16 l FIRST CLASS
Family Business
Can a busy, booming, 300-truck LTL, logistics and ware-
housing operation still be considered a "mom and pop" shop?
It can if customers are treated the same way they were
when it was a three-truck operation four decades ago — and
if 82-year-old "Mom" still keeps the regular office hours she
always has, four days a week.
Such is the case at R&M Trucking, the rapidly growing
firm near O'Hare Airport in Franklin Park, Ill. "Mom" is
Margaret May, the family and company matriarch, whose
late husband Robert founded R&M in 1976. Sons David
and Jerry have handled much of the management for the
100-percent family-owned firm since 1994.
Growth has never been less than 8 percent a year and
has been as high as 20 percent, according to David. But
New Peterbilts help keep pace with rapid growth at R&M
R&M TRUCKING
R&M Trucking in Franklin Park, Ill., has
recently made a commitment to the Peterbilt
Model 579 for their Class 8 hauling needs.