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.

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 every weekend. 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, tops out at $0.60
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.

Home time

Home every weekend.
Written down, not whispered.

Our local contracts loop freight back through the Springfield–Marshfield area, so every pay track gets you home every weekend — it's how the operation is built, not a favor you have to ask for. The tracks just differ in how the week runs.

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

In Monday morning, home Friday. Every Saturday and Sunday in your own kitchen.

Flex $1,600 floor + miles

Out Sunday when the load needs it, sometimes back Saturday — but home every weekend, always.

Full availability $1,750 floor + miles · 1099

You run your own schedule inside the appointments. Highest ceiling in the fleet.

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 — 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.

Drone view of the Tipton Hay Farms yard in Marshfield, Missouri — a Kenworth and flatbed on the gravel lot — The Marshfield yard — from the drone

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 — that's how "home every weekend" stays true instead of becoming a slogan. Ask on the phone and we'll talk actual lanes.

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 (tops out at $0.60, 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.

Next exit

One photo.
We do the rest.

Snap your CDL, type your number, hit send. A human calls you back — usually before your next fuel stop.

2 minutes to get on the list Call 417-368-3058

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

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