How we got here

Southern Premier Trucking started in August 2025 the way most small carriers start — one truck, one driver and freight that had to get where it was going. What has changed since then is scale, not approach. The driver who took our first load still drives for us.

Today we operate a six-truck and growing fleet: 5 heavy-duty trucks and a hotshot operation, running multiple 48-foot flatbeds and step-deck equipment. We are expanding into sand-hauling and oilfield support work, and we continue to add capability.

The company is family-owned and headquartered in Lufkin, Texas. The people whose names are on the business are the people who answer the phone.

Southern Premier Trucking red sleeper tractor

How We Work

Built for the requirements that aren't routine

Responsiveness, flexibility and problem-solving are operating habits here rather than slogans. Direct access to ownership is what makes them possible.

Responsive

Decisions are made by ownership, so a question about capacity gets an answer without working its way through the company first.

Flexible

Unusual scheduling, tight delivery windows and awkward pickup or delivery locations are a normal part of our week.

Problem-solving

We work through difficult transportation requirements rather than turning them away, within the limits of safe, legal and properly permitted operation.

Accessible

Direct access to the owners — the people responsible for committing equipment and standing behind the service.

Agile

We can reposition equipment and re-plan a lane quickly when a customer's requirements change mid-week.

Growing

Continued expansion of equipment and capability as the business grows.

Operating Area

Texas based, with regional and long-haul capability

Our daily operating footprint is the Texas triangle between Houston, Dallas–Fort Worth and Austin–San Antonio, along with the markets and communities in between.

Beyond Texas we regularly run into Kansas, Mississippi, Alabama, Indiana and Illinois. When a customer needs freight moved farther than that, we will go where the freight requires.

Core daily footprint

  • Houston metro
  • Dallas–Fort Worth metro
  • Austin–San Antonio metro
  • Markets and communities in between

Regular out-of-state lanes

  • Kansas
  • Mississippi
  • Alabama
  • Indiana
  • Illinois

Systems

Organized operations

We run modern operating systems so that a customer asking where their freight is gets an accurate answer:

  • Electronic logging devices (ELD) across the fleet
  • Fleet-management technology
  • GPS visibility and tracking
  • Electronic documentation and proof of delivery
  • Organized dispatch processes

Safety

An ongoing responsibility

We treat safety as an ongoing operational responsibility. Our drivers receive continuing education, and we keep them current on safe-driving practices and the regulatory requirements that apply to their work.

Our public safety and compliance record is available through FMCSA. See our credentials.

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