TWO MEN AND A TRUCK

Our History

We’re proud to serve Chicagoland with professional movers from four locations. We opened the Des Plaines TWO MEN AND A TRUCK® office in October of 2009.  Our second TWO MEN AND A TRUCK® office opened in downtown Chicago in June of 2010.  The Wheeling location opened in early 2012, soon followed by our Northfield location in late 2012.

Since opening with just two trucks, our Chicago and North Shore locations have grown rapidly; we now operate a twenty-six truck fleet. Although the locations are relatively new, our staff has more than 35 years of combined experience within the TWO MEN AND A TRUCK® system.

We are active members of the Des Plaines Chamber of Commerce, the Evanston Chamber of Commerce, the Illinois Movers and Warehousemen’s Association and the Illinois Continuity of Care, among other industry groups. We also dedicate time and resources to our community, which is why we continuously stay involved with local charities throughout the Chicago area.

We are accredited by the Better Business Bureau.

Corporate History

TWO MEN AND A TRUCK started in the early 1980s as a way for two brothers to make extra money while in high school. Nearly 20 years later, the company has grown to more than 200 locations worldwide.
Brothers Jon and Brig Sorber started moving people using an old pickup truck while their mom, Mary Ellen Sheets, developed a logo to advertise in a weekly newspaper. This same stick-men logo is used today on every truck, sign and advertisement.

When the brothers left for college, Sheets continued to field calls for moving services while working another full-time job. She finally made things official in 1985 by purchasing a 14-foot truck for $350 and hiring a couple of movers. That $350 is the only capital Sheets has ever invested in the company.

Eventually, Sheets decided to franchise the company, and in 1989, she awarded the first location outside of Michigan to her daughter, Melanie Bergeron, in Atlanta, Ga.

Brig and Jon Sorber returned to team up with their mom and older sister in the mid-1990s. Brig Sorber now serves as the chief executive officer, and Jon Sorber is executive vice president.

In August 2012, former Chief Operating Officer Randy Shacka was promoted to president of TWO MEN AND A TRUCK. Randy joined the team in 2001 as an intern and has since held several roles, including Franchise Development Specialist, Director of Operations, Chief Development Officer (CDO) and Chief Operating Officer (COO). This marks the first time in the history of the company the title of President has been held by a person outside of the Sorber family.

Today, TWO MEN AND A TRUCK is the nation's largest franchised local moving company, and it boasts a fleet of more than 1,400 trucks. The company has come a long way - and logged a lot of miles - since Sheets sketched the first "stick-men." The TWO MEN AND A TRUCK system continues to pave the way for future growth and innovation in home and business moving, while maintaining a commitment to exceeding customers' expectations.