In 1979 Ken bought his first hay truck, and in 1981 purchased a milk route from Bryce Shumway in South Tillamook County. In 1997 Ken and Nonda were married and became business partners along with Blain and Teresa West changing the company name to Zwald West Transport.
Ken and Blain had been doing some dairy manure storage pit cleaning with a Camel Jet Vac, and then branched out into cleaning...