Building materials delivery: shingles, stone and roofing
Fission Logistics runs building materials trucking in Ontario out of Mississauga, hauling shingles, roofing, stone and palletized building products from plant to yard in Ontario and the US. The fleet is 80 trucks and 140 trailers, 106 of them curtainside, and a tandem Conestoga carries up to 45,000 lb of shingles. Shingles are heavy and easy to ruin. One torn wrap or wet corner and the yard can refuse the pallet. A Conestoga carries flatbed weight, loads by forklift from either side and keeps pallets dry without a tarp.
What we haul
Asphalt shingles, roofing membrane and accessories, siding, insulation, palletized stone and pavers, steel racking, drywall and other palletized building materials. Plant to distributor, yard or construction jobsite.
| Load | Trailer we send | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Shingles, roofing, insulation, siding | Conestoga, 53 ft tandem | Loaded from the side and kept dry. The curtain opens at each stop. |
| Racking and long product | Conestoga or open flatbed | Blocked and strapped, tarped on request. |
| Stone and pavers | Open flatbed, Conestoga or multi axle | Up to 86,000 lb on the 6 axle inside Ontario, against 45,000 lb on a tandem. See heavy haul trucking in Ontario. |
Delivered clean
Inside a Conestoga nothing touches the pallets but the straps, and nothing gets wet. Across about 16,000 loads a year, our claims ratio is under 0.1 percent.
Lanes
Southern Ontario plants to yards across the GTA, Peel and York, Hamilton, Kitchener and Cambridge, London and Windsor. London yards are covered on our flatbed trucking in London, Ontario page. Toronto flatbed trucking covers yards and jobsites inside the city. Peel distributors are next door to our yard; see trucking companies in Mississauga and trucking companies in Brampton. Cross border both ways with Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Illinois, Indiana and Kentucky.
Questions shippers ask
Why not a dry van for shingles?
A van only loads from the back. A Conestoga opens on the side, so each yard's pallets come off without moving the rest.
Do you handle multi stop deliveries?
Yes. One plant to several yards on the same truck is normal. The curtain opens at each stop and only that yard's pallets come off.
Can you take stone and pavers?
Yes, blocked and strapped. Weight and height decide the trailer.
What happens if a yard is not ready?
The driver tells dispatch, and dispatch calls you. Send the gate hours when you book so dispatch can plan around them.
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Rather talk it through?
Call dispatch with the load and the lane. They'll tell you which trailer it goes on, and someone picks up 24 hours a day.