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| Sherman Rogers |
| After seeing his competitors’ trucks pop apart at the seams as they traveled the uneven ground, he decided he didn’t want his business to do the same. So the president of All Waste of Shelby Township, Michigan, decided that the secret to keeping his truck on the landfill and not in it was to have a backup — or two... |
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| Howe’s Milk Transfer |
| A strong work ethic passed down through the generations has enabled Howe’s Milk Transfer to thrive in a competitive environment. The Menomonie, Wisconsin, business began in 1953 when two brothers, Ozzie and Morris Howe, started hauling milk from local farms to cheese factories and bottling plants — just two guys with two trucks... |
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| Agassiz Ready Mix |
| Steve Minchuk is determined to succeed. That’s why he’s at work at 5:30 a.m. Why he busts his tail to deliver high-quality rock and concrete to his customers. And why he buys trucks that work as hard as he does.... |
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| Roberts Wood Products |
| The images on television show men with chainsaws felling monster trees, scrambling over acres of logs and braving treacherous weather and terrain in the remote woods of Oregon.
Rick Roberts says shows like the History Channel’s “Ax Men” are dramatic but don’t reflect best business practices. The key to running a modern logging operation lies in automating wherever possible, buying reliable rugged equipment and replacing it on a regular basis... |
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| Mercer Vu Farms |
| When Glenn Hissong returned from World War II, he and his wife Mae bought a farm and seven cows in Mercersburg, a small Pennsylvania town near the Maryland border. Sixty years later, when grandsons Rick and Rod graduated from Penn State, they expanded the operation to 1,500 acres, 1,600 cows and 25 employees... |
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| Zephyr Peat Harvesting |
| Bruce Blacktopp doesn’t get bogged down in business. That’s because the Ontario peat packager constantly innovates. And why he chooses Mack® to keep Zephyr Peat Harvesting moving.
Founded by Blacktopp in 1981, the small Canadian company has a big footprint: it markets a specialty peat product coveted by mushroom growers around the world. Zephyr Peat also
invents new mulches to meet the needs of a variety of customers and sells pasteurized soil that contains no weeds to more than 600 schools... |
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| Packerland Whey Products |
| When the Ratajczak family bought Packerland Whey Products, Inc. in Luxemburg, Wisconsin, the factory was within 60 days of closing. Despite an innovative product, the business had fallen behind the times. The problem wasn’t with the product, Lacto-Whey,® a feed supplement for dairy and beef cattle. It’s manufactured from the liquid remaining after milk has been curdled and strained during the cheese-making process. The result is a high-protein liquid that is shipped in semi-tankers and by quad-axle trucks or rail... |
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