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                                                                       Exhibit 5

                       Sachnoff & Weaver, Ltd. Letterhead

                                (312) 207-1000

                                October 8, 1997


Aasche Transportation Services, Inc.
10214 N. Mt. Vernon Rd.
Shannon, Illinois 61078

       Re: Common Stock $.0001 par value per share)

Gentlemen:

     We have acted as counsel to Aasche Transportation Services, Inc., a
Delaware corporation (the "Company"), in connection with the Registration
Statement on Form S-3, as amended (the "Registration Statement"), filed by the
Company under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, with the Securities and
Exchange Commission (the "Commission"), relating to the registration for resale
of up to 648,684 shares (the "Shares") of the Company's Common Stock, par value
$.0001 per share.  We have examined the Registration Statement filed with the
Commission and we have reviewed such other documents and have made such further
investigations as we have deemed necessary to enable us to express the opinion
hereinafter set forth.

     We hereby advise you that in our opinion the Shares have been duly
authorized by the Company and, upon payment and delivery will be validly
issued, fully paid and nonassessable.

     We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to the
Registration Statement and to the reference to us under the caption "Legal
Matters" in the Registration Statement.  In giving this consent, we do not
hereby admit that we are in the category of persons whose consent is required
under Section 7 of the Securities Act of 1933 or the rules and regulations of
the Securities and Exchange Commission.


                                               SACHNOFF & WEAVER, LTD.    
                                                                          
                                               s/s Sachnoff & Weaver, Ltd.

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