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The fl agship company, Commercial Carrier Logistics — Comcar — handles dry bulk commodities, construction materials and consumer products on short-haul, regional, interstate and intrastate routes. Midwest Coast Logistics, based in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, is a refrigerated truck line; and Coastal Transport Logistics, based in Savannah, Georgia, is a fl atbed carrier. CTL Distribution Logistics, also based in Auburndale, Florida, is a local, regional and long-haul chemical tank line. "I always knew this was what I wanted to do," Bostick says. "My father never pressured me to be involved, but I felt like it was such a great opportunity. When I went off to college, I took business and management classes geared toward eventually becoming part of the family trucking business." His sons, Barrett Bostick and Scott Lingenfelter, are following in the family foot- steps as well, with the former working as Comcar's president of commercial carriers, and the latter serving as vice president of purchasing. Mack ® Pinnacle™ DayCabs and sleepers comprise about 80 percent of the fl eet. The trucks average 2.5 years old, with most log- ging 100,000 to 125,000 miles per year. "We want trucks that run and don't break down," he says. "We want a truck that all we have to do is preventive maintenance, changing oil and tires and things like that. We want the uptime." He shares a close relationship with his local Mack dealer Charlie Brown, executive vice president of sales and marketing at Nextran Truck Centers in Orlando, Florida. One of their earliest projects required Brown to rush deliver 100 trucks, which he did. Over the years, there have been other challenges, but Bostick and Brown have always solved them together. "Mack is really the leader in the industry," Bostick says. "They've got a good product, and it's been reliable. But it's not just selling the truck, it's about being there after the sale and helping us if we have issues or problems. I feel like Charlie is part of our team." 2 0 1 5 V 2 | B U L L D O G | 2 5 Comcar was founded in 1953 by Guy Bostick, and Mark Bostick is keeping his legacy alive through his people-fi rst philosophy. Comcar has become one of the country's leading carriers, running four separate companies, with offi ces in more than 45 locations nationwide.