| Are you considering a career in the truck driving | | | | Roadway and Yellow Transportation. Together the 2 |
| profession? If you’re not in the profession yet, | | | | companies have over 10,000 tractors and 25,000 |
| this will be a great article to read about the 5 biggest | | | | trailers. Most people will notice these trucks fairly |
| trucking companies. Most of these companies never | | | | easily, Roadway trucks all say ROADWAY on them |
| stop hiring even in a recession. Their sheer size | | | | and the Yellow trucks are all orange and say |
| means that there will be some natural attrition that | | | | YELLOW. |
| creates job openings for other truck drivers. Here is | | | | Schneider trucking is also on our list. Schneider also |
| a list of the biggest 5 companies so that you can | | | | paints its trucks orange and has almost 40,000 |
| familiarize yourself with these carriers. | | | | trailers and over 10,000 tractors. Schneider is based in |
| United Parcel Service. Yep! A lot of people have no | | | | Green Bay, Wisconsin. This carrier drives a combined |
| idea that UPS is such a large trucking company, let | | | | 5 million miles per day. |
| alone the fact that they are one of the 5 largest. | | | | Swift Transportation is the last carrier on our list. |
| What can brown do for you? Well if you are looking | | | | They operate over 16,000 trucks and more than |
| for a trucking job they may have one. UPS is | | | | 20,000 trailers. The company is based in Arizona and |
| headquartered in Georgia. UPS delivers more than 15 | | | | their trucks are generally White with a blue and gold |
| million packages per day. | | | | SWIFT logo across them. Swift Transportation |
| FedEx Ground is another huge trucking company. | | | | reaches almost 3 billion in annual revenues. |
| They are huge employer and like other large trucking | | | | If you don’t end up working for one of these |
| companies, they are almost always looking for quality | | | | carriers you will certainly see them out on the road. |
| drivers. | | | | provides a great way to fill out one application and |
| YRC – is another huge trucking company. YRC | | | | reach many companies for free. Fill out an application |
| drivers are usually teamsters. YRC was formed when | | | | today. |
| 2 other extremely large carriers merged. They were | | | | |