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.
Productivity Boost
The National Private Truck Council has joined the Steering Committee of the Coalition for Transportation Productivity (CTP), a group of…
Premier Safety Culture
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Higher Education
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Raising the Safety Bar
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A Star Behind the Wheel
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Setting The Standard
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Safety Summit
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Their Own Fleet
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A Winner – Again
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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
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Building a partnership
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Core values
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You Must Be Present to Win
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It’s Always Good at Hood
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First-Class Learning
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A Fleet for the Stars
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Hog Hauls
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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…