I was in sales till the shut down. Working in Jersey City, TM at Long Island, and National Accounts based in Philly.
Can you believe it's 9 years in July?? We were awesome right till the end when Yellow pulled the strings.
You know, they only bought us just to get Saia. They had intentions on shedding the Union just like Roadwy and CF did...
Look at how much they sunk into them at the time while leaving us to wallow.
Yellow did a bang up job with Jevic also, not asking the fromer owner to sign a non- compete. My disdain for Yellow is high. Not the employees, but what the brand stands for: company killer.
Bill or Steve??
I'm trying to find out if I know him also.
I ran shuttle out of 121 (Bklyn, NY) from '88 to '91,
and hit all those terminals.
Billy,
thanks for the response. The name isn't ringing a bell.
Elmsford/White Plains merged with Brooklyn/121 around 92 or 93.
Nah you wouldn't
I sold in Jersey City from 95, TM in West Babylon just for 97 and finished out in Philly as National accounts.
Worked at Kalamazoo Mi from '82/'90. Got transfered to Grand Rapids in '90/'92. Reopened kalamazoo in '92 and transfered back. Worked there until '94 when Yellow bought Preston and combined the Kalamazoo and Jackson Michigan terminal in Marshall Michigan. Took the volintary lay-off in '97 when Yellow had the bright idea to close the Marshall barn and sent us back to Grand Rapids. I was number 2 on the board at the time but had a gut full of the BS. Had a total of 15 years with Preston and loved my job until they started playing musical terminals in '90. Got on with Holland in Kalamazoo and finished out my trucking career. I still think about Preston alot and miss the guys and ladies of the 151 line. I'm retired now and loving it and wish all the former Preston people all the luck in the world.
Just before CF went out they were bragging that we were the first LTL Freight company to have Anti-Collision Radar on some of the new trucks coming out.
I remember Preston Having trucks with the Radar on them back in the 70's or 80's.
There's a few of us lingering around here somewhere.
We used to have our own thread under "Gone but not forgotten"...unfortunately that thread appears to be gone and forgotten.