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Hartline tractor-trailers rolling down the highway at dusk Trailers backed into the Hartline dock at first light

Columbus, Ohio · LTL · Truckload · Warehousing

Picked up tonight, delivered tomorrow

Hartline runs LTL and truckload lanes out of Columbus. Your freight rides our trucks, scanned dock to dock — and a dispatcher picks up at 2 a.m., because that’s when it matters.

Since 2009 63 drivers · 41 tractors Family-owned
98.4% on-time delivery, trailing 12 months
0 claims paid last quarter
$1M cargo liability on every load
24/7 dispatch desk, holidays included

What we move.

Service schedule — rates hold 30 days
HL-LTL LTL linehaul One to ten pallets, terminal to terminal on our direct lanes. No re-brokering — your freight stays on Hartline trucks. Next day · 14 lanes
HL-FTL Regional truckload Full trailers, live load or drop-and-hook. Dedicated capacity when your season spikes. Same-day dispatch
HL-WHS Warehousing & cross-dock 118,000 sq ft of ambient storage minutes from the interstate. Freight lands, turns, and leaves in under four hours. Dock open 24/7
HL-FML Final mile Liftgate, inside delivery, scheduled windows. Proof of delivery on file the same hour it’s signed. Windows kept
HL-DED Dedicated lanes Your route, our tractors and drivers, one invoice. Priced per lane, not per surprise. On contract

The network runs all night

Linehaul pulls out of Columbus at 22:00. By the time your customer unlocks the dock, the trailer is already backed in — scanned at every stop between.

Columbus Chicago Detroit Cleveland Pittsburgh Indianapolis St. Louis Louisville Nashville Cincinnati

Direct lanes from the Columbus hub. Interline partners carry beyond.

1.8k shipments moved every week
14 direct lanes across five states
34 trailers on the road tonight
22:00 nightly linehaul cutoff, Columbus hub
Racked pallets in the Hartline warehouse A forklift turning freight in the cross-dock

The yard on Example Parkway.

One site, both sides of the business: cross-dock on the north face, racked storage on the south, and room to drop a trailer without calling ahead.

42 doors Cross-dock both sides; drop trailers welcome.
118,000 sq ft Ambient warehousing, racked and floor-stacked.
Gated yard Fenced, lit, cameras on every door. Guard shack staffed nights.
24/7 dispatch A dispatcher answers — not a phone tree — every hour of the year.
Ask about pallet storage
“Our old carrier called us after the dock jammed. Hartline called before — freight was on another truck by six the next morning.”
Operations manager, building-products distributor, Dayton OH 51 of 52 weeks on time
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Price your lane.

Tell us the lane and what sits on the pallets. A dispatcher — not an autoresponder — prices it within one business hour, 07:00–22:00 Eastern.

(555) 014-7788 Dispatch — answers around the clock
Lane quote request Answered within one business hour
One dispatcher, one reply. No mailing lists, ever.
Lane received — a dispatcher replies within one business hour. Need it moving now? Call dispatch — a person answers.