solids
- Cement
- Fly Ash
- White Cement
- Catalyst
- Polymer
- Aggregates
- Cedar Mulch
Construction Material
- Railroad Ties
- Shingles
- Dimensional Lumber
- Rebar
- Cedar Fencing
- Aluminum Ingots
Bulk Liquids
- Concrete Admixture
- Corn Syrup
- Ag Chemicals
Machinery & Oversized
- Wind Turbine Parts
- Phone Poles
- Tractors
- Skid Loaders
- Cranes
- Other Construction Equipment
We’re Capable and Ready to Deliver
We own and operate the equipment needed to transload your products from rail to semi or truck. Our equipment includes a portable under car/over track machine that’s primarily used to unload aggregate in remote locations. We also use a modem, mobile, Compton Enterprises conveyor system to unload an open top hopper bottom aggregate car directly into a truck. Our team is trained, experienced, and always safe when working with your materials.
Rail to Road bids, schedules, and dispatches a variety of semi-trucks and other delivery vehicles to meet your requirements from our yard to your place of business. These truck types include, but are not limited to:
- Pneumatic Tankers
- Aggregate Trucks, including Straight Truck End Dumps, Truck and Pup End Dumps, Side Dumps, and Belly Dumps
- Flat Beds, including booms or moffetts for unloading