Marshfield, Missouri · Off I-44 · Est. 2011

Flatbed money. Farm rules.

We're a Missouri hay farm that grew into a 50-truck flatbed & hopper fleet. Home weekends if you want them, miles if you'd rather. No forced tarping. A guaranteed weekly floor up to $1,750 — you're paid the greater of your miles or the floor — and when you call dispatch, a person you know picks up.

2 minutes to get on the list See the pay A photo of your CDL, your number and how long you've driven — that's the two minutes, and we can call you from there. The whole application is about 7, and it saves as you go.
50+Trucks in the fleet
2011Hauling since
$1,750Top weekly floor — miles pay above it
52/YRWeekends home — if you want them

Why drivers stay

Big enough for steady freight.
Small enough to know you.

Fifty trucks means the freight never dries up. A family farm behind them means you're a name around here — not a truck number on somebody's spreadsheet.

A red International and three green Kenworth T680s lined up in the Tipton Hay Farms yard
Part of the lineup, in the yard at Marshfield

Locally owned, not a megacarrier

Started as a hay farm in 2011, still run from Marshfield. The people who dispatch you, pay you, and fix your truck all work in the same yard.

A floor under every week

Mileage tracks pay the greater of your miles or a $1,450–$1,750 weekly floor. Breakdown, slow freight, a receiver sitting on you — the floor holds. Never less, never capped.

No forced tarping

Nobody climbs a load here unless they choose to. Tarped loads pay $75 full / $40 half — take them when you want the money, skip them when you don't.

Four tracks · one floor rule

A floor under
every single week.

We pay four different ways because we hire four different kinds of drivers — pick the track that fits your life, switch after 90 days. On every mileage track you're paid the greater of your miles or your floor. Tap a track and the sheet does the math.

Flex — W2, out Sunday when the load needs it, home when you want to be. Greater of miles or the $1,600 floor.

  • Mileage: $0.50–$0.55/mi to start by flatbed experience — every dispatched mile, loaded and empty — reviewed at 12 months. Stay out and run more, and the miles pay above the floor.
  • Extras: $40 per extra pick or drop · tarp $75 full / $40 half · detention $20/hr after 2 · layover $150
  • Bonuses: clean inspections $150 / $100 · $500 driver referrals
  • 1 week paid vacation after 12 months · discounted health, vision & dental · new to flatbed? 6-week evaluation at a $1,600 floor
Example week
TIPTON HAY FARMSDRIVER SETTLEMENT
WEEK OF —— / —— / ——UNIT 042
Mileage — 2,150 mi @ $0.53$1,140
Full tarp — optional (1 × $75)$75
Extra drop (1 × $40)$40
Weekly Floor Adjustment+$345
SETTLEMENT — PAID WEEKLY$1,600
W2 employeeThe $1,600 floor caught this week

Example weeks at the $0.53 starting rate (3 years flatbed). The Weekly Floor Adjustment line is straight off our real settlement format — on a slow week the floor tops you up, on a strong week your miles beat it and the floor just sits there.

A red Tipton Hay Farms International hooked to a hopper trailer in the yard
Flatbed or hopper — same floor, same sheet

Home time

Home when you want to be.
Out when you want to earn.

Our local contracts loop freight back through the Springfield–Marshfield area, so getting home is built into the operation, not a favor you have to ask for. But nobody here is made to come in. Some drivers want every weekend in their own kitchen; some would rather stay out and stack miles — the miles pay above the floor, so staying out earns more. Pick the track that fits, tell us which kind of driver you are, and we'll dispatch you that way.

A green Tipton Hay Farms Kenworth on a flatbed, loading round bales off a hay field
Loading off the field — the freight starts an hour from the yard

Mon–Fri Salary $1,500 flat · or $1,450 floor + miles

In Monday morning, home Friday. Every Saturday and Sunday in your own kitchen — this track is built for it.

Flex $1,600 floor + miles

Out Sunday when the load needs it, sometimes back Saturday. Home most weekends if that's what you want — or run through one when you want the miles.

Full availability $1,750 floor + miles · 1099

You run your own schedule inside the appointments. Stay out as long as you like — highest ceiling in the fleet, and the more you run, the more it pays.

Need Monday for the dentist? Ask before the week starts and we'll shift the week instead of shortening it — run Tuesday through Saturday, same five days, floor intact. One shifted week a month, and it's written into the pay agreement, not a handshake.

The iron · sitting empty right now

These trucks are
waiting on a driver.

Straight off our own dispatch board — when a truck comes open it shows up here, and when someone takes it, it comes down. Drag to walk around the ones we've filmed; the rest get theirs as they pass through the yard.

Want one of these? Two minutes gets you on the list, about seven does the whole application — tell us the unit number and we'll hold it while we talk.

Late-model iron

Most of the fleet is 2020 or newer — and every open truck's own year is printed on its card above, so you know before you call. Kept in our own shop; the crew that wrenches on them parks next to them.

Manuals available

Automatics if you like them, manual transmissions if you'd rather drive the truck yourself.

Safety gear provided

Straps, PPE and safety equipment are on us. Show up with a license; we handle the rest.

Life here

The yard, the shop,
the people behind the freight.

Dogs in cabs, kids on ride-alongs, a shop that answers on Saturday. This is the yard it all runs out of — off I-44 at Marshfield, an hour east of Springfield.

The Marshfield yard — from the drone
Unit 013, loaded and rolling
A seat here, a Missouri two-lane
A tractor stacking round bales onto a Tipton flatbed in a hay field
Round bales going on, straight off the field
A green Kenworth T680 with a flatbed load of hay, ready to leave the yard
Loaded and strapped, heading out

How it works

In a truck in days.
Not weeks.

Send one photo of your CDL

Your license photo fills in most of the form for you — name, license number, dates, address. You check it and tap through. No login, no account, no 10-page portal.

A human calls you — usually same day

Not a robo-recruiter. We talk freight straight and help you pick your pay track — salary, floor-plus-miles, or full availability. You can switch after 90 days.

Orientation in Marshfield, then roll

Onboarding is expedited — insurance check, a walk through the yard, keys. New to flatbed or hoppers? We train drivers who want to learn.

Straight answers

Asked in every
phone call.

Do I have to tarp?
No. Tarping is never forced here. When you choose a tarped load it pays — $75 full, $40 half — after tarp training, with a photo of every tarped load on the thread. Plenty of drivers take them for the money, plenty never touch one.
Can my dog ride? My spouse?
Both. There's a pet rider program and a passenger ride-along program. The truck's your office — bring your co-pilot.
W-2 or 1099?
Both live here — it depends on the track. Salary, Mon–Fri and Flex are W-2. Full Availability is 1099: your own LLC, your own schedule, a $1,750 floor and the highest ceiling in the fleet. We'll walk you through the difference on the phone.
What happens on a slow week?
You get your floor. Ran your full schedule, took what dispatch gave you, and the freight was thin or the truck broke? The floor pays anyway — it shows up as its own line on the settlement. Slow weeks are our problem, not your paycheck's.
What if I take a day off?
Straight answer: the floor is for full weeks. Take a day and that week pays your miles and extras, no floor. But ask before the week starts and we'll usually shift the week instead — appointment Monday, run Tuesday through Saturday, floor intact. One shifted week a month.
Can I switch tracks?
Yes — after 90 days. Life changes; the track can too. Come talk to us.
Where do you run?
Flatbed and hopper freight that loops back through the Springfield–Marshfield area — so getting home is easy when you want it, and staying out to run is just as easy. Ask on the phone and we'll talk actual lanes.
Do I have to come home every weekend?
No — and nobody will make you. Some drivers want every weekend in their own kitchen, and the Mon–Fri tracks are built for exactly that. Some would rather stay out and stack miles, and we like those drivers too: on Flex or Full Availability you can run through the weekend, and the miles pay above the floor, so staying out earns more. Tell us which one you are when we call and we'll dispatch you that way.
Automatic or manual?
Both in the fleet — late-model either way, and each open truck's year and transmission are on its card above. If you want a manual, say so when we call; they go fast.
How fast can I actually start?
Days, not weeks. The application starts your insurance check immediately, we call the same day, and onboarding is deliberately short. If it checks out, you're in a truck fast.
Is the pay number real?
It's in writing. Weekly floors of $1,450–$1,750 by track, mileage from $0.50–$0.55 to start (reviewed at 12 months), and every accessorial — tarp, detention, layover, extra stops, inspections, referrals — is a printed rate in the pay agreement you sign. Settlements run weekly. Ask us to walk a real one on the phone; we will.
A green Tipton Hay Farms Kenworth T680, unit 015, parked at the shop
Unit 015 — a Kenworth T680, most of the fleet

Next exit

One photo.
We do the rest.

Snap your CDL, type your number, hit send — two minutes, and a human calls you back, usually before your next fuel stop. The whole application is about seven, and it saves as you go.

Rather talk first? Dispatch answers at 417-368-3058 — ask for a real settlement sheet.

Call Apply · about 7 min