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USA TRUCK

Every Load, Every Time….

Forward-Looking Statements

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Operating Leverage

Revenue
per Mile

$0.01

Operating
Margin

70 bps

Annualized
EPS

$0.15

We have a plan to improve our

Revenue per Mile

by $0.20

Deteriorating Performance

920 bps

1,050 bps

1,090 bps

Shallower Peaks and Deeper Troughs

Discounted Valuation

Truckload Peer Price-to-Book Ratios

As of August 30, 2010

Value-Creation Research

Financial Performance Correlations to Stock Price

Source: Stephens, Inc., USA Truck, Inc. and SEC documents

Industry and Market Research

Structural Shift Underway in U.S. Supply Chain

OBJECTIVES

Earn Cost of Capital

Greater Earnings Consistency

Position Model for Future Growth

OBJECTIVES

EBIT Growth CAGR >= 10%

Maintain Economic Value Added

Return Excess Capital to Shareholders

HOW WE’LL DO IT

Grow Intermodal, Brokerage, Dedicated and

General Freight Services

And / Or

Repurchase Shares

Distribute Dividends

PHASE I - Earn Cost of Capital

PHASE II - Earnings Growth

VEVA* Strategic Plan

Every Load, Every Time….

Opportunity in Pricing

Revenue per Loaded Mile Comparison

Engineering a Freight Network

The Spider Web is Born

Measurable Progress

Metric	SW Design	FYE 2007	3q 2009	3q 2010
Loaded Revenue per Mile	$1.70	$1.43	$1.46	$1.58
Portion of Lanes with < 5 Weekly Loads	17%	90%	85%	83%
Compliance	> 80%	< 30%	39%	48%
Length of Haul	< 500	784	577	546
Velocity	> 4.0	2.5	3.0	3.3