Have you ever wondered what a typical day looks like for a flatbed truck driver? In August, Ian Palmer of Truckers News had the opportunity to hitch a ride with Boyd Bros. Transportation driver Donald Norton on his way to Knoxville from Chattanooga. This may have been a standard trip, but Donald isn’t your average […]
Bulldog Hiway Express was recently awarded three safety awards at American Trucking Associations’ (ATA) Safety Security and Human Resources national convention, held in Oklahoma City. Bulldog, a Daseke company, took home first-place honors in the “general commodity/local haul” (up to 25 million miles) and “heavy haul – unlimited” categories. The company came in second in […]
Daseke’s impressive growth over the last few years has been driven by strategic partnerships with successful companies run by experts in the trucking industry. It’s no surprise when those experts are often tapped to share their knowledge with the world, just like when David Baker, Vice President of Maintenance at Boyd Bros. Transportation, Inc., was […]
Daseke, Inc. uses strategic partnerships to grow revenue and climb the CCJ Top 250 rankings. This month, Commercial Carrier Journal released its 2016 rankings of North America’s Top 250 carriers. These carriers are selected based on a variety of metrics, including revenue, number of drivers and overall size, to name a few. Daseke Inc.’s commitment to its core philosophy of strategic […]
For over seven years, Don Daseke’s belief of investing in people has been the driving force behind Daseke Inc., now the nation’s largest owner and operator of flatbed, open-deck and specialized trucking capacity in North America. Transport Topics recently featured Don Daseke in a wide-ranging interview concerning his plan to continue to grow the company […]
With more than 100 active professional truck drivers who have accumulated more than one million safe consecutive miles while driving for Boyd — of which 28 have two million and four have three million miles under their wheels – Boyd Transportation is brimming with pride. They happen frequently, and they never get old. It’s time […]
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. […]
The recognition keeps on coming as Daseke Inc. was recently named the number one fastest-growing trucking company on a list of the 50 largest U.S. trucking firms in the United States. The distinction comes after SJ Consulting Group conducted a survey for the Journal of Commerce. We had another tremendous year, and we’re pleased to […]
