Humble Leader Receives Prestigious Trucking Leadership Award As president of J. Grady Randolph (JGR), Mark Randolph heads an open-deck carrier that continues to perform. Sales growth alone in 2016 was nearly double-digit and the company is on pace for another solid year. Driver turnover is a mere 30 percent — an industry-leading number. Mark expects […]
The Daseke family of open-deck specialized carriers has built a reputation for handling the biggest, bulkiest and heaviest of cargos efficiently and safely. Lately, they’ve been hauling away items you won’t ever see on their diversified fleet of trailers, but for what they represent to drivers, customers and others on the highway, they might be […]
This December, several Daseke drivers volunteered to deliver wreaths to veterans’ cemeteries all over the country. These wreaths were then placed on the graves to remember the veterans’ lives, honor their service and teach the value of freedom. The laying of wreaths is made possible by the Wreaths Across America volunteers, who donate the wreaths, and the truck […]
Has Zero Chargeable Accidents in South Carolina Imagine hopping in your car and driving around the world. Now take a deep breath, and do that 601 more times. That’s how many miles – 15 million – that J. Grady Randolph (JGR) drivers covered in 2015 with its 170 trucks. In the trucking industry, that’s a […]
There are some things that can’t be learned from a book. As the third generation leader of J. Grady Randolph, Mark Randolph has seen and done about everything there is to do in a flatbed operation. This know-how has helped Mark lead Gaffney, S.C.-based JGR, which runs 167 tractors and more than 600 trailers. J. […]
J. Grady Randolph started with one truck back in 1935. Now it’s up to 160 trucks. As a time-tested company in the over-dimensional hauling business, this Daseke company has a great reputation with drivers, both company and owner-operators. This includes Rebekah Meadows, who has been driving for J. Grady Randolph in her 2007 Peterbilt Model […]
J. Grady Randolph Inc. Joins Daseke Inc. Joins Smokey Point Distributing and E.W. Wylie as Premier Flatbed and Specialized Carriers ADDISON, Texas–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Daseke Inc., a family of premier flatbed and specialized carriers, including Smokey Point Distributing and E.W. Wylie, has announced a transaction with Gaffney, S.C.-based J. Grady Randolph Inc. JGR’s addition to Daseke’s family of companies […]
