Doing It Right
ADV ANTAGE DIGEST
DART—WHERE AMERICA’S PROFESSIONAL TRUCK DRIVERS SUCCEED
Projecting success
19 years — one carrier
Dart Dedicated when the company Is a beautiful, shiny truck an owner began building its dedicated operations. operator’s mark of success? That thought Towey quickly became an integral part. hasn’t even crossed Bob Towey’s mind— “During 2009 alone, Bob delivered even though he owns and drives a 351 loads to stores gorgeous red Volvo. across the country It sparkles with the from three different best of them. distribution centers,” Towey has been relates Luke Knadle, an owner operator who supervises for 19 of his 28-year Dart’s dedicated driving career. He operations. “When I has owned several think of Bob Towey, beautiful tractors I think of dedicaand each one has tion. Bob has driven reflected the pride 2.1 million accidentthat he takes in his free miles (at Dart). business. That’s equivalent He made the to 95 times around leap from being a the earth at the company driver in equator.” 1991 when he The high service bought his first levels that Towey truck. He leased it provided over the with another years resulted in his Minnesota carrier, being named Dart’s but it didn’t take 2009 Contractor of him long to discover the Year at Dart’s that he needed to Minnesota change carriers. Operating Center. “Dart ran the same “I grew up lanes that I was Bob Towey switched to Dart over 19 years running, but Dart ago. That’s over 2 million accident-free miles. around trucks,” Bob recalls. His father contractors did a lot managed a Ford truck dealership in the less sitting than me,” he remembers. So ‘60s and ‘70s and Bob learned a lot just he made the switch—the beginning of a by hanging around the dealership. His long and successful relationship. “I’ve first driving job was retrieving trade-ins always been productive here,” he states. for the dealership from all over the “Living here in the Twin Cities has really country, piggy-backing tractors and been a good fit for me. I’ve never had dump trucks. “I’d ship a yoke on Friday any problem getting home with Dart.” to wherever the trucks were located and After driving in Dart’s over the road on Monday I’d fly out and drive the system for several years, Bob switched to 12.
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