Owner Operator Socks
Description: Smell of diesel brings back memories of younger times. They know all the lingo on the CB radio; babe bear, beaver fever, boat anchor, camera & coffee break. Great for mechanics, truckers, 4 wheelers with big trucks and four by fours. Husband owner-operator love being an open road truck engineer? Whether you drive an 18 wheeler or smaller, long haul or short haul, this design is it. Pull the horn honk cord & engage the Jake brake! Your road hog Dad or Mom will absolutely love this gift.
Description: Viking Freight System got their start in January 1966 as Viking Delivery Service based in San Jose, California. Their first customer was Pacific Telephone, and the cargo was computer punch cards that contained the daily phone number changes. These cards had to be delivered to 13 phone company offices at night so that updated information would be available the next day. By 1973 the company had grown to a large fleet of 27' van and flatbed trailers for both local and line haul routes as annual revenues reached $2.8 million. By 1981, Viking was the largest interstate carrier in California, with annual revenues of $48.0 million. Viking's success would eventually be their undoing as they were purchased by a worldwide carrier.
Description: Founded in 1980, Dillon Transport provided dry bulk and liquid tanker services to the agriculture, building products, industrial and energy sectors. Dillon Logistics, which did business as Dillon Transport, was headquartered in Burr Ridge, Illinois and had over 340 drivers and 323 trucks at its peak and operated 10 terminals throughout the Southern and Midwestern United States.
Description: Founded in 1945 by A.M. Bell, Bell Lines Inc. hit the ground running, moving more than 20k shipments over 1.5 million miles in their first year of business. By 1965, Bell Lines went as far north as Detroit, Michigan, south to Charleston, South Carolina, and as far west as Nashville, Tennessee, and east to Raleigh, North Carolina. From their centrally located headquarters in Charleston, West Virginia, and with a network of 25 terminals, Bell Lines never tried to be the biggest, only the best in their carefully defined service areas, something hat may have been their undoing as they were taken over by Smith Transfer of Staunton, Virginia in 1970.
Description: Safeway Truck Lines was founded in Chicago, Illinois in 1935 by W.S. Harrington as an interstate truck line service as a solution to the inefficiencies and prohibitive costs of railroad freight at the time. Harrington’s goal was to provide a reliable, cost-effective way to transport perishable goods, particularly meat. Starting small, the company expanded significantly in the late '50s with the acquisition of several regional carriers, adding more trucks, terminals, and routes to its growing operation. By this time, Harrington had retired, leaving Safeway in the hands of new leadership that continued to grow the business. By the late '80s, Safeway Truck Lines was acquired and eventually closed, leaving behind a legacy of quality.
Description: The Fraternal Association of Steel Haulers (FASH) was organized in 1967 by eight frustrated owner-operator steel haulers who were less than satisfied with their representation by the well established cartage union. FASH grew quickly, adding more steel haulers to their ranks day by day, and what started as a dual union situation resulted in secession by FASH after the established union alienated and ultimately pushed FASH out. Along the way there were weeks of strikes, violent assaults, shootings, bombings, and other unsavory actions taken by both sides, though according to news reports, the established union was clearly behind most of the heavy-handed attacks on FASH members.
Description: Roadway Express, Inc. was founded in Akron, Ohio in December 1930. While Roadway began with an owner-operator model and primarily focused on truckload shipments, but by the mid '40s, it had shifted entirely to company-owned vehicles and mostly to less-than-truckload (LTL) shipping. Roadway became a publicly traded company in 1956, and in subsequent years, it expanded across the United States and by 1982 was operating over 500 terminals nationwide. By 2003, Roadway Express was the largest LTL carrier in the US, and held that title until 2009 when they were purchased by a logistics holding company that would merge Roadway into their operations, ending Roadway's nearly 80 year legacy.
Description: Pacific Intermountain Express, better known as P.I.E, was founded in 1927 by the Lilenquest brothers, who launched a freight delivery service in Idaho using two Model A trucks between Pocatello and Idaho Falls. What began as a small regional operation quickly evolved into a major transportation company. The turning point came in 1940 when P.I.E acquired and merged three trucking firms, laying the foundation for rapid expansion.
