ROSEBUD, Mo. – Tracy Bogler remembers the stories. How his grandfather started the family’s delivery business with a one horsepower machine. “Well, if you consider horses as machines, you’re accurate,” said Bogler with a smile. “My grandfather started his delivery business with horse and wagon delivering clay from Chamois, Mo., to Farbar, Mo. – a distance of 107 miles.
In 1926, William Bogler bought a 2-year old chain driven truck, but quickly learned that his horse and wagon could get to Farbar quicker, and more reliably. Back to hay fed transportation versus gas fed he went. Eventually, trucks won out.
As the company diversified in the ’30s, adding five trucks and later gaining a milk delivery business, William’s son, William Woodrow “Woody” Bogler, joined his dad. “My dad was 15 when he got behind the wheel of a truck making milk runs,” said Bogler. “It was a few years before he was supposed to, but he did fine. And, he loved what he was doing.
Then, when dad graduated from high school, he went off to fight in Korea. Instead of spending his paychecks overseas, he sent them home to invest in the trucking company. And when he returned home in 1954, he had a nest egg saved and became president of the company.
A rich history is in the blood of Tracy Bogler, who has carried the company’s torch after his dad suffered a stroke in 2002. Operating a fleet of 125 long-haul tractors and 200 trailers – a mix of dry van and end dumps, Bogler said the company’s time-honored reputation for reliable deliveries, coupled with controlling expenses have been the hallmark for the company’s longevity.
The fuel economy improvement means about a $4,000 savings per year, per truck. And, once the entire fleet is converted over to the T660, the math shows a fleet savings of around $500,000. To help maximize fuel savings, the company uses side skirts on its dry van trailers, plus wide-base tires throughout. APUs and fuel-fired heaters help reduce idling. The trucks also feature disc brakes and roll stability systems.
Source: http://www.kenworth.com/6100_pre_mor.asp?file=2760
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