Yellow Freight closure thread

is the original owner of Yellow, what was his name, Fuzzy Knox...??

still living..????

if so, does he have any vested interest in the company?

or did he sell it out right..???

 

Yellow Transit Freight....Yellows original name started back in the mid 20s outta OKC
Doubt anyone from beginning is still around

 

Yeah, and they had ties to a taxi company called Yellow Cab which is why their trucks are bright orange but they were called Yellow.

 

well, my bad...there was the guy (the owner??) named something , that was the owner like into the late 1990's..????

I called him Fuzzy Knox, cuz he had an unusual last name i cannot recall.....

 

I haven't seen many 10 Roads trucks lately, and noticed they aren't advertising for any positions around Chicago. Did their troubles finally get the better of them?

 

Swamp Holly Orange to be exact
Don’t remember what year....But they were looking for the color with greatest visibility to enhance safety the story goes
And if my weak ol memory serves somewhat correctly when it relayed to me eons ago by one of their p&d guys in
NYC
DuPont created the color exclusively for Yellow

 

wasn't it someone named Zeller or Zellers that either ran or co-owned the company..??

the name is unusual and i am trying to remember it.

isn't he the one that started the muck ups at yellow.???

 

Dollar Bill Zollers......
In 2008, YRC posted a loss of nearly $1 billion during the Great Recession, and then in 2009 barely escaped bankruptcy when it convinced company bondholders to exchange $470 million for about a 94% stake in the company
Former CEO of troubled trucking company that got huge COVID loan is now on USPS board | Salon.com

In September 2011, the year Zollars stepped down, YRC underwent a restructuring that precipitated massive pay cuts — including Teamster union jobs — and "essentially wiped out any shareholder equity."

 

The data to watch if Yellow shuts down - FreightWaves

 

that's him, or as i called him..."Fuzzy Knox"......