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LCT Transportation Services Inc company history timeline

1971

Looking for a way to expand his fledgling trucking company, Hunt tried to gain entrance into the dry goods segment of the industry, obtaining an authorization to do so from an Atlanta company in 1971.

1973

In 1973, the main deck was widened to accommodate larger trucks.

1976

The Raymond C. Pecor Jr. is named after the previous owner of Lake Champlain Transportation, Ray Pecor Jr., who acquired LCT in 1976.

1980

Bergant's prophecy was fulfilled in 1980 with the passage of the Motor Carrier Act.

1983

Encouraged by his success, he sold his rice hull business to Eli Lilly for $2.4 million and went public in 1983, selling 11 percent of his shares at an estimated $18.5 million.

1988

In an attempt to attract more new drivers and cut down on accidents, the company also opened up a driving school in Lowell in 1988, offering its students free tuition and a job guaranteed upon graduation.

1990

In 1990, the company added a flatbed division to its repertoire, expanding its customer base to businesses, such as Reynolds Metals, that wished to ship materials too large for closed vans.

In 1990, after having already acquired the requisite authority to haul freight in Ontario, Quebec, and British Columbia two years earlier, Hunt joined forces with the Mexican trucking firm Fletes Sotelo to form Hunt de Mexico.

1995

Over the next several years, the trucks became longer, and in 1995 the Grand Isle was sailed to Panama City Florida where a local shipyard cut her in half and installed a 38-foot mid body and reconfigured her superstructure.

2022

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