This opportunity involves the combination of two long established transportation and logistics operations with nearly 75 years of collective history, strong asset bases, and highly complementary service models. The first operation, founded in the mid 1990s near St. Louis, has grown into a regional carrier serving the Midwest and Southeast within a 600 mile radius. It maintains a diversified customer base and offers full truckload, flatbed, hazmat, brokerage, expedited, local trucking, trailer storage, and in?house mechanical services. Its fleet includes 24 tractors and 80 trailers supported by a fully equipped maintenance shop, fuel island, bulk DEF, solar infrastructure, and nearly 12 acres of secured industrial real estate. Ownership is retiring after nearly three decades.

The second operation, founded in the late 1970s and veteran owned, is one of Missouri’s most established same day and next day carriers, serving more than 200 delivery points with a 99.9% damage free performance rate. It maintains long tenured staff and deep enterprise relationships across manufacturing, retail, industrial supply, HVAC, construction materials, and consumer goods. Its secure Springfield based facility includes warehouse space, dock access, ample parking, and an adjacent mechanic shop. The fleet includes box trucks with lift gates, 48 ft and 53 ft trailers, forklifts, and warehouse equipment. Ownership is offering a flexible transition period and is open to seller financing.

Together, these operations form a multi service logistics platform with meaningful operational and financial synergies. The regional long haul and specialized capabilities of the first company pair naturally with the dense intrastate network and same day/next day expertise of the second, creating a hub and spoke model with Missouri as the distribution hub and the St. Louis area as the regional linehaul hub. The combined fleet—exceeding 100 power units and trailers—supports LTL, FTL, hazmat, flatbed, expedited, brokerage, dock support, and trailer storage services. Both maintain in house maintenance operations, enabling consolidation of parts purchasing, diagnostic software, preventive maintenance, and technician labor. Additional savings exist in insurance, fuel purchasing, dispatch, payroll, AR/AP, and safety administration.

The combined customer base is diverse and resilient, with significant cross selling potential. Specialized services from the regional carrier can be introduced to the 200+ Missouri delivery points, while same day and LTL capabilities can be offered to the regional carrier’s Midwest and Southeast accounts. Technology integration—standardizing dispatch, ELD, GPS tracking, and communication—offers further efficiency gains. With both ownership groups retiring, the combined entity provides a clean leadership transition and a scalable platform for future bolt on acquisitions, including hot shot carriers, last mile providers, small LTL operators, and brokerage firms.