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The Union Stockyards at West Fargo opened in 1935 and most of the livestock was now taken there. Vern also began hauling livestock and horses to packing plants in Duluth, St. Paul and Austin, Minnesota from West Fargo.
Many other businesses were added to supplement the trucking: farm machinery, trucks, home appliances in 1933, and automobiles in 1939. As the Truck Line grew, the other businesses were phased out.
Construction of the present offices and maintenance shop was begun in 1959 on 22 acres of land west of Frazee. Several buildings have been added during the past 35 years. They would now cover a football field if the buildings were connected.
Until 1960, livestock was the only haul for Daggett. Loads originating at West Fargo, Manitoba, and Winnipeg were hauled to packing plants in Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, and Washington. During the 1960s, the trucks began loading out of several Montana and North Dakota sales barns and ranches, as shippers began preferring trucks to trains for their loads.
The first two refrigerated trailers were purchased in 1960 to begin hauling frozen turkeys from area turkey plants to the Midwest and east coast.
Our trucks now transport frozen foods, snack foods, pet food, produce and manufactured goods from Minnesota to most major cities in the midwest and throughout the United States. These trucks return with processed foods or raw materials for local manufacturers. | 
