Bulldog Hiway Express Merges with Daseke

Daseke Inc. has announced that Bulldog Hiway Express is merging with the Daseke family of flatbed, open-deck and specialty carriers.

Based in Charleston, S.C., Bulldog Hiway Express, was founded in 1959 and has grown to several hundred power units along with more than 400 trailers. They also operate terminals in Savannah, Ga., and Mobile, Ala.

“Bulldog is a great match with our family of companies,” said Don Daseke, president and CEO of Daseke Inc. “They have an extremely enviable position in the markets they serve, and are dedicated to customer service, as well as their own employees.”

Daseke now offers the industry more than 2,800 tractors and more than 5,800 open-deck trailers. Daseke is the second largest open-deck/specialty carrier in North America.

Bulldog handles dedicated and for-hire, open-deck operations, intermodal port deliveries and heavy hauls with loads reaching 180,000 pounds. The company operates throughout the United States and Canada supporting the automotive and energy sectors, including wind, solar and nuclear power.

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