Flatbed Truck Driver Kids Hoodies
Description: Falcon Transport was founded in 1903 with a single horse and wagon in Youngstown, Ohio. The firm grew to become a major service provider for American steel mills, Detroit automakers, and hauling general commodities for some of America's largest companies. Falcon was handed down and managed through four generations of family ownership before being sold in 2017, but not two years later the company became insolvent, ending a 116-year run as one of America's trucking greats.
Description: Mrs. Francis Edwards was a bookkeeper for a freight company in Birmingham who handled collections. After having to wait at the same trucking company each week, she told the owner that she should just buy the business so that it could be run properly. To her surprise, the owner called and asked if she was interested. Turns out, she was and in January 1946, she was president of her own trucking company. Starting with 10 trucks that came with the business, she positioned Eagle Motor Lines as a specialty carrier focused primarily on flatbed work. 20 years later, Eagle Motor Lines had 340 trucks and over 500 trailers, operating across nearly half of the USA with annual revenue approaching $20 million. Not bad for a bookkeeper, huh?
