Angel's Dream

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  1. PackRatTDI

    PackRatTDI Licensed to Ill

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    I drive for Munoz Trucking Inc.of El Paso, TX. If you run the 10, 20, 30, 40, 44, 70 and 81 corridors, you probably have seen our trucks, Almost all Volvo 780 sleepers. Well above the windshield is written "Angel's Dream". If you've ever wondered what it stood for, here it goes. Angel Munoz was the patriarch of the Munoz family. He was a lifelong truck driver based out of El Paso. He long dreamed of getting his own authority but feeding a large family and paying the bills left little money to put back to pay for a truck. So he never got to achieve his dream. Well 5 of his children followed in his footsteps and got involved in the transportation industry. Angel's Dream became a reality when his son, Juan Pablo Munoz was granted operating authority in 1997 to start Munoz Trucking. In memory of his father, he has Angel's Dream put on every truck in the fleet. Juan Pablo along with two of his brothers and a sister run the day to day operations at the terminal.
     
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  3. aladdin sane

    aladdin sane Medium Load Member

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  4. aiwiron

    aiwiron Road Train Member

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    Thanks for sharing, think I have seen one or two in El Paso before
     
  5. joseph1135

    joseph1135 Papa Murphy

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    I always see them, nice equipment and the drivers I run into are always fairly decent as well. Looks like they only hire out of El Paso. Good people though.
     
  6. PackRatTDI

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    Pretty much just El Paso, or at least within an hours drive of the terminal (we only have one) which is up the road from the Petro/J/Love's at exit 37 in Horizon.

    My father in law is here too. He lives across the street from the terminal. I live on the East side of El Paso but it still winds up being a 25-30 minute drive to Horizon, lol.

    We are up in PA a lot. Have frequent runs out of York, PA for ProTrans International that runs to either El Paso or Laredo. Drop and hook, easy money.

    Munoz requires 3 years experience. We let Mesilla Valley Transportation deal with the trainees, lol.
     
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    GoneButNotForgotten Heavy Load Member

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    Great to hear a story where the founders kids took the business up quite a few notches. We normally hear about the kids running the company into the ground by bad management or using it as a cash cow to fill their pockets until it goes belly up.
     
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    Yeah, I remember how Werner's kids nearly tore the company apart when Papa died.
     
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  9. Cranky Yankee

    Cranky Yankee Cranky old ######

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    that happens in every industry
    look at the yankees
    and now the lakers
     
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    What about JJA Munoz Dist.?
     
  11. PackRatTDI

    PackRatTDI Licensed to Ill

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    That's run by Juan Pablo's brother JJ. Related in name but its under JJs operating authority so it is a separate company. Also Munoz is strictly dry van bit JJA runs reefer trailers as well. JJ puts Angel's Dream on his trucks too.
     
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