From the Magazine
R&J Trucking was founded in 1960 by Ron Carrocce with one truck. Ron did well right out of the gate as construction of part of the Interstate Highway System was taking place in Ohio. A few years later construction of the General Motors plant in Lordstown, Ohio kept the R&J Trucking fleet busy. The early growth of R&J Trucking was fueled by hauling construction materials.
Industrial markets (supplying steel mills with raw materials) looked to be a less cyclit...
WICHITA, KS…. One hundred and fifty-six years ago William Wallace Cargill established Cargill with the idea of connecting farmers with consumers. It is a concept that still drives the company today. However, now Cargill has plants in 60 countries and employs over 150,000 people. The company has 30 meat processing plants in the USA. There are many owner-operators leased to haul the livestock into the plants from feedlots in Texas and Kansas, but far more are leased to ...
