Hub Group — or just “Hub” occupies a special place in my mind … they were the leasing company that for years supplied (and serviced) trucks to the regional distribution company my dad worked for.
When I was working in the warehouse and on the loading dock in high school, the manager, Mike, could often be heard telling a driver something like “Take that truck down to Hub to get the oil changed” or “604 isn’t back from Hub yet, go get 608.” They were THE company that did everything. I didn’t realize that at the time they were actually pretty small.
Though Dad is way past retirement age, he still goes into work 5-6 days a week, now managing a small warehouse selling mostly to contractors. As such, and given the nature of the products, he has just one warehouseman/driver. The truck? A typical tilt-cab Mitsubishi diesel box, bought used from the rental fleet of — you guessed it — Hub.
They just officially bought DNJ Transportation in Chicago.