Each month NPTC President and CEO Gary Petty writes a column in Fleet Owner magazine that focuses on the individuals, companies, best practices, and resources that make private trucking the force that it is in the American economy. Reaching more than 100,000 subscribers, three-quarters of whom are private fleet professionals, this column provides an excellent forum to communicate the value of the private fleet.
Gary Petty | gpetty@nptc.org | Private Fleet Editor for FleetOwner Magazine
Gary Petty has more than 30 years of experience as CEO of national trade associations in the trucking industry. He has been the president and CEO of the National Private Truck Council since 2001.
Driving ‘Helpful’ Customer Service
Founded in Chicago in 1924, Ace Hardware began as a small chain of independent hardware retailers that decided to come…
Medical Coaches
Alliance Imaging, a division of Alliance HealthCare Services, is the largest premier provider of advanced diagnostic imaging services in the…
Building a partnership
Privately owned since 1847, Orgill is the world’s largest independent hardware distributor with more than 6,000 customer accounts in all…
Core values
The Britt Hunt Co. was founded in 1992 by young entrepreneur and family business visionary Britt Hunt. The company started…
You Must Be Present to Win
Planning for the NPTC 2014 Annual Conference scheduled for April 13-14 in Cincinnati, OH, has been in the works since…
It’s Always Good at Hood
It is rare these days to find a company in America still operating after 160 years, and even more rare…
First-Class Learning
The Private Fleet Management Institute (PFMI) will break new ground in 2014. Over the five-day course taking place Jan. 18-22,…
A Fleet for the Stars
Millions of golf fans recall Justin Rose on the final-round 18th hole winning golf’s 2013 U.S Open Championship this June…
Hog Hauls
Founded in 1936 by Joseph W. Luter as a family-owned business and now recently purchased by China-based Shuanghui International Holdings,…
Safety showcase
The annual National Safety Conference conducted by the National Private Truck Council is described as an intense, concentrated overview of…
More Cooperative
Dairy Farmers of America (DFA) is a national dairy farmer-owned cooperative in the United States that handles about 30% of…
All-Star Drivers
Last year, in conjunction with the National Safety Conference, NPTC recognized 24 of the nation’s top private fleet drivers as…
Meeting the Challenge
New South Express Inc., a Canfor company based in Myrtle Beach, SC, is a highly successful private fleet with a…
Grease Fleet
Valley Proteins is a successful company specializing in a unique type of freight. Used restaurant cooking grease, fats, oils, restaurant…
Innovative Spirit
Back in 1925, brothers William and Otto Brakebush started hauling calves, cows and pigs with their single truck, envisioning service…
Working The Floor
Benjamin Moore & Company is one of the largest manufacturers and distributors of paint products in North America with more…
Higher Education
Last year more than 1,000 attendees took advantage of what the NPTC Annual Education Management Conference and Exhibition provided. And…
Management Deep Dive
The National Private Truck Council (NPTC) will hold its annual Private Fleet Management Institute (PFMI) Jan. 19-23, 2013, at the…
The Next Level
The Private Fleet Management Online® (PFMO) program officially launched last month as a joint enterprise of the National Private Truck…
Healthy Drivers
Since March of 2011, David Adcock has lost 100 lbs.—without surgery, without medication, and all the while working as an…