Hunt Transportation, Inc

At 87 years old, Hunt Transportation is the oldest flatbed trucking companies 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 newlywed couple Happy Cab as a wedding present. Eventually, Louis retired and transferred all of the companies into Glorias name. In a very sad turn of events, Gloria contracted a strange disease and passed away at an early age. Her husband, Ben Butler took over all of the companies, and took care of Louis as well. Throughout most of its storied history, Hunt was an owner operator company. They had only a handful of company drivers, who were hired on to drive investor trucks. When Ben took over operations, he and a few attorneys formed Salt Creek Leasing, purchasing Freightliner Conventionals as the...