Hours of service, respected
Transit times are planned against legal driving hours. A schedule that only works if a driver skips a break is not a schedule we will quote.
ZODIAC FREIGHT INC.Dry Van Carrier
Freight in motion.Across 48 states.
Reliable dry-van transportation across the 48 contiguous states, backed by clear communication and dependable execution.
Dispatch(630) 626-0688
- USDOT4392781
- MC1723404
Darien, Illinois
About Zodiac Freight
01 — About
We move dry-van freight across the 48 contiguous states, from a base in Darien, Illinois. Every load runs on dependable execution, from pickup through delivery.
Clear communication, professional handling, and delivery windows we commit to only when they can be met — from the moment the load is picked up to the moment it is signed for.
Operating profile
- Headquarters
- 6705 Western AveDarien, IL 6056141.7492° N · 87.9742° W
- Equipment
- Dry Vans
- Coverage
- 48 contiguous states
02 — Services
One trailer type.Six ways to move it.
Dry van only — enclosed, weather-protected trailers. What changes from one service to the next is the lane, the schedule, and the commitment behind it.
Enclosed trailers for palletized and packaged freight that needs to stay dry and secure.
Our core service. Dry vans handle the broad middle of American freight — consumer goods, packaged food, paper, retail, and general commodities that require protection from weather but not temperature control.
One shipment, one trailer, one driver — from origin to destination without transfers.
Your freight is the only freight on the trailer. Fewer touches, fewer handoffs, and a straight line between the shipper and the receiver.
Coast-to-coast and cross-country lanes across the 48 contiguous states.
Long-distance movements planned around realistic transit times and hours-of-service rules, so the schedule we quote is the schedule we run.
Shorter lanes and repeatable regional runs, including the Midwest corridor around our Illinois base.
Regional freight rewards familiarity — with the lanes, the facilities, and the receiving windows. We build that familiarity and reuse it.
Recurring capacity for shippers who move consistent volume on consistent lanes.
When a lane runs on a predictable rhythm, it should be handled that way. Dedicated arrangements are built around your schedule rather than rebuilt every week.
Freight planned around a delivery window that genuinely matters.
Tight windows are a planning problem before they are a driving problem. We plan the route, the stops, and the appointment first — then we run it.
03 — Coverage
48-state coverage.One carrier, end to end.
From our Illinois base to any dock in the lower 48. One carrier for the whole run — your freight is not rebrokered to a stranger.
Base of operations
6705 Western Ave
Darien, IL 60561
Coverage map. Zodiac Freight moves dry van freight across all 48 contiguous states, from its base in Darien, Illinois. The map shows illustrative freight corridors reaching Minneapolis, MN; Atlanta, GA; New York, NY; Dallas, TX; Boston, MA; Denver, CO; Miami, FL; Salt Lake City, UT; Phoenix, AZ; Los Angeles, CA; Seattle, WA.
HeadquartersFreight corridors
Corridors shown are illustrative. We run 48 contiguous states — not a fixed set of lanes.
04 — Equipment
Dry vans.And nothing else.
A dry van is an enclosed, hard-sided trailer — a rigid box that keeps weather and road off whatever is inside it. It is the only equipment we run.
Dry van — side elevation
Key
- Enclosed hard-sided body
- Weather-protected
- Rear swing doors
- Dock-height rear load
- Rear wheel bogie
- Landing gear
- Kingpin coupling
ZODIAC FREIGHT INC.Not to scale
What a dry van is not for
A dry van is the right trailer for most freight and the wrong one for some. If your shipment is on this list, you will hear it on the first call, not at the dock.
- Temperature-controlled freight
- Open-deck or flatbed freight
- Hazardous materials
- Oversized or over-dimensional loads
05 — Why Zodiac
Freight is a promise.We keep ours.
Six commitments about how we run freight. Every one of them is something you can hold us to.
- 01
Clear communication
You hear from us before you have to ask. Updates arrive when something changes, in plain language.
- 02
Nationwide reach
One carrier, every lane, all 48 contiguous states — the same people answer the phone whether the run is 200 miles or 2,000.
- 03
Reliable scheduling
Pickup and delivery windows are committed to only when they can be met, then they are met.
- 04
Professional freight handling
Loads are secured, documented, and moved with care from the dock to the delivery door.
- 05
Consistent shipment visibility
A known status at every stage of the move, communicated directly rather than buried in a portal.
- 06
Direct support
A real person who knows your shipment, reachable by phone — not a queue and not a ticket number.
06 — Process
From the first callto the signed receipt.
Five steps, in the order they happen.
- 01
Call with the lane
Tell us the lane, the freight, and the timing. We price the move against what it actually takes to run it.
- 02
Confirm shipment details
Commodity, weight, pallet count, and both appointment windows are confirmed in writing before anything moves.
- 03
Schedule pickup
Equipment and driver are assigned to the lane, and the pickup is set against the shipper’s receiving hours.
- 04
Transport the freight
The load runs to plan, and you hear from us as it progresses — not only when something goes wrong.
- 05
Complete delivery
Freight is delivered into the receiving window and the paperwork is returned to close the shipment out.
07 — Safety
Safety is a practice,not a badge.
We publish no score, no rating, and no figure we cannot stand behind. What we can give you is how the freight is actually run — and two public registration numbers you are free to check yourself.
Carrier registration
ZODIAC FREIGHT INC.
USDOT
USDOT 4392781MC
MC 1723404Public registration identifiers. Both can be looked up by number in FMCSA records.
Inspected before it leaves
Equipment is checked before the run, not after something goes wrong. A trailer that is not right does not get loaded.
Secured before the doors close
Freight is loaded and restrained for the road it is about to travel, and the load is confirmed before the trailer is sealed.
08 — Contact
One number.One office.
One number reaches dispatch. Tell us the lane and we will price the move.
Headquarters
6705 Western AveDarien, IL 60561Origin
41.7492° N87.9742° W
Darien, IL
Dispatch