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2. Trucking industry in the United States - Wikipedia

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   The trucking industry employs 10 million people (out of a total national population of 300 million) [ 51 ] in jobs that relate directly to trucking. The trucking industry is the industry of small business, considering 93 percent of interstate motor carriers (over 500,000) operate 20 or fewer trucks. [ 52 ]

3. History of the trucking industry in the United States - Wikipedia

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   Starting in 1910, the development of a number of technologies gave rise to the modern trucking industry. With the advent of the gasoline-powered internal combustion engine, improvements in transmissions, the move away from chain drives to gear drives, and the development of the tractor/semi-trailer combination, shipping by truck gained in popularity. [1]

4. Johnnie Bryan Hunt - Wikipedia

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   Johnnie Bryan Hunt. Johnnie Bryan Hunt, Sr. (J. B. Hunt) (February 28, 1927 – December 7, 2006), was an American entrepreneur who founded J.B. Hunt Transport Services, the largest publicly owned trucking company in the US. The company is based in Lowell, Arkansas.

5. Estes Express Lines - Wikipedia

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   The company was founded near Chase City, Virginia, by cotton farmer Webb Wallace ("W.W.") Estes (1897–1971). Estes started providing livestock moving services for local farmers in 1931 [4] with a used Chevrolet truck. By 1932 the trucking business was also hauling general freight and provided enough revenue for Estes to hire his first driver.

6. Old Dominion Freight Line - Wikipedia

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   For the non-profit organization, see One Dollar For Life. Old Dominion Freight Line, Inc. (ODFL) is an American regional, inter-regional and national less than truckload shipping (LTL) company. In addition to its core LTL services, the company offers expedited, logistics and household moving services. [ 4 ][ 5 ] The company has five primary ...

7. Freightliner Trucks - Wikipedia

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   Freightliner Trucks is an American semi truck manufacturer. [ 1 ] Founded in 1929 as the truck-manufacturing division of Consolidated Freightways (from which it derives its name), the company was established in 1942 as Freightliner Corporation. [ 2 ] Owned by Daimler AG from 1981 to 2021, Freightliner is now a part of Daimler Truck subsidiary ...