R+L Carriers Company Description
R+L Carriers wants to add your freight to its trucks. The company provides freight transportation services throughout the US through three main regional less-than-truckload (LTL) carriers: R+L Transfer, Gator Freightways, and Greenwood Motor Lines. (LTL carriers combine freight from multiple carriers into a single truckload.) R+L Carriers offers service in all 50 states, as well as in Canada, the Dominican Republic, and Puerto Rico. Overall it operates a fleet of some 13,000 tractors and trailers. CEO Ralph Larry Roberts founded the family-owned company in 1965, starting with a single truck that was used to haul furniture.
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