This SME transports 79 ton beams

Bridge beams, containers, tanks… these very large objects have in common that they are transported by a small trucking company in Lanaudière.

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“It’s “extraordinary” transport,” summarizes Éric Mondor, president of Express Mondor, the company that transported 79-ton beams during the construction of the Champlain Bridge.

To date, this is the largest load transported by the Lanoraie company in its nearly 30 years of existence.

“We started with two trucks, then we always grew a little,” humbly emphasizes Éric Mondor, whose fleet is much larger today.

“We have 189 trucks and 505 trailers of all kinds, from dry box au flat bed. The only two trailers we don’t have are the trailers for bulk and tanks,” explains the entrepreneur.

“With that, we transport everything heavy, beams, military equipment, agricultural machines,” he adds.

Transport in the blood

The Mondor family’s relationship with trucking, however, dates back many years before the founding of Express Mondor in 1995.

“We are the third generation in transport,” proudly recalls the man who founded the company with his two brothers, Dany and Billy.

“My grandfather was a tobacco farmer. He didn’t want to wait any longer for his fertilizer, so he started with a truck. Then my father formed a company with him until 2000 when it was sold,” says the president of the company which today employs 317 people.

From trucker to entrepreneur

It was also within the family business that Éric Mondor learned the profession from top to bottom. “Today I call myself an entrepreneur, but I never thought I would do this. Basically, my job was to heat trucks,” he remembers.

“I did everything. At 6-7 years old, I washed trucks. Then as I got older, I did maintenance and then I drove all over North America. I learned management from my father, I was a dispatcher, then a team leader. Then, I became president of my company,” he relates.

“It’s a normal journey,” muses Mr. Mondor. But that’s not what I thought I’d do.”