CDL A Owner Operators
General Express
Role description
OWNER-OPERATOR — INTERMODAL / DRAYAGEElwood / Joliet, IL · Home daily · Year-round dedicated freight
What you'll run:
Container drayage between the Elwood/Joliet rail ramps, area rail yards, and Midwest customers. Mix of local rail shuttles and regional lanes (Iowa, Wisconsin, Indiana runs) — most work keeps you within the region and gets you home every night.
Why operators stay here
Home daily.
The freight is built around the Chicagoland ramps — not over-the-road.
Steady, dedicated volume.
Established customer freight year-round, not load-board scraps.
Percentage-based pay with weekly settlements
— transparent line-item statements, fuel surcharge passed through on every loaded mile.
Fuel card program
with meaningful at-the-pump savings.
Our own shop on-site.
Priority service for our operators; maintenance handled where you park.
Secured on-site parking
— leave the truck at the terminal, drive home in your car.
Plates, permits, PrePass available through the company
— spread across settlements instead of out-of-pocket lump sums.
Insurance options
available for deduction-based enrollment (bobtail, physical damage, occupational accident).
No forced dispatch.
Grow when you're ready:
lease-purchase tractors available — day cabs and sleepers — and fleet owners are welcome to place multiple trucks.
What you need
Class A CDL with 12+ months verifiable tractor-trailer experience (intermodal/drayage a plus, not required)
Tractor of your own —
or use our lease-purchase program; you don't need to already own one
23+ years old, acceptable MVR and PSP, able to pass DOT drug screen
Tank, Hazmat and TWIC not required, helpful for some
Professionalism at the gate: our customers know our operators by their conduct
Ready to roll?
Apply in about 10 minutes:
https://intelliapp.driverapponline.com/c/arltransport?r=TransforceDirect
