(from The Observer, Sarnia, June 22, 1996)
Bud and Marjorie Cundick's life has revolved around transports. Bud's first contact with trucks was in the 1920s when Hwy 7 was being paved and he watched the trucks going past his home. He bought his first truck when he was 20 years old, but could not drive it because insurance companies would not insure a driver under 25. His truck was registered under his father's name.
Bud's father Ed established the E.D. Cundick & Sons trucking business in 1946. At that time Bud would take three trips a day to Toronto, hauling cattle or hogs. In 1951 Ed Cundick died and Bud and Marjorie took over the business, renaming it Budmar Transport. Eventually Bud retired from driving and farmed 300 acres of cash crops.
As their children grew up they became involved in the family business as well. Their sons Dale and Lynn look after the maintenance and do some driving; their daughter Leanna (Buddy) does their office work. Only their daughter Dawn is not involved in the business.
Over the years the transport has replaced rail traffic as the way of shipping. Budmar grew from one stake truck to a fleet of 53-foot trailers to transport cattle, hoppers for grain, tankers to move liquid fertilizer, flat beds and refrigerated units.
Chapter 24 of 25 - Cundick Family
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