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Vernon Erb

Vernon Erb

Founder of the Erb Group of Companies (Erb Transport), an Ontario refrigerated trucking empire he started in 1959 with a single dump truck.

Sep 9, 2026

The Lead Pedal Podcast for Truck Drivers

The Lead Pedal Podcast for Truck Drivers

Decades of Giving: How the Trucking Community Powers Special Olympics Athletes

Sep 9 · 13m

Bruce Outridge
Bruce OutridgeHOST
4:19
So what got you out to be part of Special Olympics this year?
Vernon Erb
Vernon ErbGUEST
4:22
Well, I think Roger Calma talked to me about it, and Jim Pinder, and so they asked me back in the summer time, and I said, yeah, I think I've got this state open, so I decided to come and see what it's all about.
Bruce Outridge
Bruce OutridgeHOST
4:48
Okay.
Vernon Erb
Vernon ErbGUEST
4:49
About four years old, I guess.
Vernon Erb
Vernon ErbGUEST
4:51
It's sort of my truck.
Vernon Erb
Vernon ErbGUEST
4:52
Okay.
Vernon Erb
Vernon ErbGUEST
4:53
It was specially built for myself.
Vernon Erb
Vernon ErbGUEST
4:56
I'm about the only one that drives it.

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