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About us

Chicago drayage, done by us.

JDSB Trucking moves international containers off every Chicago rail ramp, into our own yards and to your door. Our trucks, our chassis, our people. Nobody in the middle.

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Our story

One truck in 2019. Thirty today.

JDSB started in 2019 with one truck and two people who had done the work.

Joe and Marcus met at another carrier. Joe came up as a dispatcher running flatbeds. Marcus came up behind the wheel as a truck driver. Between them they have moved just about everything: oversize and overweight loads, petroleum products, vans, reefers, tanks and containers.

They also saw how drivers and owner-operators were treated, and believed they could build them a better home than the one they had. So they built it.

One truck is now thirty. We added our own chassis, then our own yards. The idea has not changed: take care of the people who move the freight, and they take care of the customer.

The road so far.

  1. 2019One truck

    Joe and Marcus start JDSB Trucking in Chicago.

  2. GrowingOur own equipment

    Private chassis, so a box never waits on the pool. 85 of them now.

  3. GrowingOur own yards

    Two secured yards, Chicago and Joliet, with 75 container spots.

  4. TodayThirty trucks

    Every Chicago rail ramp, dispatch answered 24/7.

Our mission

Give our customers solutions that keep them moving forward, and give our drivers the best home in trucking.

Every box, every day, with our own trucks, our own chassis and our own people.

Our vision

To keep growing with technology and reach new areas, as the carrier customers count on and drivers call home.

Better tools, more places, the same promise: your freight keeps moving.

How it should work.

This is the standard we hold ourselves to on every load.

  1. You call, a person answersDispatch is staffed 24/7. No phone tree, no waiting for Monday.
  2. The box beats the clockDispatch watches your last free day and we pull before it, not after.
  3. You hear it from us firstIf something changes at the rail or at your dock, we tell you before you have to ask.
  4. One carrier, one invoiceThe people you booked with are the people who move it and bill it.

What we offer.

Import rail pickupOff every Chicago rail ramp.
Door deliveryTo your dock, live or drop.
Export loadsEmpty out, loaded back to the rail.
Overweight boxesPermitted in IL, IN, IA, MI and WI.
Yard storageTwo secured yards of our own.
Cross-townRail to rail across Chicago.
TransloadingOut of the box, onto the next truck.
Reefers and special boxesTanks, flat racks and open tops too.

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How we are better.

Yards
2 secured yards
  • Chicago and Joliet
  • 75 container spots
  • Most carriers our size have nowhere to put a box. We do.
Equipment
85 private chassis
  • Our own trucks and drivers
  • Specialty chassis for overweight boxes
  • Some of the lightest equipment on the market
One carrier
  • No brokered handoff
  • One invoice
  • A published rules tariff, so you know the terms up front
Someone is watching
  • Dispatch answered by a person, 24/7
  • Your last free day watched by dispatch
  • Overweight boxes in Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan and Wisconsin

Problems we solve.

The problemThe last free day is tomorrow.

We pull the box off the rail and hold it in our own yard, so storage at the rail stops.

The problemYour dock is not ready.

The box waits in our yard on our chassis and delivers when you can take it.

The problemThe box is overweight.

Specialty chassis and light equipment move it legal in five states.

The problemThere is no chassis at the rail.

We bring one of our own 85.

The problemThe freight has to change modes.

We transload it and send it on the right equipment.

The problemNobody answers after 5.

Our dispatch does, any hour, any day.

Safety first, always.

JDSB Trucking is committed to keeping American roads safe for all. We consider both worker and public safety in every business decision we make.

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A name, not a number.

Everything you use, eat and wear rode on a truck at some point, with a driver behind the wheel. We treat our drivers and our customers the same way: you are a name here, not a number.

#Go-Time.

Get it done. Own it. Take action. Integrity. Make it better. Exceed expectations. Six things everyone at JDSB goes by. It hangs on the wall in our office and our shop.

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