Hirschbach Motor Lines

Hirschbach Motor Lines acquires fellow refrigerated carrier Lessors

Hirschbach expands its temperature-controlled operations

Refrigerated carrier Hirschbach Motor Lines announced Wednesday that it has acquired Eagan, Minnesota-based carrier Lessors Inc.

The acquisition of Lessors, also a temperature-controlled operator with approximately 200 drivers and nearly 300 power units, brings the Hirschbach fleet to 2,400 drivers and owner-operators and more than 3,500 trailers.

Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Lessors was represented by Transport Capital Partners.

“We’re very excited to welcome the Lessors...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/hirschbach-motor-lines-acquires-fellow-refrigerated-carrier-lessors

Trucker a Highway Angel for rescuing family after spinout

Composite photo of driver Demetrius Fields and a Hirschbach Motor Lines truck.

The Truckload Carriers Association (TCA) has named Demetrius Fields a Highway Angel. Fields, an Atlanta resident, stopped to help a family after their vehicle spun out in the middle of a busy highway during a severe winter storm.

Fields was heading through Pennsylvania on Dec. 16 as a strong snowstorm was closing in. He was on his way to Indiana as Pennsylvania road crews were preparing to close the interstates as conditions got worse. 

“It was coming down heavy, pretty much a whiteout,” Fields...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/trucker-a-highway-angel-for-rescuing-family-after-spinout

Hirschbach, LGBT Truckers rolling out new ‘Rainbow Rider’ Pride-themed truck

Hirschbach and LGBT Truckers unveil new Rainbow Rider truck Saturday

After Shelle Lichti’s Pride-themed Freightliner dubbed the Rainbow Rider sustained significant damage following a serious truck crash in April, the 28-year trucking veteran took some time off the road to heal emotionally while her beloved truck was being repaired.

But Lichti plans to start rolling again soon thanks to some help from her company, Hirschbach Motor Lines, headquartered in Dubuque, Iowa.

“It’s been a long time coming to get the process going and not only the recovery process of the...

https://s29755.pcdn.co/news/hirschbach-lgbt-truckers-rolling-out-rainbow-rider-pride-themed-truck

Disaster relief trucking organization delivers hope to survivors

Truckers hauling natural disaster relief supplies

Long-haul trucker Shelli Conaway has logged over 3 million miles in her nearly 30-year trucking career and also coordinates disaster relief efforts from the cab of her truck.

Conaway of Lexington, Kentucky, runs a nonprofit group called Trucks with Room to Spare.  Her group delivers critical supplies, including tarps, food and ice, to those hardest hit by natural disasters in the U.S. 

Right now, she is coordinating relief efforts to survivors of the wildfires that have devastated communities...

https://s29755.pcdn.co/news/disaster-relief-trucking-organization-delivers-hope-to-survivors

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