Our Story
Built from
nothing. By hand.
This isn't a corporate origin story written by marketing. It's the real history of a family that built a trucking company one load at a time.
One truck. One man. One road.
Bill Meiborg didn't write a business plan. He bought a truck, found a load of produce heading east from the West Coast, and started driving. The idea was simple: do the job right, get paid, find the next load. There was no fleet, no warehouse, no office. Just Bill, a truck, and a promise that if he said he'd deliver, he'd deliver.
Word gets around.
When you deliver on time, every time, people talk. Shippers started calling. The fleet grew from one to five to twenty. Bill hired drivers the same way he drove — find good people, treat them right, hold them to a standard. Warehousing operations began in Rockford as customers needed storage alongside their freight. The company outgrew its first building. Then its second.
The son takes the wheel.
Zach Meiborg grew up in the business. He rode in his dad's truck. He worked the docks. He learned every role from the ground up. In 2010, he took over as President and CEO — not because it was handed to him, but because he'd earned it. His vision: keep everything his father built, and build it bigger. Modernize the fleet. Expand the warehouse footprint. Invest in people. Compete with the nationals on service, not on price.
Silver Arrow joins the family.
The acquisition of Silver Arrow Express added capacity, lanes, and talented drivers to the operation. The fleet crossed 300 trucks. Meiborg's reputation as a quality-first carrier started reaching beyond the Midwest. The company wasn't just a local hauler anymore — it was a serious operation with serious infrastructure.
Building what nobody else has.
While other carriers were cutting costs, Meiborg was building. The warehouse footprint expanded to 3.5 million square feet across seven facilities. The Rockford Airport Warehouse — a facility literally on the grounds of Greater Rockford Airport — gave Meiborg something no competitor could match: air freight integration with ground logistics under one roof. Rail connectivity through the BNSF Rochelle Global III intermodal hub completed the multimodal picture.
Tested by recession. Proven by results.
The 2024 freight recession was the worst the industry had seen in a generation. Carriers folded. Fleets downsized. Drivers were let go. Meiborg navigated it without cutting corners, without laying off drivers, and without compromising on equipment. Then they acquired Midwest Express, pushing past 550 trucks and 800 trailers. While others were shrinking, Meiborg was growing — the right way.
The standard others
measure against.
550+ trucks. 800+ trailers. 3.5 million square feet. Seven warehouses. Two markets. One family. Meiborg Brothers isn't the biggest carrier in the country. We never wanted to be. We wanted to be the one that does it right — and we are.
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Whether you're shipping, storing, or driving — Meiborg is always looking for the right partners.