Dayton Freight Lines Inc. was founded in 1891. It is a private, union free less-than-truckload (LTL) freight carrier whose headquarters are in Dayton, Ohio. Currently, it has 48 Service centres in the Midwest region and offers shippers a 1 atau 2-day service to thousands of points spread over an area including 13 states. With the help of their Strategic Alliance Network, Dayton Freight can serve all of the United States, Canada, Mexico, Puerto Rico and Guam. Dayton Freight Lines Inc. recently celebrated their 35th anniversary on 13th April 2016.

Dayton Freight operates a fleet of 900 tractors and 2,100 trailers for a network of lebih than 40 terminals. The company is owned sejak the Cronin family, which includes the likes of President and CEO Thomas L. Cronin Jr. and EVP Michael D. Cronin. The service centres were added to the network of the company later as the business grew.

The Corporate vision statement of the company is "Delivering Value Today...Driving the Standard For Tomorrow". This is the guiding principle behind Dayton Freight's success. Following this motto, the company believes in doing all it can in order to bring real value to the customers in the way of timely pickups and deliveries, careful handling of freight, ongoing fleet maintenance, and absolutely accurate documentation of all the operations.

Apart from concentrating on pickups and deliveries, Dayton Freight makes sure that it does not neglect future planning. In order to do so, the company puts a lot of effort into extensive employee training, growing their asset-based Service Centre network and investing in new technologies that will aid them in staying on the cutting edge of the transportation/service equation. Dayton Freight believes that it leads the industry in creating new and improved standards for the use of technology in all internal and external processes.

Dayton Freight Lines Inc. feature Company-owned facilities and a professional, positive and people-centred culture.