Dan Heil and his Dad, John in 1965 with one of the very first trucks.
In 1982 Heil Transportation, Inc. was officially formed. At this time the fleet was just three trucks. Shortly after in 1984 Heil Transportation purchased several trucks from John Nyweide and began to grow.
After graduating from high school, Dan began hauling milk. In the spring of 1978 after a few months of college, Dan decided he wanted to have his own truck and haul milk full time. At the age of twenty, he purchased a Kenworth truck and a milk route. The picture above was Dan's second truck.
In 1985, we purchased a few more trucks and routes from Barry Schaefer. The picture above is one of our trucks approaching the Middlefield Cheese plant.
In 1990 we began hauling juice for Cliffstar Corporation in Dunkirk, NY. Cliffstar would go on to become the largest independent juice bottler in the country before they were acquired by what is now Refresco. At this time we had 13 full time employees working at Cliffstar transferring product and moving the many trailers we leased to them.
Our old parking lot on Brownell Rd in Clymer, NY
Construction of our new garage and parking lot on Caflisch Rd. in Clymer, NY - 2002
February 2014 - We purchase over 50,000 sq. feet of warehouse and office space at 8956 W. Main St. in Clymer, NY.
June 2024
Eric Heil, long-time minority partner and brother of Dan Heil, sells his shares in the company to Justin Heil, Ashley Heil Kimble, and Nick Heil ensuring the family owned business continues long into the future.
July 2024
Big Rig Collision, LLC is formed
In July of 2024 we formed Big Rig Collision LLC as a subsidiary company. Originally started to perform body work and painting work on our own fleet, we saw an opportunity to offer a great service to the general public. Below is the first project put through our new body shop.
