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Who has their hands in what companies?

Discussion in 'Motor Carrier Questions - The Inside Scoop' started by Raven_Whitefox, Apr 12, 2014.

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  1. Apr 12, 2014 #1
    Raven_Whitefox

    Raven_Whitefox Bobtail Member

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    I know that it has always been a way of business with companies buying out or taking a stake in another company's business but who really controls who out there? I am looking for the connections with the big boys out there. It would be interesting to not only see the connections, but it might give other drivers the ability to see who really may be the bosses despite the name on the door of your truck.

    The ones I know or heard via rumor of the connection.

    Crete and Shaffer
    Swift and Central Refrigerated
    CR England and Pride
    Conway and CFI
    Super Service and GST

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    Heartland and Gordon
    Covenant and SRT and Star
    US Express with Arnold and Smith
    Prime with O and S Trucking and Will Trans who bought Jim Palmer
    CRST and Club Car
    Crete and Shaffer and Hunt
    Conway with CFI and FFE

    CRE, Knight, Swift, Central Refrigerated connected by marriages, family, etc.
     
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  3. Apr 12, 2014 #2
    Florida Playboy

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    Heartland and Gordon
     
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  4. Apr 12, 2014 #3
    cabwrecker

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    FFE and Conway (FFE W2's read "Conway driver solutions" and all of our equipment had Conway listed somewhere in the title) prior to FFE being bought out by KLLM, and I think those three are in some kind of love triangle of screwing drivers over.
     
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  5. Apr 12, 2014 #4
    joseph1135

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    Ok..... This is easy. Crete/Shaffer/Hunt are all under one umbrella. Same company. The Acklie group I believe.

    Gordon Trucking is now owned by Heartland Express

    CR England, Pride Transport are owned by the England family, while owned separately they use combined drop lots.

    CRE, Knight, Swift, Central (now wholly owned by Swift) are very incestuous, people are married into each family.

    SuperService bought GST

    Conway bought CFI

    no rumors, the CRE/Swift/Knight/Central/Kelles'(Simon) relationships have been well documented out here and CFI and GST were sold years ago.
     
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  7. Apr 12, 2014 #5
    joseph1135

    joseph1135 Papa Murphy

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    Others you may not know Xtreme Transport is owned by Lessors, Inc,

    Covenant owns part of SRT and Star out of Nashville

    US Xpress has it's hands in Arnold, Smith, and several other companies.

    Will-Trans, a division of Prime just purchased Jim Palmer trucking

    and Celadon bought everyone else it seems.
     
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  8. Apr 12, 2014 #6
    joseph1135

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    Oh yeah, O&S Trucking is also partly owned by Prime Inc too.
     
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  9. Apr 12, 2014 #7
    joseph1135

    joseph1135 Papa Murphy

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    Oh yeah! A new one on me, Club Car out of Austell, GA is now a division of CRST. You know, the Crash and Roll Stunt Team!
     
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  10. Apr 12, 2014 #8
    EZX1100

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    arent YRC and UPS related?
     
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  11. Apr 12, 2014 #9
    Raven_Whitefox

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    I'm not sure there but I think YRS and Estes are and YRS is Yellow and Roadway.
     
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  12. Apr 12, 2014 #10
    joseph1135

    joseph1135 Papa Murphy

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    No UPS is it's own thing.
     
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