Friday, September 7, 2018 • Neepawa, Manitoba
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Celebrating National Trucking Week r T a n e s n f e o t r s L d t a d. l G 65 years of success
One of the fleet of 30 trucks operated by Gladstone Transfer Ltd. This family owned company has been in business for three generations.
By Ken Waddell Banner Staff Humble beginnings are the best way to describe the start of Gladstone Transfer Ltd. From one truck and one driver in 1952, the rural Manitoba company has grown to 30 trucks and 50 employees in 2018. The first generation member and founder of the company were John A. ( Jack) Kinley who started out in 1949 as
a partner with John Ross but bought out Ross in 1952. Back in the 1950s, the core business was hauling livestock to Winnipeg’s St. Boniface Stockyards and general freight back to Gladstone and some surrounding communities. Now 65 years later, Jack Kinley’s grandson Scott, explains from his office in the company headquarters in Gladstone, that hauling livestock and general freight is a thing of the past. As
livestock producers know, St. Boniface has been long closed, livestock is often hauled to local livestock marts nowadays by the owners and hauled away by trucking firms specializing in livestock hauling. “For general freight, most (retail) companies have their own trucks now,” said Kinley. Second generation The second generation, his dad, Tom is still very much involved in the business
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and his uncle Ken, was heavily involved for a number of years before establishing a local accounting firm. Sadly, Jack Kinley passed away in 1979. Operating out of a well-equipped office and wash/repair facility on the south side of Gladstone, the company has grown to be one of the largest employers in Gladstone. Continued on page two