Class-8 Freight from East Tennessee — done right.
Family-owned NLE hauls dry-van freight for recycling, plastics, and manufacturing customers across TN, VA, KY, NC, and the Southeast. Real dispatchers. Real trucks. Real rates.
Why shippers pick NLE
We're small enough to answer the phone, big enough to run on time. Every load is tracked from yard to dock with timestamped pickup, transit, and delivery — so you always know where your freight is.
📞 Talk to a person
Pick up the phone any business day, get a real dispatcher who knows your lane. No call trees, no offshore brokers.
🚛 Asset-based
NLE owns its tractors and runs its own drivers. Your freight isn't getting double-brokered to whoever bid lowest on a load board.
📍 Live status
Pickup time, transit, drop-off, and signed BOL — all timestamped. Dispatchers and warehouses get notified the moment status changes.
🛠 FMCSA-compliant
Daily pre-trip and post-trip DVIRs. PM scheduling. IFTA-tracked fuel. Insurance always current. We pass DOT inspections, not just survive them.
💵 Plain-English pricing
Per-mile or hourly. Detention rules disclosed up-front. No fuel surcharge games. You'll know your rate before the truck rolls.
♻ Recycling specialists
NLE's roots are in scrap and plastic recycling. We know how to handle dirty loads, baled material, gaylords, and tight dock windows — without damaging the trailer.
What we haul
Mostly Class-8 dry-van freight, with a focus on recycling and manufacturing customers in the Tennessee Valley.
Scrap recycling
Baled cardboard, plastic, paper, ferrous and non-ferrous metal. Yard-to-mill, processor-to-broker, regional shuttle.
Plastics + resin
Regrind, gaylords, super sacks, palletized resin from converters to processors.
General dry-van
Palletized goods, packaging, general manufacturing. 53' van.
Need a truck this week?
Tell us about your load — we'll send you a real rate within one business day.
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