In your opinion who are the 5 largest expedite carriers?

Packmule · Apr 9, 2008

Moot said:
El Gato Negro Mexicana

Panther

FedEx CC

LandStar Express America

Tri-State

What you talkin bout wilson???

Lawrence · Apr 9, 2008

Packmule,

Are you laid over in KY?

Jefferson3000 · Apr 9, 2008

Well, according to the report of Safer (from memory):

Fedex
Panther
LEAM
Tri-state
Express 1

Now you Canadians fill need to fend for yourselves, cuz I'm just talkin' stateside.

Bruno · Apr 9, 2008

davekc said:
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In no particular order
Fed EX CC
Landstar
Panther
Tri State
Express 1
and maybe Dynamex. Much of their stuff is courier in many markets rather than expedite. hard to tell on them.

I would have to agree with Dave, but I think Panther is bigger than Landstar as far as expediting.

Bruno · Apr 9, 2008

As far as Dot reports

FedEx has 1398 units with 2441 drivers.

Panther has 912 units with 1400 drivers.

Tri-State has 558 units with 801 drivers

LandStar has 398 units with 523 drivers.

Express 1 has 212 units with 275 drivers.

Check it out yourself at.

SAFER Web - Company Snapshot

These are the facts.

dhalltoyo · Apr 10, 2008

Dynamex East 615 Trucks + 580 Drivers

Dynamex West 005 Trucks + 007 Drivers
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Total 620 Trucks + 587 Drivers

Bruno · Apr 10, 2008

Cool, I didnt check them out. Thanks Mr. Hall

TurkeyHawk · Apr 10, 2008

This has been an interesting and very informative post for me, thanks

Do you 'all have any idea which of these top expedited companies has the largest and most consisitent turnover ratio?

In what order would they rank with highest turnover rate 1st, and why ?

This is a great forum, I,m like going to expediter college sucking up all thi information here on EO, it's refreshing and helpful soaking up all the experience and knowledge from you 'all

thanks

OntarioVanMan · Apr 10, 2008

dhalltoyo said:
Dynamex East 615 Trucks + 580 Drivers

Dynamex West 005 Trucks + 007 Drivers
-------------------------------------------------
Total 620 Trucks + 587 Drivers

I can assure you DX does not have that many EXPEDITE trucks...The West division is their expedite division U.S. Plated..The East includes ALL Expedite AND Courier ...
They aren't even in the picture...

Bruno · Apr 10, 2008

Shows they have more trucks then drivers. maybe they have company drivers?

pjjjjj · Apr 10, 2008

Bruno said:
Shows they have more trucks then drivers. maybe they have company drivers?

Maybe all their owner/operators went bankrupt but they still have their trucks registered to them

OntarioVanMan · Apr 10, 2008

Must be a time lag with companies reporting and the posting...

At Express 1 load planning has a target of 250 loads/ day...and they told me they are over 300 units now...
How can you target 250 when you only have 212...somethings amiss.

BTW..I was told that the end of year target is 500 units.

In 5 years at DX never ever seen a company truck...always thought they were like P2...and didn't even own their shirt.

greg334 · Apr 10, 2008

I think there is a lag on the data, maybe quarterly cycles on the website?

Jefferson3000 · Apr 10, 2008

greg334 said:
I think there is a lag on the data, maybe quarterly cycles on the website?

Carriers are only required to file a biennial update. Some data could be almost 2 years old.

OntarioVanMan · Apr 10, 2008

Jefferson3000 said:
Carriers are only required to file a biennial update. Some data could be almost 2 years old.

Thats what I was thinking as well....

greg334 · Apr 10, 2008

Jefferson3000 said:
Carriers are only required to file a biennial update. Some data could be almost 2 years old.

Thanks, I thought it was something, quarterly, yearly, decade cycles of reporting, who knew?

OntarioVanMan · Apr 10, 2008

greg334 said:
Thanks, I thought it was something, quarterly, yearly, decade cycles of reporting, who knew?

So they run this web site where the info is completely useless??

Is it government sponsored or funded?

Jefferson3000 · Apr 10, 2008

OntarioVanMan said:
So they run this web site where the info is completely useless??
Is it government sponsored or funded?

FMCSA.....

It is useful, just not exact as far as numbers go. You have to update it within so much time if your info changes, ie. address, insurance and such.

Here's the other search engine they have. You can make sure that any carrier OR broker is legitimate and their insurance or bond is intact:
Licensing & Insurance Carrier Search

Bruno · Apr 10, 2008

Jefferson3000 said:
Carriers are only required to file a biennial update. Some data could be almost 2 years old.

The Info was just updated by DOT. Look at the last in house in inspection. It tells when it was last updated.

OntarioVanMan · Apr 10, 2008

Bruno said:
The Info was just updated by DOT. Look at the last in house in inspection. It tells when it was last updated.

Bruno...The DOT maybe update BUT it can only post what info they have..IF a carrier hasn't submitted for the last year or more it's sort of redundant.