It all began in the 1970's
D.G. Coleman, Inc. was originally founded as "Coleman Trucking" by Dan and Kathy Coleman in January 1972.
Dan purchased his first truck, it was a 1968 Mack cab over. At that time, the trucking industry was heavily regulated and his truck was leased by Ruan Transport Corporation.
Coleman Trucking, through Ruan Transport, hauled a wide variety of products including Liquid Petroleum Products, Chemicals, and various Hazardous materials.
THen In 1978, Ruan Transport ceased operations in Colorado; forcing Coleman Trucking to venture a new industry. Shortly after departing Ruan, Coleman Trucking began hauling construction materials such as sand and gravel.
1980
The separation from Ruan Transport did not last for long; the customer's of Ruan demanded to have the service of Coleman Trucking back and yet again Coleman Trucking partnered with Ruan Transport.
While Dan was managing the Colorado business for Ruan; he was also expanding his own trucking company.
On January 26, 1981, Coleman Trucking became D.G. Coleman, Inc.
Throughout the decade, D.G COleman, INC. sustained rapid growth and quickly outgrew the rented space of Ruan Transport's Commerce City terminal. That lead Dan to purchase his own facility in Denver, CO.
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the 1990's
Once D.G. Coleman started operations out of the self-owned facility, the fleet began to expand.
In the early 90's, the company was operating eight trucks.
Throughout the decade, D.G. Coleman grew to a twenty truck fleet, which soon led to the purchase of a new facility in commerce city, CO.
the early 2000's
On May 23, 2003, D.G. Coleman, Inc. was served the opportunity to purchase the property owned by Ruan Transport in Commerce City, CO.
the same property where Dan Coleman first started working with Ruan in 1972!
After sustaining a large growth in facility size, D.G. Coleman continued to expand the fleet size to about 40 tractors in 2004.
In the preceding year, Ruan Transport and D.G. Coleman reached an agreement for Coleman to purchase another division of Ruan known as Single Source Transportation that operated dry bulk trailers. D.G. Coleman.
With that D.G. Coleman acquired 55 more tractors from Ruan. They took over the operation through Ruan operating out of the D.G. Coleman Commerce City, CO location.
present day
D.G. Coleman acquired the final piece of Ruan business in Colorado and now fully operates under our own authority.
We serve the entire Colorado market, parts of the Nebraska market and dry van freight amongst the 48 states.
We are currently operating on the same property that Dan Coleman first began work in the trucking industry and maintain over 150 pieces of company owned equipment.
The company is still privately owned by the Coleman family and is being operated by three generations of the family.
Dan Coleman still serves as the President of the Company, and Kathy Coleman serves as the Vice President of the Company.