About
From the driver’s seat to the company name, Buddy Moore knew trucking.
When Buddy founded BMT in 1999, he wanted to provide outstanding service for customers and build a great place to work for drivers and employees.
The BMT story starts behind the wheel.
E.H. “Buddy” Moore Jr. started his trucking career behind the wheel. He spent his first 10 years as an owner-operator at Deaton Truck Lines, then worked his way through the company and eventually became its president.
He chaired the Alabama Trucking Association in 1985 and 1986, and in 1993 he received the H. Chester Webb Award, the association’s highest honor.
Eight years after retiring from Deaton, Buddy started Buddy Moore Trucking with his wife, Paddy, and their children. He never became too removed from the practical side of the business. His family remembered that he continued doing budgets on a yellow legal pad with a No. 2 pencil.
Into his late 80s, Buddy still came to work four days a week, spending much of that time with drivers. He passed away in July 2022 at age 88.
Good trucking starts with how you treat people.
These principles came directly from the BMT team, and most of them come back to drivers.
These are simple ideas on purpose. They give drivers, dispatchers, and the rest of our team a clear standard for how the work should be done.
