About Our Business
Certified Pilot Cars, LLC, a Fort
Lauderdale, Florida based Limited
Liability Company, is owned & operated by
Dana Neil Oaklund.  Dana started in the
trucking business in 1994; began driving
tractor-trailers in 1996 & specialized
in hauling over-dimensional loads in 1998.
 That same year he was first certified as a
Florida D.O.T. Pilot/Escort Flagger
escorting loads part-time at nights &
on the weekends while still employed as a
heavy haul truck driver.
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Dana's first heavy-haul tractor-trailer; an 11 axle Peterbilt 379 day-cab pulling a 65 ton modular
Fontaine drop side detachable low boy - shown here loaded with a section of a dredge barge
Dana's last heavy-haul tractor-trailer; a 10-12 axle Kenworth W-900 day-cab pulling a 65 ton modular
Liddell drop side detachable low boy - shown here with the deck extension & beam insert
Below are a couple of the trucks Dana has driven.
Dana became a full time pilot/escort in 2003, starting his own business:
South Florida Pilot Car, LLC.  In the beginning of 2005, he took over
operations of Certified Overdimensional Escorting of Weston, FL.  In 2007
Dana changed the name of his business to Certified Pilot Cars, LLC.  In doing so,
Dana has expanded his business to offer pilot/escort services all across the
US & Canada with a vast network of certified, professional pilot/escorts.

Dana currently possesses a Florida Class A CDL with an X endorsement
(for tankers & haz
ardous materials); escort certifications from Florida & New
York
as well as a current Transportation Worker Identification Credential.