Asset-based truckload carrier · Indianapolis, IN

Midwest truckload, on our own trucks.

Family-owned since 1994. Dry van, reefer and dedicated lanes, run by our own drivers out of our own yard.

White tractor-trailer moving fast along a green rural highway

For shippers Ship with us Dry van · Refrigerated · Dedicated lanes · Drop trailers Dry van · Reefer · Dedicated lanes Request a rate

Red tractor pulling a white trailer on a two-lane highway under a clear sky

For CDL-A drivers Drive with us Home every weekend · $0.64 to $0.70 a mile · Assigned truck Home every weekend · $0.64 to $0.70 a mile See the job

Rolling right now46trucks under load
Tractors62all 2022 or newer
Trailers148102 dry van, 46 reefer
On time97.6%last 12 months
Dispatch, 24/7(317) 958-2163a person answers

Where we run

Twelve lanes out of Indianapolis.

Most of our freight runs inside 300 miles of the yard, and most lanes run loaded both ways. That keeps rates steady and gets drivers home.

Lane board01 / 12

INDCHI

Chicago, IL

Miles: 183
Transit: Same day
Runs: 3 runs a day

Dry van · Reefer

INDMKE

Milwaukee, WI

Miles: 275
Transit: Same day
Runs: Daily

Dry van

INDGRR

Grand Rapids, MI

Miles: 250
Transit: Same day
Runs: Daily

Dry van · Reefer

INDDET

Detroit, MI

Miles: 285
Transit: Same day
Runs: Daily

Dry van

INDTOL

Toledo, OH

Miles: 225
Transit: Same day
Runs: 5 days a week

Dry van

INDCLE

Cleveland, OH

Miles: 315
Transit: Next morning
Runs: Daily

Dry van · Reefer

INDCMH

Columbus, OH

Miles: 175
Transit: Same day
Runs: 2 runs a day

Reefer, dedicated

INDCVG

Cincinnati, OH

Miles: 112
Transit: Same day
Runs: 3 runs a day

Dry van · Reefer

INDLOU

Louisville, KY

Miles: 114
Transit: Same day
Runs: Daily

Dry van

INDBNA

Nashville, TN

Miles: 288
Transit: Same day
Runs: Daily

Reefer

INDSTL

St. Louis, MO

Miles: 245
Transit: Same day
Runs: Daily

Dry van · Reefer

INDFWA

Fort Wayne, IN

Miles: 125
Transit: Same day
Runs: Daily

Dry van, dedicated

What we haul

Full truckloads, two kinds of trailer.

Every load is one shipper, one trailer, one of our drivers. No consolidating, no handing it off.

Dry van truckload

53 ft air-ride vans for packaged goods, paper, plastics, auto parts and retail freight.

102 vans · up to 45,000 lb Dry van details

Refrigerated truckload

Reefers for produce, dairy, meat and frozen. Temps logged every 15 minutes and sent with your paperwork.

46 reefers · −20 to 70°F Reefer details

Dedicated lanes

Trucks and drivers assigned to your freight on a set schedule, with rates locked for the term.

11 dedicated accounts today How dedicated works

Drop trailer programs

Empty trailers parked at your dock so you load on your own clock. We swap them when you call.

Pools of 2 to 20 trailers Drop trailer details

Asset-based

We own the truck that backs into your dock.

Switchback is a carrier, not a broker. Your load goes on one of our tractors, with one of our drivers, out of our own yard. It never gets resold to whoever bids lowest.

See the shop and the yard

Two tractor-trailers heading down a divided highway through low hills in early morning light

Drive with us

Home Friday night. Back out Monday.

Regional runs out of Indianapolis, an assigned truck, and a weekend that's actually yours. We hire drivers who live within about 150 miles of the yard.

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Home

Out Monday, 5 AMHome by Friday evening

$0.64 to $0.70a mile, all miles, paid weekly
55+ hrshome every weekend, Friday night to Monday
Day 30medical, dental and vision start

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Shipper

We moved our Columbus reefer loads to them three years ago. It's the same two drivers most weeks, and when a load runs late we hear it from dispatch before we have to ask.

Logistics manager, food distributor, Columbus, OH

Driver

I came from over-the-road. Here I'm home Friday night, and the truck I take out Monday is the same one I parked.

CDL-A driver, six years with Switchback, Muncie, IN

Since 1994 Three trucks then. Sixty-two now. Ray Kessler started with three used tractors on a gravel lot on the west side. His kids run it today, from the same side of town.

Megan Kessler OrtizPresident. Runs sales and dispatch. Our story