“My favorite part of this business is driving the trucks!” — Ed Staub, in a 2009 interview from his home in Alturas, California. Ed Staub was born in Ironton, Minnesota and moved to Northern California with his parents, where they started their family fuel business in 1952. In 1959, Ed purchased the Chevron bulk plant in Alturas, California and founded Ed Staub & Sons. The company continued to grow, adding 2 additional plants in 1965 and 1977. Just as Ed started out with his father, Ed’s two ...