The specific company I was referring to with the hide who they are, buying up companies pretending to still be family owned is Apex Logistics. A larger pneumatic powder hauler in SoCal. They purchased Harrison Nichols in Irwindale, Ca, and Hartwick and Hand in Victorville. Both of those companies WERE family owned until Apex purchased them. They hide their name when they advertise directly as "Apex", and when they run ads under either of the other company names, they love to throw in "Family owned". Apex purchased H&H a while ago now, and just the other day there was an ad saying "Hartwick and Hand, Family Owned Since 1961". Harrison Nichols says "Second Generation Family Owned Since 1924" It's all Apex. Hartwick and Hand ad. Don't Sleep in a Truck- Go Local Harrison Nichols ad. Local Class A Driver Wanted Apex Logistic ad. Tired of Being lied to- check us out-Local class A Driver Here is their own news story about buying Harrison Nichols. Denny and Steve Acquire Harrison Nichols Co LLC! The truck on the website is ONE of the pictures used in the DMV adervtising with their name and truck number blurred out.
Thank you for the posting of this information. All they gotta do now is buy up Robertson's and they'll have a monopoly on hauling with pneumatic tanks.