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Upon the death of his father, Harold ³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏÍø took over the business and expanded his services to include the transportation of new furniture from factories to retail stores, and from retail stores to residences within several hundred miles of the Twin Cities area.

In February of 1949 Mr. Robert D. Dircks Purchased 50% ownership in the company. Together Mr. ³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏÍø and Mr. Dircks continued to grow the business and found themselves opening the first ³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏÍø branch office in Chicago during the summer of 1949.

By 1952, RD Dircks had purchased the remaining 50% of ³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏÍø Transfer from Harold ³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏÍø and became sole owner of ³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏÍø Transfer & Storage, Inc. At this same time he moved the company into a 5,000 square foot warehouse located in Northeast Minneapolis. He also opened a second branch office in Sheboygan, Wisconsin which served the furniture manufacturers of that area with new furniture delivery service into Minnesota, Iowa and the Dakotas.

With the construction of Southdale shopping mall underway, ³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏÍø storage began to haul the majority of store fixtures used in the mall from Los Angeles to Edina, Minnesota. Southdale is known for being the first indoor shopping mall built in America. That same year ³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏÍø became an agent of Barrett Moving who at that time was an agent of Atlas Van Lines.

Because of the expansion of the Interstate 35W freeway system in 1959 ³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏÍø was forced to find a new home. In early 1960 ³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏÍø moved into its new headquarters on Macalester Drive in St. Anthony, MN. At that time ³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏÍø assets consisted of four tractors, four straight trucks and 12 trailers. Gross revenues were $330,000.

 In the fall of 1960 ³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏÍø became an agent for Global Van Lines, expanding its capabilities in the handling of household goods nationwide.

³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏÍø began to transport high value products such as computers (the old mainframe systems), medical equipment, copy machines, as well as large imaging systems. During this time ³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏÍø became a pioneer in the development of flat floor electronic trailers, air ride suspension, climate controlled trailers and many material handling items used in the transportation of high value products.

³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏÍø storage became an agent of Allied Van Lines. This change enabled ³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏÍø to gain significant market share in the area of household goods relocation. ³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏÍø purchased the assets of Cooks Moving in Dallas and branded the new location ³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏÍø Dallas.

³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏÍø has grown to become Allied Van Lines Top Booker and Hauler.

³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏÍø opens its second Texas branch located in Austin.

³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏÍø continues its expansion by opening the first west coast branch in the Los Angeles area of California.

³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏÍø had three Texas branches with the addition of the ³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏÍø Houston location.

³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏÍø experiences explosive growth with the opening of seven new locations: Columbus, Cleveland, Cincinnati, Kansas City, Atlanta, Charlotte and Louisville.

³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏÍø adds ³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏÍø New Jersey to the ³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏÍø storage family of companies.

³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏÍø establishes a new location in San Antonio, TX.

³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏÍø announces two new openings in Phoenix and Mesa, AZ.

³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏÍø reveals two new locations in Florida, opening up offices in Tampa and Sarasota, FL.

³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏÍø establishes a new location in Las Vegas, NV.