Little Audrey’s Transportation was started in the late 1940s. It was after the war and Refrigerated van trailers were just coming into their own and Little Audrey’s was one of the first to jump and focus on Refrigerated Freight.

This was a huge turning point in freight. Cold freight was no longer limited to distance between ice houses where the trailers would be iced down. And as you know with ice and warm temperatures it melts. Now in the winter with below freezing this wasn’t a problem, but the rest of the year it was a big big problem for moving cold loads and pretty much just forget moving frozen loads.

The founders at Little Audrey’s saw this as the future of trucking and incorporated their company in New Mexico but headquartered it in a tiny hole in the wall office in Fremont Nebraska. That little office only had a couple of dispatchers and office staff needed for sales and paperwork. Their office was just a converted 2 bedroom house on a big lot that was paved so trucks could pull in and park. I’ll bet the neighbors just loved that.

The legend goes, Little Audrey’s was named after one of the founder’s wives’ name. Probably some truth in that as not many trucking companies were named after women back in those days. There were a few, but not many.

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