Exhibit 99.1



          CERTIFICATION 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 Quality Distribution, LLC
(the "Company") on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended June 30, 2002 as
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the
"Report"), I, Thomas L. Finkbiner, President and Chief Executive Officer of the
Company, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to
Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:

         (1) the Report fully complies with the requirements of section 13(a) or
15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78m or 78o(d)); and

         (2) the information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all
material respects, the financial condition and results of operation of the
Company.





                                           /S/ THOMAS L. FINKBINER
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                                              Thomas L. Finkbiner
                                      President and Chief Executive Officer
                                                August 9, 2002