Owner-operators
88%of gross
- Run under Franko authority, liability and cargo insurance
- Dispatch and factoring covered from our 12%
- Company fuel cards
- Trailers for rent: 53' Dry Van, Conestoga and Step Deck
- We can file your IFTA
Cleveland, Ohio · Dry van · Flatbed
Freight that
keeps moving.
An asset-based carrier out of Northeast Ohio. A small fleet where the owner answers the phone and still drives a truck himself.
Call dispatch216-704-9050
48states we deliver to
3trailer types: Dry Van, Conestoga and Step Deck
88%of gross paid to owner-operators
Careers
We're hiring drivers and owner-operators
A small team where dispatch knows your name and your home time. Pick the way you want to run with Franko.
Company drivers
CDL-AOTR
- Late-model trucks, including a new 2026 Volvo
- Dry van and flatbed loads, long haul
- A dispatcher who picks up the phone
- Lease-to-own: take a Franko truck on payments and go from company driver to owner-operator. The truck is yours when it's paid off.
CDL-AValid class A license
2+ yearsOTR experience
Insurable MVREvery record reviewed one by one
DOTDrug test and medical card
A real Franko load
Chicago, IL → Cleveland, OH
- Trailer
- Flatbed
- Miles
- 350
- Rate
- $1,800 · $5.14 / mile
- O/O gets 88%
- $1,584
Service 01
53' Dry Van
General freight, palletized or floor-loaded. Retail, food-grade dry goods, paper, manufacturing parts.
- Length
- 53 ft
- Capacity
- Up to 26 pallets, ~44,000 lb
- Service
- FTL, long haul, drop & hook
Live from the dock
Unloading our dry van today
Forklift in, pallets out. Real footage from one of our deliveries, sped up.
Service 02
Flatbed & Conestoga
Steel, lumber, building materials and machinery. The rolling tarp keeps freight dry and saves hours at the dock.
- Type
- Conestoga / open deck
- Loading
- Side, top or rear
- Service
- FTL, long haul, securement to FMCSA rules
Real load, real trailer
A 4-minute coil load on our Conestoga, sped up: crane, chains, tarp closed, ready to roll.
For brokers & shippers
Easy to set up. Easy to work with.
We book through load boards and directly with brokers and shippers. Send the rate con and we take it from there.
- Carrier packet same dayW-9, certificate of insurance and authority on request.
- InsuredAuto liability and cargo. COI issued with you as certificate holder.
- Updates without chasingDispatch confirms pickup, delivery and any delay as it happens.
- Paperwork on timeSigned BOL and POD sent the day of delivery.
On time, every time
Nothing stands
between your freight and the dock.
Weather, detours, a tight appointment window. Our dispatch plans around it and tells you before it becomes a problem.
Get in touch
Quote or application
Tell us the lane and the dates, or tell us about your truck and experience. We reply the same business day.
Or call now216-704-9050
Home base
Based in
Cleveland, Ohio.
Our office and trucks are in Cleveland. From here we run long haul across the Midwest and East Coast, and coast to coast when the load is right. Chicago is about 5 hours away, New York about 7.
Contact
Franko Express Inc.
Phone
216-704-9050
admin@frankoexpress.com
Yard
Cleveland, Ohio
Authority
USDOT 3230732
MC 1012857