Owner / Operator Requirements

To lease on with Midwest Express Corporation we require:

• A tractor that is clean and well maintained with down-view or fender mount mirrors.
• A current annual inspection.
• Occupational Accident Insurance, taken through our insurance company, Sentry Insurance. The cost is $146 per month and can be taken through settlement deductions. Non-trucking liability (bobtail) can also be provided by Sentry Insurance and paid through settlement deductions. The cost is $37 per month. We can also arrange for Physical Damage Insurance to be handled through settlement deductions (based on value).

Kansas base plates can be purchased through the company:

Owner Operators are paid $0.91 per mile. The current fuel surcharge is paid in addition to the pay per mile.

Service Area

You will see on our service map that we operate the fleet from Wisconsin and Illinois in the north, to the Gulf States and Texas in the south. Within that large area is a triangle of three regions; Kansas City in the west, Milwaukee and Chicago in the north, and Memphis in the mid south.

Each of these cities lies within 600 miles of the others and together, they create a natural flow of freight that ensures our drivers are dispatched with freight that fits their unique needs. From each of the three points of the triangle we wheel out to customers located in that region and return with freight back to the primary service area, ensuring that our drivers maximize their revenue, and at the same time, provide them opportunities to return for home-time.