Melton breaks ground for new HQ

Mar 11, 2013

Melton Truck Lines joined the city of Catoosa, Okla., Monday to break ground on new corporate offices. Fleming Building Company and Kinslow, Keith, and Todd Architectural Services are partnering together to complete the project. Steve Williams Landscape Architect will be developing the site plan and features, and Phil Long Interior Designs will be collaborating on interior finishes.

The building project will take 14 months to complete. The 77,000 sq. ft., three-story office building will be located on a 12.5 acre land parcel immediately north of the existing corporate office.

MRL Transport owner Mark Ledford today hauls direct freight outbound for customers in part built from his years of ownership of another fleet, since sold after years of growth. MRL in some ways is Ledford's effort to right-size a business for his life today.

Right-sizing for management: MRL Transport owner Mark Ledford hits five trucks

Ledford got his start trucking after working a dock where his manager said Ledford would never drive truck. Not only would he drive, he'd grow a fleet well beyond 30 trucks before selling out. MRL Transport is his second turn in the barrel, and Ledford's hit a profitability sweet spot.

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