OUR History

Jim Jones commercial driving career hauling household goods (HHG) from NY to FL.

Jim Jones at the International Wildlife Park feeding dried corn to a giraffe.

Start of J&J Machinery Transport with one truck. Jim Jones loaded the first load from Okum Machinery Hauppauge NY to Westec Show in Los Angeles. The trip began on Monday night and ended Thursday night in Los Angeles.

J&J Machinery Transport at Westach, LA Convention Center.

J&J Machinery Transport delivering from Redding, CA to AZ.

Two additional trucks were purchased. A Peterbuilt and a Marmon tractor. There were now 5 tractors and 6 trailers in the fleet.

J&J Machinery Transport trucks driving through Colorado.

J&J Machinery Transport added two more trucks to their artillery.

First Company truck that was Charlotte based Truck was operational and is still in operation in 2020; a 1984 Peterbuilt.

A Unit 389 Peterbilt was bought in NY.

J&J Machinery relocated from Deer Park NY to Charlotte NC. The relocation was due mostly due to the ports customers were accessing. The new warehouse was located at the heart of customer locations.

First International Machine Tool Show in Chicago. This is the second largest machine tool show in the world. 18 tractors were used to transport these loads all under the instruction of J&J Machinery Transport.

Opened up our terminal in Buena Park, CA. Southeast Asia imports were coming in from the West Coast, this was a response to a need.

18 months in, the Buena Park, CA location is thriving.

The lease in Buena Park ended and relocated the terminal to a permanent location in Long Beach, CA.