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mall fl eet operator Mark White of Hartsville,
Tenn., has been involved in the family business,
Old Time Express, since his father founded it in the
mid-1990s.
Bo White "almost went broke the fi rst month," Mark
White says of his father. Today, however, the company uses
about 25 company-driven and owner-operator trucks. "It's
been the sheer grace of God that we got this far."
That growth came slowly, in keeping with Bo White's phi-
losophy of doing business in a time-honored way. Tradition-
How one small fleet operator got
stuck in 'safety jail' as bad ratings
and violations compounded and
business vanished – and how he
clawed his way out. BY TODD DILLS
Trapped in a
CSA nightmare
For Part 1 of a two-part extended video interview series with Mark White of Old Time
Express about the carrier's eff orts to get out from under a Conditional rating handed
down in 2012, scan the QR or search "Old Time Express" on OverdriveOnline.com.
