In September of 1989, John Fondriest, Eric Kimble and Eli Stutzman started First Class Transport, Inc. on a back porch in Dover, Ohio. Twenty five years later, the hard work of our employees, contractors and partners has produced steady growth and our commitment to safety and service continues to win over customers.
In celebration, we’ve combed through our archives to create the gallery below, covering the entire history of First Class Transport, Inc. up to the present day. We look forward to pursuing and exceeding our goals of top-to-bottom safety and exceptional service to our customers and partners long into the future. We hope you can come along.
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The original, now famous picture of our founders. Eli Stutzman, John Fondriest and Eric Kimble, left to right.
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Anyone else get nostalgic for the look of Cab Over Engine tractors?
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FCT taking part in a Christmas parade.
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Taking a picture of our owner-operator who is taking a picture of us.
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William “Monk” Jones blending into the crowd at the Memorial Tournament in Dublin, Ohio.
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Unit FCT-1, our first truck. It is still running and still in service with us today.
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Driver running the bobcat at our previous location on Mathias Raceway Road, New Philadelphia, Ohio.
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Our shop dog, proudly serving.
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Terminal on Mathias Raceway, again.
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Our driver, John “Casey” Egan.
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Unit FCT-636, owned by Tim Carrier, when it was still new. It is also presently in service.
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FCT-636 when it was a little older and a now phased out white Fiberglass Reinforced Plastic tank trailer, or FRP. We prefer them in silver.
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The location of our Strasburg terminal before we acquired it.
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Construction of our Strasburg terminal. This will become the maintenance and wash bays.
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2012 Safety Meeting: our best attended group photo to date (drivers can be hard to gather up, go figure).