Goforth Express

Goforth is an LTL carrier first, not a courier — same-day and next-day freight out of Lebanon, with daily service to more than 200 direct points across Missouri and Kansas. The named stops run from Springfield, St. Louis, Columbia, Kansas City and Joplin down through Rolla, Jefferson City, Lake Ozark, Carthage, Webb City and Neosho, plus Lenexa and Galena on the Kansas side. Sitting on the I-44 corridor between Springfield and Rolla, the useful question here is usually who already drives past you rather than who is fastest.

The equipment is freight equipment: 53-foot trailers, straight trucks and 26-foot box trucks with lift gates, and flatbeds. Shipments move prepaid, collect or C.O.D., which is unusual enough among courier listings to matter if your customers pay on delivery.

Family-owned and veteran-owned, operating as Affordable Same Day Service LLC. Its own pages give the company’s age as both 35 and 45 years, so treat the round number with care. The office runs 7am to 5pm Monday to Friday and closes at weekends — this is not an overnight dispatch. Rates are quoted by phone rather than published, with a separate small-box rate for items under 50 pounds.