About Us
Luckhart Transport Limited is a third generation,
family-run business that has been in operation since
1951. The main office is located in the Hamlet of
Sebringville, just west of Stratford, Ontario, on Perth
County Road #135 ½ kilometre north of Highway #8; the
other office is located at 297 Nelson Street West in
Virden, Manitoba. Please take a look at our full list of
services
that are available to meet your needs.
In order to help keep our environment clean and safe, we have developed a wetland system at our Sebringville yard to manage the waste water from our wash bay. This innovational system uses wetlands to naturally clean the dirty water produced from the wash bay which is then filtered back into the environment.
In order to help keep our environment clean and safe, we have developed a wetland system at our Sebringville yard to manage the waste water from our wash bay. This innovational system uses wetlands to naturally clean the dirty water produced from the wash bay which is then filtered back into the environment.
our staff
background
H.W Luckhart (as it was formerly called) was founded by Howard Luckhart in 1951. Howard's son, Doug joined the fleet with his own tractor in 1973. The business was then incorporated under the name Luckhart Transport Ltd. as Doug became a shareholder with his father.The business grew and prospered and the office was moved from the family home out back into an office trailer. The shareholders also grew and the business was owned by Howard and Marjorie Luckhart, Doug Luckhart and Paul Ehgoet.
In 1986, Luckhart Ltd. bought Ken Mogk Transport and Paul Ehgoetz sold his shares to one of the Howard's other sons, Tom. The O.C. Zehr farm on Perth Road 135 and the Kirkton yard were perchased. This gave Luckharts assembly yarks for livestock in Sebringville, Tavistock and Kirkton.
In 1996, Luckhart Transport built a new facility on the Zehr farm which included a shop, an indoor wash bay, offices and a wetland system. Luckarts Transport is still located there today.
In 2000 Luckharts purchased Clare Kuepfer Transport and in 2005, the livestock division of Lloyd Hurst Transport.
The unfortunate breakout of BSE in May of 2003 forced the closure of the border between Canada and the United States to cattle export. Luckharts found it necessary to diversify and the company started to haul dry freight as well as live turkeys. Despite the many changes that have occured at Luckhart Transport, our specialty continues to be livestock hauling.
In 2009, Luckharts built an addition to our facility to include shop facilities for retro-fitting Barrett trailers and servicing trucks as well as a drying bay for bio-security purposes. In April of 2009 the partnership between Tom Luckhart and Doug Luckhart was amicably dissolved. Tom sold his shares to Angie (Luckhart) Hurst, Doug's Daughter. This is the third generation of Luckharts to own shares in the company.