EXHIBIT 32.1

                  CERTIFICATION OF CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER AND
                             CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER
                       PURSUANT TO 18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,
                             AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
                  SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

In connection with the Quarterly Report of Universal Truckload Services, Inc.
(the "Company") on Form 10-Q for the thirteen weeks ended April 2, 2005 as filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the "Report"),
Donald B. Cochran, as Chief Executive Officer of the Company, and Robert E.
Sigler, as Chief Financial Officer of the Company, each hereby certifies,
pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the
Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, to the best of his knowledge, respectively, that (1)
the Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and (2) the information contained
in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition
and results of operations of the Company.

Date: May 11, 2005

                                        /s/ Donald B. Cochran
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                                        Donald B. Cochran
                                        President and Chief Executive Officer

                                        /s/ Robert E. Sigler
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                                        Robert E. Sigler
                                        Vice President, Chief Financial Officer,
                                        Secretary and Treasurer

The foregoing certification is being furnished solely pursuant to 18 U.S.C.
Section 1350 and is not being filed as part of the Report or as a separate
disclosure document.