History
In the early 1940's M.L. Hulcher founded a pipeline-laying company in Virden, Illinois and expanded the business in 1946 to include the installation and repair of underground gas transmission lines.
In 1963 a train derailment occurred near Virden, Illinois that would set in motion the company that is now Hulcher Services Inc. At that time railroad companies provided their own people and equipment to service derailments, but on this particular day the railroad had a very difficult time getting the equipment to the derailment scene. The railroad needed to open the rail line quickly! After a discussion with Glenn Hulcher, M.L.'s son who was then a company supervisor, the railroad determined that he might be able to re-rail the derailed cars. Eventually, railroad companies came to realize that using outside firms like Hulcher Services was in the best interest of the railroad from a cost, safety and efficiency standpoint.
As Hulcher Services grew, the company diversified and adjusted to the shifting business environment to include environmental, engineering, transfer-load adjustment services and disaster response services. In 1985 the corporate offices were moved from Virden, Illinois to Denton, Texas, just 38 miles north of Dallas.
Expansion continued throughout the United States, and in the late 1990's divisions were established in both Canada and Mexico. In 2006 Hulcher expanded the transfer and load-adjustment service with the acquisition of North American Recovery Services of Houston, Texas and Richard Allgood Contractors of Fort Worth, Texas.
Today, Hulcher Services has more than 700 employees and 50 divisions in the United States, Canada and Mexico. We continually make substantial investments in both buildings and equipment to provide the superior service that Hulcher Services' customers have expected.