HAPPY NEW YEAR!!

Ooops for those of you nursing a bitty headache:  Happy New Year. Well it’s a new year, a new day, a new time for all of us. For those of us prone to self reflection, a time to look forward by looking back. A time to replace old worn out habits that did not serve…

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Merry Christmas

What a great and blessed week! Things got moving in a very big way for both Lake Truck Lines and South Texas Oilfield Services in both the vendor and client areas. Signed two contracts in the same day for Lake, one for Baroid that will increase our business by 60% percent overnight and the other…

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Too Mundane?

An exciting week, but what to bring to print? Sometimes the most mundane things will take on the sheen of importance with the seasoning of time. What I am looking at, all the deals that came across my desk this week. Not just one deal, but multiple deals. Not just on one day but most…

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Important Announcement!

Good Morning: Sorry I took a week off but there was something I was waiting to happen before I wrote about it in the blog. Well it is official now and I want to share this most important news. South Texas Oilfield Services Inc. was formed last week with Douglas S. Cain as President, Lisa…

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Thanksgiving – Those Who I Am Thankful For

Well it’s Thanksgiving and it has given me time to reflect and think about all the things I am thankful for but more importantly who I am thankful for. Now, we can all use the same pat answers that we use at the dinner table every fourth Thursday of November. But I wanted to go…

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Another exciting week for Lake

We had Gerardo Gallegos, President of Gallegos Trailers of Durango Mexico in the office to discuss the next phase of our expansion. Lake Truck Lines is now the official Distributor of Gallegos Trailers in San Antonio, Texas. This is important because our dependence on Gallegos Trailers for our expansion in the oilfields of the Eagle…

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What is the Eagle Ford Shale?

People ask me what the Eagle Ford Shale is and where is it located. The Eagle Ford Shale is located in South Texas and the formation produces from various depths between 4,000 and 14,000 feet. The Eagle Ford Shale takes its name from the town of Eagle Ford Texas where the shale outcrops at the…

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A new dawn…

Good Morning San Antonio and South Texas! A new dawn is breaking in this town and for the future of our 62 year old company, Lake Truck Lines, Inc. In June of this year we closed on a 10 acre tract of scrub brush, trash, and trees and within 45 days transformed it into a…

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