Note 4 - Long-term Debt (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2018

Notes Tables

Schedule of Long-term Debt Instruments [Table Text Block]

	September 30, 2018			December 31, 2017
Term loan agreement, maturing May 2020, terminated June 2018, effective interest rate of 12.2%	$	-		$	193,177
Line of credit, maturing March 2020, terminated June 2018		-			29,333
Term loan agreement, interest rate of 4.3% at September 30, 2018, maturing June 2023		197,500			-
Revenue equipment installment notes with finance companies, weighted average interest rate of 4.7% and 4.7% at September 30, 2018 and December 31, 2017, due in monthly installments with final maturities at various dates through October 2023, secured by related revenue equipment with a net book value of $164.7 million and $315.7 million in September 2018 and December 2017		151,773			310,850
Note payable to limited liability company owned in part by certain officers of the Company, interest rate of 13.0% at December 31, 2017, maturing November 2020, terminated June 2018		-			25,516
Mortgage note payables, interest rates ranging from 5.25% to 6.99% at September 30, 2018 and December 31, 2017 due in monthly installments with final maturities as various dates through September 2031, secured by real estate with a net book value of $23.9 million and $24.7 million at September 2018 and December 2017		19,161			20,033
Capital lease obligations, maturing at various dates through April 2024		21,244			27,761
Other		10,749			6,134
		400,427			612,804
Less: Unamortized discount and debt issuance costs		(1,413	)		(7,266	)
Less: Current maturities of long-term debt		(120,305	)		(132,332	)
	$	278,709		$	473,206