Trucking Company Overview:
At 89 years old, Hunt Transportation is the oldest flatbed trucking company in Nebraska. Founded in 1927 by Louis Hunt. Hunt began as a milk route, and later moved into hauling bulls, which continued until the 80s. In addition to owning Hunt, Louis also owned Happy Cab, Yellow Cab, and Checker Cab companies in Omaha, NE. When his daughter, Gloria, married Ben Butler, Louis gave the newlyweds Happy Cab as a wedding present. Eventually, Louis retired and transferred all of the companies into Gloria’s name. In an unfortunate turn of events, Gloria contracted a strange disease and passed away at an early age. Her husband, Ben Butler, took over all the companies and cared for Louis as well. Throughout most of its storied history, Hunt was an owner-operator company. They had only a handful of company drivers, hired to drive investor trucks. When Ben took over operations, he and a few attorneys formed Salt Creek Leasing, purchasing Freightliner Conventional trucks as the first company trucks. When Ben was diagnosed with cancer, his son Matt decided to move home to learn the trucking business. At the time, Matt was an actor living in Hollywood. After his father passed away, Matt sold all of the cab companies to his brother-in-law and oversaw Hunt Transportation. In 1999, Matt sold Hunt Transportation to Duane Acklie, and the company became part of the Crete Carrier family and has since grown to be one of the nation’s premier flatbed and specialized transportation providers. Hunt is headquartered in Omaha, Nebraska, and now operates over 250 power units and 600 flatbed, drop-deck RGN, and curtail side trailers, serving the entire continental United States. With a history in agriculture, it is no surprise that a large part of the business is hauling agricultural equipment throughout the US. Hunt Transportation began as a family company and today is an integral member of the Crete Carrier family, one of the nation’s largest privately owned transportation companies. Hunt strives to build personal relationships with all of their drivers. For more than 80 years, Hunt Transportation has been a premier carrier on the highway, with some of the best professional drivers. Hunt prides itself on stability, and because of this, drivers stay with Hunt Transportation three times as long as those at the competition.
Driver Type(s) Accepted
- Company Driver
- Owner Operator
Hiring Areas
- Alabama
- Arizona
- Arkansas
- Colorado
- Connecticut
- Delaware
- District Of Columbia
- Georgia
- Idaho
- Illinois
- Indiana
- Iowa
- Kansas
- Kentucky
- Louisiana
- Maine
- Maryland
- Massachusetts
- Michigan
- Minnesota
- Mississippi
- Missouri
- Montana
- Nebraska
- Nevada
- New Hampshire
- New Jersey
- New Mexico
- New York
- North Carolina
- North Dakota
- Ohio
- Oklahoma
- Oregon
- Pennsylvania
- Rhode Island
- South Carolina
- South Dakota
- Tennessee
- Texas
- Utah
- Vermont
- Virginia
- Washington
- West Virginia
- Wisconsin
- Wyoming
