Where the family started.
Superior Delivery Service opened in Houston in 1978 with one driver, a rented room and Johnny Walker’s mother on the phones. It was the first company of the J.H. Walker family, and the family that started it still runs it.
He wanted to be a rancher.
Johnny Walker left home for Texas A&M in the fall of 1972 planning to become a rancher. When he graduated in 1976 with a degree in Animal Science, the job on offer was ranch hand at $600 a month.
If he was ever going to own land and a herd of his own, he would need another route. He took a job driving a truck for Barnett Services out of Houston while he worked out what to do, and found he loved the business. In his first year he saved $10,000.
In 1978 that money rented a small space and paid a first employee: Superior Delivery Service was open. Johnny’s mother answered the phones while he and one other driver delivered small packages around Houston.
Three years later he bought two 18-wheelers at auction and started J.H. Walker Trucking. Everything the family runs today grew from that first Superior truck.
One pickup at a time.
From small packages around Houston to three companies across Texas, Louisiana and Oklahoma. Scroll the timeline →
- 1976
A truck, not a ranch
Fresh from Texas A&M, Johnny drives for Barnett Services in Houston and saves $10,000 in a year.
- 1978
Superior opens
A small rented space, one employee, and his mother on the phones. Small packages around Houston.
- 1981
J.H. Walker Trucking
Two 18-wheelers bought at auction start the family’s trucking company: building materials, then fertilizer, then oilfield freight in East Texas.
- 1989
Into Grand Prairie
Knox Trucklines brings statewide authority for oilfield equipment and steel, and a second terminal in Grand Prairie.
- 1994
East Jefferson Street
The Grand Prairie terminal moves to the yard on East Jefferson Street that the family still runs from.
- 1996
Home on Hempstead
Outgrowing Hollister Road, the corporate office moves to its 10-acre home off Hempstead Highway in Houston.
- 2016
Superior grows
Superior adds its second terminal and a Dallas–Fort Worth office in the Grand Prairie yard.
- 2026
Platinum safety
Texas Mutual names Superior a 2026 Platinum Safety Partner, the top category of its Work Safe, Texas awards.
- Today
Three companies
J.H. Walker, Superior and Atlas: more than 300,000 loads a year, and still the Walkers.
Safety first. Then the customer.
To provide high quality diversified logistical services to our customers, with an emphasis on safety and customer satisfaction.
That line belongs to the whole family, and it is how Superior runs today: one of the largest hotshot providers in Texas and Louisiana, still answering its own phones around the clock.
- ServicesHot shot and expedite, dedicated truck programs, overnight replenishment, scheduled routes and same-day delivery. All services
- MarketsHouston, Dallas–Fort Worth, Austin, San Antonio and Lafayette, each with its own dispatch, drivers and phone number. Locations
- TrucksPickups, cargo vans, one-tons, stakebeds, box trucks with lift gates and mini floats, with 18-wheelers through J.H. Walker. The fleet
- SafetyHazmat certified, an in-house shop and a 2026 Texas Mutual Platinum Safety Partner. Safety
We still eat at the same table.
Crawfish boils in the yard. Potlucks under the shop roof. Drivers, mechanics, dispatchers and the family, at the same tables.
That is the family’s culture, and Superior is where it began. People stay at a company like that, and the people who stay are the ones who know your branches, your docks and your freight.
It is why each market keeps its own team. The dispatcher who answers knows the roads, and the driver who shows up lives nearby.
Real people. Direct lines.
No call center and no phone tree. Each market’s line rings its own dispatch, live around the clock. For a price, send the quote form.
713-688-1900
24/7 dispatch for Houston and the Gulf Coast. 11404 Hempstead Rd, Houston TX 77092. Call Houston
972-736-8401
Dispatch for the Metroplex, from the Grand Prairie yard at 3312 E Jefferson St. Call DFW
(800) 880-5669
Box truck, stakebed, hotshot and owner-operator jobs, CDL and non-CDL. Call recruiting
Pickup to 18-wheeler. 300,000+ loads a year.
Three companies, one family name on the door. Together they move more than 300,000 loads a year.
J.H. Walker Trucking
18-wheelers: flatbed, drop deck, van, heavy haul, tanker and hazmat. When a Superior load outgrows a hotshot, J.H. Walker runs it with the same dispatcher and paperwork. jhwalkertrucking.com ↗
Superior Delivery Service
Where it started: hot shot, dedicated trucks, overnight replenishment, scheduled routes and same-day delivery across Texas and Louisiana.
Atlas Delivery Service
All of the family’s medical work: courier service for hospitals, labs and specialty pharmacy. atlasdelivery.com ↗
Ship with us. Or drive with us.
Two ways into the family.
Send us the load
Tell us the pickup, the drop and what is moving, and dispatch will call you back with a truck and a price.
Join the family
Local routes in your own market, non-CDL and CDL jobs, and owner-operators welcome. Apply from your phone.
Look around.
The trucks, the safety record and the tools behind every load.
Questions we get.
Anything else, dispatch is up 24/7 at 713-688-1900.
When was Superior Delivery Service founded?
In 1978, in Houston. Johnny Walker opened it with the $10,000 he saved driving a truck, one other driver and his mother answering the phones.
Who owns Superior Delivery Service?
The Walker family. Superior is a J.H. Walker company, and the family that started it in 1978 still runs it.
How is Superior related to J.H. Walker Trucking?
They are sister companies. Superior came first, in 1978, and Johnny Walker started J.H. Walker Trucking in 1981. When a Superior load needs an 18-wheeler, J.H. Walker runs it with the same dispatcher and paperwork.
Where is Superior headquartered?
At 11404 Hempstead Rd, Houston TX 77092. Superior also has a Dallas–Fort Worth office at 3312 E Jefferson St in Grand Prairie, and local dispatch in Austin, San Antonio and Lafayette.
Does Superior handle medical deliveries?
No. All of the family’s medical work goes to sister company Atlas Delivery Service.
How many loads does the family move?
J.H. Walker, Superior and Atlas together move more than 300,000 loads a year.
Moving Texas since 1978.
Call dispatch with the pickup, the drop and what’s moving. The family is up.