The largest hauler of liquid molten aluminum in North America is named after a company that went out of business — because a Central New York farmer didn't want to pay for paperwork.

We spent the day at Page Trucking with second-generation owner Dan Titus, and this one went places we never expected: a machine that let them FIRE their insurance company, a trailer designed on a bar napkin that changed the entire dump trailer industry, Monday night dinners where drivers eat at the owner's house — and the story of a dad who never said "I'm proud of you," but proved it.

WHAT YOU'LL SEE IN THIS ONE: - Why a family named Titus runs a company called "Page" (the $500 decision that stuck) - The frame-straightening bay that let Page self-insure every trailer they own - "We do the loads nobody wants" — molten aluminum, hazmat, and the niches that print in a down market - The 3-in-1 Universal Trailer: dock-load it, dump it, or run it as a flatbed - Why Page owns more tipper units than anyone except Tropicana Orange Juice - Baling aluminum like hay — 30 MILLION pounds a year back to the mills - The 1988 dispatch load boards they found hidden in the ceiling - The repo story: a teenager, no CDL, and a DOT cop at a Virginia rest area

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