Hello readers, coffee drinkers, procrastinators, and everyone that may have veered off the beaten path to find us here! Grab a cup of joe, sit back and take a quick coffee break with your favorite NJ flatbed company.

I wanted (needed) to update on our operations and what we have been up to in the past few months. The short story, we are all systems go. Full steam ahead. Rocking and rolling through the dog days of summer. It was hotter than the Georgia asphalt outside for a few weeks but fortunately, and thankfully, we have been keeping busy. We are not taking this for granted. There are so many unknowns at this time but for now, we are very thankful to be in business, fully staffed, and moving forward. Over the past few months, our drivers have braved the unknown, gone into “Covid hot spots” donning masks and other PPE, delivered in the NY Boroughs around protests, traveled up and down the East coast, avoided the crazy drivers that were left on the highways and whatever else it took to get us here. I am not surprised by this. The men and women that drive for companies across the country are some of the most resilient and hardest working individuals that you may come across. My hat is off to them and the countless other people that worked through these difficult times to keep our shelves stocked, hospitals running, and streets safe among others. We were fortunate enough to work from home for a few months, as difficult as that is. I myself had a 4 month old baby when we decided to work from home. Others had their own hardships but, here we are trucking along.

Protests near one of our deliveries in NYC.

Delivery to a jobsite when construction was permitted to continue in NY Boroughs.

Delivery next to “Black Lives Matter” sign outside of Trump Plaza. It has been a very different environment in NYC over the past several months.

What else has been happening these past few months you ask?

Zebra Three Goes Fishing

Unit 1061 got its nickname “Zebra Three” from the show Starsky and Hutch. (Even though I get some kickback from others that call it the “Kenny Cane”) Zebra Three was the radio call sign for the Ford Turino in the show. Otherwise known as “Striped Tomato” because of the Red paint with white stripe. This unit has a very similar look. A few decades later, 1061 hauls up and down the opposite coast from the original Zebra Three. On a recent pickup in Virginia Beach, our driver was delayed at a shipper. Fortunately for him, the pickup was on a bridge. The driver is a fishing enthusiast and has a travel pole in the truck. He got to make a few casts while he was waiting. We try to keep this fishing loving enthusiast far enough away from any fish-able waters. If we didn’t, we might have to open up a fish market with all the fishing he’d do.

‘Ole Bessie hits a Milestone

Our oldest truck in the fleet, 9901, has achieved what some others do not. Over the last few months, it has surpassed a million miles. The company purchased this truck back in 1998 to support our customers local flatbed LTL deliveries. “I saw that odometer close to zeros twice in that truck’s lifetime. Once when it was new and just recently” Bob said. A big shout out to Bob and the drivers for keeping the trucks in great shape to have a chance of staying on the road for 20+ years. Other trucks have come and gone but 9901 keeps on truckin’. . .

Pull ahead, Driver.