FreightWaves Haul of Fame: Watkins Motor Lines grew for decades
FreightWaves Haul of Fame: Watkins Motor Lines grew for decades ...and then sold a major piece of the company to FedEx A Watkins Motor Lines truck moves down the road. (Photo: Jim Allen/FreightWaves) Bill Watkins founded Watkins Trucking in 1932 when he purchased the first Watkin’s truck – a red three-quarter ton Dodge pick-up. Watkins purchased the truck using $300 that he had earned working on his family’s farm in Metcalf, Georgia. The very first run Watkin’s made was to Jacksonville, Florida hauling his own chickens. He then completed his first long-haul with service to Nor...
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