J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc., one of the largest transportation logistics companies in North America, operates approximately 12,000 trucks throughout the continental United States, Canada and Mexico. Their business operations are primarily organized through three distinct, yet complementary, business segments that include dry van, inter-modal and dedicated contract services. Recently, J.B. Hunt’s Dedicated Contract Services (DCS) division recognized an opportunity for one of their large beverage customers. DCS is currently transporting spent grain from the beer making process (called mash) to a farm to be used as animal feed. The customer does not allow the drivers to leave if they are over or under a specific load weight but the exit scale is a quarter of a mile away from the loa

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