Interviewer(s): D. Austin. Morgan City, LA

Affiliation: University of Arizona

I met Earl King, Jr. during the family study in 1999. He was very open and willing to talk about the alliances that were being formed at the time and how they were affecting the trucking business. When I called Earl about participating in this study, he was pleased and said he would be glad to help. I arrived to find him in his office, and we sat near the receptionist's area to talk.

Earl has been the owner of King Trucking and in the oilfield business for 33 years. He got started in 1967 and considers himself a newcomer, but he knew the guys who got the oilfield trucking industry started.