C.R. England Trucking

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C.R. England
Type	Public
Founded	1920
Headquarters	Salt Lake City, Utah
Key people	Chester Rodney England, Founder
Employees	4,600
Website	www.crengland.com

C.R. England is a trucking and transportation company that was founded by Chester Rodney England in 1920. It began with Chester providing farm to market service for farmers in northern Utah. Today it operates with more than 3,800 drivers and independent-contractors, and over 800 non-driver support staff. The company has focused it’s efforts toward the refrigerated truckload service. It has been family owned and operated for four generations, and the current management team includes several third and fourth generation Englands.

C.R. England provides services throughout North America including long haul and short haul, as well as tailor made services. It also has four driver schools located nationwide that provide CDL training. Today, this company has 2,800 late model Freightliner, International, Volvo and Peterbilt tractors, and 4,100 Utility and Great Dane trailers in service and generates over $544 million in revenue.

C.R. England's tractors are all equipped with the most up-to-date features including the OmniTRACS two-way satellite communication system. This enables their dispatchers to have instantaneous contact with every driver, while knowing the exact location of every truck.