Daseke, Inc. is a flatbed, specialized transportation and logistics company in North America, serving 49 states, Canada and Mexico. With over three thousand company trucks and six thousand open-deck trailers, Daseke, Inc. comprises the following operating companies: Smokey Point Distributing, E.W. Wylie, J. Grady Randolph, Central Oregon Truck Company, Lone Star Transportation, Bulldog Hiway Express, Hornady Transportation and The Boyd Companies including Boyd Bros. Transportation, Boyd Logistics, WTI Transport and Mid Seven Transportation.
In 2008, Don Daseke began with the purchase of Smokey Point Distributing (SPD), which focuses in hauling large, cumbersome, aviation related cargo. In 2011, Daseke added E. W. Wylie, a company with a large amount of business in Canada. Two years later, in 2013, J. Grady Randolph (JGR), a four-generation, family-owned South Carolinian carrier joined Daseke. Three months later, Daseke added Central Oregon Truck Company (COTC). By November 2013, Daseke merged with The Boyd Companies, a carrier with four companies under its umbrella: Boyd Bros. Transportation, WTI Transport, Mid Seven Transportation and Boyd Logistics. 2014 saw the addition of Lone Star Transportation, a Fort Worth carrier with a presence in Mexico. Bulldog Hiway Express, led by former American Trucking Associations Chairman, Phil Byrd, and Hornady Transportation, an Alabama trucking company established in 1928, the oldest company to join to date, both joined the Daseke family in 2015.
Smokey Point Distributing joined Daseke on December 31, 2008.
E.W. Wylie joined Daseke on December 29, 2011.
J. Grady Randolph joined Daseke on June 1, 2013.
Central Oregon Truck Company joined Daseke on August 1, 2013.
The Boyd Companies joined Daseke on November 1, 2013.
Lone Star Transportation joined Daseke on October 1, 2014.
Bulldog Hiway Express joined Daseke on July 1, 2015.
Hornady Transportation joined Daseke on August 1, 2015.
Daseke’s fleet, as of February 2016, consists of a mix of more than 6,000 company owned flatbed and specialized trailers and more than 2,500 trucks, more than 800 asset light owner operators, and an asset light brokerage network utilizing partner carriers.
Smokey Point Distributing – SPD was founded in 1979, offering aviation-related and time-sensitive cargo transportation featuring flatbeds, flatbed stretches, single drop, double drop RGN, double drop stretches, lowboy RGN, flatbed retractable curtain, step-deck retractable curtain, low profile step-deck retractable curtain trailers. Smokey Point also offers a significant asset light trucking brokerage service.
E. W. Wylie – Founded in 1938, specializing in high-value and over-dimensional freight with their fleet of flatbed and step-deck trailers.
J. Grady Randolph – Founded in 1935, J. Grady Randolph is a fourth-generation family business specializing in carrying over-dimensional flatbed cargo.
Central Oregon Truck Company – Founded in 1992, Central Oregon Truck Company offers logistical services, long haul regional and dedicated services throughout the U.S. and Canada via their fleet of company owned open and retractable curtained flatbed trailers.
The Boyd Companies – Founded in 1956, Boyd Companies is made up of Boyd Bros. Transportation, WTI Transport, Mid Seven Transportation and Boyd Logistics.Boyd Bros. Transportation - Founded in 1956, Boyd Bros. Transportation specializes in high volume, time-sensitive flatbed services throughout the eastern two-thirds of the United States.
WTI Transport - Founded in 1989, WTI is primarily an owner operator fleet focused in the transportation of roofing, building materials, aluminum, iron and steel.
Mid Seven Transportation - Founded in 1947, is an open-deck carrier specializing in the transportation of machinery, steel and building materials throughout the contiguous 48 states.
Boyd Logistics - Founded in 2000, Boyd Logistics offers shippers a trucking network for supply chain management and represents several thousand carriers and trucking companies across the U.S.
Lone Star Transportation – Founded in 1988, Lone Star specializes in time-sensitive transportation of aerospace parts, renewable energy (wind turbines and blades), building and construction materials, heavy equipment and large logistical projects.
Bulldog Hiway Express – Founded in 1959, Bulldog Hiway specializes in intermodal port deliveries and heavy hauls with loads reaching 180,000 pounds with an emphasis on the automotive and energy sectors, including wind, solar and nuclear power via 48’ 102’ flatbeds, 2-axle and 1-axle step decks and extendable RGN.
Hornady Transportation - Founded in 1928, Hornady is a third generation family-led company that supports the building products and steel industries via late-model tractors and flatbed trailers.
Daseke Named No. 1 in the inaugural Dallas Business Journal’s 2015 Middle Market 50, a list of the fastest growing Dallas-Fort Worth-based companies with revenue ranging from $25 million - $750 million
Inc. Magazine lists Daseke in the Top 500 for 2015, a list of the fastest growing private companies in America
Daseke named the Fastest Growing Trucking Company in the U.S. in 2014 by the Journal of Commerce
Daseke named 2014 Ernst & Young entrepreneur of the year
