eo hall of fame

geo · Jan 8, 2004

there is a rock and roll , country hall fame, football to
and a few other's
i think we need a eo hall of fame, for the people who help start this
trade and or help it grow into what it is now

in 1992 when i started expediters were not seen as truck drivers
and nobody understood what we were doing
and when expo came along and when eo showed up at the truck show
is when we came of age

so my list is as follows
l mccord started eo and expo
jeff jensen his trusted asst
terry and rennee example everybody follows
weave for there advice and help
teacel
dan schultz, made one of the first expediters trucks and look
where they are now
bill mccloud one of the first recuiter in expediting
and many others who lead way
need help in name them

maybe every year at lou ville truck show name people who have
been chosen for the year and then at expo putem in hall fame
teacel

geo · Jan 8, 2004

for got richm to add to list to as he always has a point or to

Weave · Jan 9, 2004

Put yourself on there too George. A lot of you old Roberts folks were into this long before I was, and so to say "laid the foundation" for express trucking. Like just about every business except undertaking it has changed a lot, and the Roberts folks who have changed with it and stuck with it in any respect deserve a lot of credit. I have said it before and will say it again- expedited trucking is definitely here to stay, it is a necessity of modern business. The ones who can adapt expediting to the requirements of business and the sometimes silly laws will succeed.
-Weave-

teacel · Jan 9, 2004

I also think one of the founding companies in the expediting sector of trucking is or was old Roberts.

That is a very interesting idea geo!!! I'd like to know who it was that ran the very first true expedite load?

I did meet a guy once out of Philly that was an old cab driver. He would get calls from different companies to deliver very small things from time to time in his cab back in the late 70's or early 80's. Does this count as expediting???

When, how and who really started this whole thing???

OntarioVanMan · Jan 9, 2004

Back in 77-78 when I worked at Firestone here in Hamilton they shipped a motor from Akron to here by cab! This also could qualify as a first?

louixo · Jan 9, 2004

I think all of us truckers who have been around awhile ran expedite loads in tractor trailers all the time, before Roberts popularized expediting. I know I did. It was straight thru freight that was not discounted. If memory serves me right,Roberts actually started by picking up where airfrieght left off. They found thier niche in going longer distances overnight with the heavier freight, that had to be there next day, like airfrieght.It expanded from there. I just don´t know if Roberts was the first one. They were the first one I personally saw on the road back then.

geo · Jan 29, 2008

now is the time to add any more name's eo's hall of fame so we will be able to pick the first group of people to start eo hall of fame
so we will be able to post there names and vote on by feb 10 2008
so need your help as don't want to leave any body out
thanks

nightcreacher · Jan 29, 2008

Bill Blodgett,he was the one to have the idea for expediting,

silverdollar · Jan 30, 2008

I vote for the A-Team. they know more about expedite then anybody.

mrgoodtude · Jan 30, 2008

silverdollar said:
I vote for the A-Team. they know more about expedite then anybody.

This thread looks suspect

nightcreacher · Jan 30, 2008

i remember seeing this thread before,maybe it was last year,and yes A team knows the most,but I know more about the tractor trailers,just ask me lol

geo · Jan 30, 2008

i talked to l mccord and he said to get it rolling and we would start eo hall of fame this year we need to get it done so we will be able to vote on who should be in it and have it ready to be announe at truck show in march and finish up at the show in summer
this is no joke

there are alot of people who should be in here, so let's name them and vote
need your help
thanks

nightcreacher · Jan 31, 2008

nightcreacher said:
i remember seeing this thread before,maybe it was last year,and yes A team knows the most,but I know more about the tractor trailers,just ask me lol

For those of you that might have felt offended by this statement,I was trying to be facetious,as i didnt think this thread was real.There are to many people in EO that give great advise to single just one person out.If you felt offended or left out,I'm sorry,

OntarioVanMan · Jan 31, 2008

Geo...You have a good list now...you should go ahead and start the voting...and when people see this is a serious subject, there might be more participation.

silverdollar · Jan 31, 2008

Sounds like a bunch of kids going to start a clubhouse, we are going to pick our gang and the rest of you can`t play.

OntarioVanMan · Jan 31, 2008

silverdollar said:
Sounds like a bunch of kids going to start a clubhouse, we are going to pick our gang and the rest of you can`t play.

Thats wasn't nice...
No we are going to TRY and have a Hall of Fame. Someone who has been instrumental and outstanding in the promotion of this profession.

Oh wait a minute...lets do like real truckers do and have a pissing contest in the back lot and make him trucker of the year....Doh

nightcreacher · Jan 31, 2008

my introduction to expediteing actually accured in 1982,while I was hauling produce.when the produce was moving from Nogales Az.I would need to get there from home ,so id trip lease every monday to Houston Tx.some times the load paid 1.05/mile,most the time was 1.40 /mile,the difference was what the had called excusive use,or straight thru delivery.Well in my case since I had to be in Nogales Az every wed,all the loads I took to Houston went straight thru.26 hrs to Houston,would load Houston to Ft Hauchuca Az with personel boxes ,picking up at a moving van carrier in Houston, then dh to Nogales for my produce,which i delivered ever saturday in Pittsburgh,4500 mile round paid me 6000 bucks.In 1984,my best friend was on with Roberts express,said he was steeling money,I said ya sure,so we took my trailer and his truck,for 2 weeks,in case he couldnt get a load,well for the two weeks we stayed loaded,he didnt gross as much money as I did,but his take home pay was unreal.took me 6 months back then to get on with Roberts,but I found my home.Lost my lease twice,1995,and 2002, but been back since 2005,and as far as im concerned,if you want to make money in expediting,this is the place.Im not going to knock the other companies,but if you cant make it here heaven help ya.

silverdollar · Feb 1, 2008

I can understand an EO hall of fame, but I can`t understand you starting an expeditors hall of fame, Heck, most of you were not born when expediting started.
It was called exclusive use in the late 50s and 60s, I ran quite a bit of it in tractor trailers.