VITAL ISSUE: THE RISE OF TRUCKLOAD January   2 0 0 5 Volume 84, Number 1        6 RISE OF TRUCKLOAD   10 HISTORY On the 25th anniversary of trucking deregulations, this special issue chronicles how truckload carriers altered the face of transportation.   40 ASSOCIATIONS A front-row view of the rise of the truckload industry and the association that represents it.   50 EQUIPMENT Rigs got bigger, heavier, nicer and safer.    4 DIESEL PRICE WATCH    - HOTLINE  REBELS WITH A CAUSE 60 DUANE ACKLIE: CRETE CARRIERS & COMPANIES Like a kid in a candy store is how this senior statesman of truckload felt about deregulated trucking. 66 PAT QUINN & MAX FULLER: US XPRESS Every five years you have to reinvent your company to get ahead. 76 DAN ENGLAND: C.R. ENGLAND People make it happen, and many of those people are family. 76 DAN ENGLAND: C.R. ENGLAND People make it happen, and many of those people are family. 80 GLENN BROWN: CONTRACT FREIGHTERS INC. From truck driver to the top of Pike's Peak and company chairman. 84 RANDY MARTEN: MARTEN TRANSPORT More than risk-taking is involved in order to become a successful entrepreneur. 88 STONEY 'MIT' STUBBS JR.: FROZEN FOOD EXPRESS The early '80s were uncertain, but not without promise. 90 CLARENCE 'C.L.' WERNER: WERNER ENTERPRISES Opportunity came because he had the fortitude to gamble and risk everything. 96 JOHNNY BRYANT HUNT: J.B. HUNT He is the archetype of the truckload entrepreneur. 100 DON OREN: DART TRANSIT CO. A lasting legacy of operations and equipment innovation. 108 JERRY MOYES: SWIFT TRANSPORTATION From one truck to the nation's largest fleet. 114 DON SCHNEIDER: SCHNEIDER NATIONAL He fought deregulation, but thrived under it. 120 KEVIN KNIGHT: KNIGHT TRANSPORTATION Low operating ratios, record earnings make this one of the best small companies in the U.S. 128 ROBERT YOUNG III: ABF Freight System Another perspective: How one LTL carrier survived deregulation. To read more, subscribe to HDT.

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