The "fallen flags" of the tanker sector...

pathfinder1361 · Mar 25, 2018

bama326 said: ↑

In the late 70’s my dad started work for a company out of Florence, Al called Chem-Haulers and then they were bought by Saunders Leasing out of Birmingham and called Saunders Carriers then Ryder purchased them and became Ryder Bulk Carriers. They were sold to Trimac in about 1990. Later left and went to Redwing Carriers then they merged with DSI and dang if they didn’t get bought by Trimac around 2000.
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Lucy in the Sky · Apr 10, 2018

homeskillet said: ↑

The mom & pop tanker place I started at is long gone, as is Matlack, Inc, my otr job.

And I know that Dana/Suttles, Trimac, KAG, etc, swallowed up several smaller outfits. But there's a few outfits that I used to see around all the time, that I haven't seen in years, and I'm curious what happened to them.

Manfredi Motor Transport- Used to see them mostly running chemicals out of ELF/Atochem out of Riverside, MI. Would occasionally meet up with them at certain receivers, too.

Central Transport of High Point, NC- The company name was written in white script on an inverted blue triangle, decaled to the tractor doors and the back of the trailer. Used to see them a lot loading corn syrup out of A.E. Staley in Baltimore, or sucrose out of Domino Sugar. They had a terminal on Bells Lane in Louisville, I-264 x3 IIRC, right down the street from Matlack.

Aero Transport- Truckload propane, mostly saw them in Michigan, but talked to their drivers and they said Aero bounced them all over. Had a terminal off I-94, somewhere up around Port Huron, MI.

Finally, a bonus local/regional carrier I just recalled...another Baltimore food grade hauler...

J. Rudy, or maybe J.R. Rudy, something like that. They drove white International 9400 sleeper conventionals. This was only a year or two after the new 9400s came out, so they looked pretty spiffy next to our worn out, 10-plus year old R model Macks. We used to see them every day, loading HFCS at ST Services on Frankfurst Avenue in Baltimore, then we'd see 'em again as we all lined up on the hill going to Pepsi Baltimore, or Coke Silver Spring.

Any info, drivers? Or feel free to mention a few tanks you miss seeing, and we can all raise a sample bottle of #2 sucrose, and drink to those gone before us....
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Saw this trailer with matlack scars at a small fertilizer dealer in NE. Snapped a pic because I remembered this thread

homeskillet · Apr 10, 2018

Lucy in the Sky said: ↑

Saw this trailer with matlack scars at a small fertilizer dealer in NE. Snapped a pic because I remembered this thread
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Thanks, Lucy!!

wis bang · Apr 13, 2018

Lucy in the Sky said: ↑

Saw this trailer with matlack scars at a small fertilizer dealer in NE. Snapped a pic because I remembered this thread
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Looks like one of the Rohm & Haas three pots...

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