Does Express in the name automatically mean LTL?

[MichiganDriver]

I'm about to go from company driver to O/O and I'm choosing a name. If the name ends with the word "Express" will that limit me by indicating to shippers that I'm running a LTL operation? eg Roadway Express

I'm going to be doing TL, LTL, willhaulfordonuts, whatever pays the bills.

[GMAN]

There are a lot of carriers who use express in their name and are not LTL carriers. You can call your company anything that you want. By the way, some of the big LTL carriers don't use express as part of the name. Roadway and Yellow Freight come to mind.

[Steel Horse Cowboy]

I agree with GMan, its just a name. US Express is a good example, and Western Express too. Just try to steer away from using only initials, seems like thats the foreign trucking companies thing? I know when I worked for Alcoa, we steered away from using the companies with initials cuz they almost always had Russian/Polish/Chekz drivers. Not that they were any less of a person, just hard to communicate with and usually had poor equipment. Then again, the opposite is UPS

[Aufgeblassen]

Negatory. I worked for Heartland Express, and it was not LTL.

[solo379]

For me, that word in the name, means "Caution! Be aware of sudden, and stupid moves!"

[Steel Horse Cowboy]

For me, that word in the name, means "Caution! Be aware of sudden, and stupid moves!"

I have to HIGHLY agree LOL

[RostyC]

for me, that word in the name, means "caution! Be aware of sudden, and stupid moves!"

HEY!!!!!!

[RostyC]

i have to highly agree lol

DOUBLE HEY!!!!!!!!!!!

[solo379]

HEY!!!!!!

Well, there is no rule without exception, but...better safe than sorry....

[RostyC]

Well, there is no rule without exception, but...better safe than sorry....

ok then.

[Steel Horse Cowboy]

DOUBLE HEY!!!!!!!!!!!

You got EXPRESS in your name???? I apologize, and feel sorry for you at the same time

[MichiganDriver]

For me, that word in the name, means "Caution! Be aware of sudden, and stupid moves!"

The problem is I agree with you and a bigger problem than that whether they mean to or not the police probably get their dander up a little more when you have Express in the name. "Faster Than a Speeding Bullet Trucking" would be worse I suppose and "We Ignore Speed Limit Signs To Get Your Freight There Faster Trucking" is probably worse still. Anything that sounds like you try to be fast is probably bad.

I don't want to give away the name because it's a play on words on my last name and this being the internet and all but... It's a two word name with the second word starting with a 'T'. Blank T-word Express rolls off the tongue very well thank you very much. Blank T-word Trucking not so much and Blank T-word Transport has the same problem. I could always end it with "Logistics" but I've got a pet peeve about people trying to sound like they're something they're not.

So what words do trucking companys end with?

Off the top of my head there's
Transport
Trucking
Transportation
Express
Logistics
Freight

Any others?

Edit - RostyC - I might go with Express anyway just because it does roll off the tongue so well. It's a good word that way.

[solo379]

"Transport" is fine! But it doesn't really matter. Just somehow "Express" attracts that kind of drivers....

[RostyC]

Anything that sounds like you try to be fast is probably bad.

I've never been bothered by DOT or police. I rarely go over 65 mph and sometimes I get my doors blown off by company trucks.

Starting to feel like I'm being profiled.