Family-Owned · 120 Years · 5 Generations

Commercial storage, freight logistics, and rail transloading built on 120 years of doing it right.

3PL warehousing, dedicated trucking, cross-dock, and rail transload service across Idaho and Utah — run by the same family since 1902.

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Freight truck at a Compton Transfer loading dock

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Grouped by what you actually need, not our org chart

Storing & Fulfilling

Warehousing

3PL (Warehousing)
Commercial Storage
Cross-Dock Solutions
Fulfillment (E-Commerce)
Inbound / Outbound Handling

Moving It

Trucking & Delivery

Dedicated Fleet
FTL / LTL
Last & Final Mile (Treasure Valley)

Rail Transfer

Reload Center

A-Frame Cars
Center Beam Cars
Box Cars

Five generations, one company

From horse-drawn coal wagons to online inventory management

The real timeline

1902J.R. and Lillie Compton leave farming after Idaho's drought, found Independent Coal and Transfer Co. with horse-drawn wagons.

1924Second generation: sons Michael and Thomas establish the Compton Transfer & Storage name as motorized trucks take over.

1975Third generation buys the current Boise Industrial Complex warehouse, still in use today.

1997Fourth generation expands into wood pallet repair and household goods, navigates the company through economic downturns.

2022Chad Compton and Mary Ann Helton take the reins as the fifth generation — modernizing the fleet and inventory systems.

Locations

Real people answer these phones

Idaho — Boise

4302 Industrial St
Boise, Idaho 83705

(208) 331-3800

Utah — Tooele

505 S Brenda Place
Tooele, UT 84074

Contact John directly: john.patterson@comptontransfer.com

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Tell us what you need moved or stored — we'll follow up directly

Get in touch

Call (208) 331-3800 or reach out directly to John Patterson at john.patterson@comptontransfer.com — a real person, not a ticket queue.

Before & after

Real screenshots, original site vs. this redesign concept

Homepage

Original: a generic small-business template look with an unclear icon grid up top, no quantified trust signals (years in business, generations, states served) stated up front — exactly what B2B logistics buyers look for in the first five seconds. Redesign: the real 120-year, 5-generation story and service scope stated immediately, with a real credibility stat bar and role-based service grouping instead of a flat feature grid.

Before — comptontransfer.com

After — this redesign

Company history

Original: a genuinely great five-generation story (1902 to today) buried in dense unbroken paragraphs on a page nav links can 404 on. Redesign: the real timeline pulled into a scannable structure — still all real facts and dates, but readable in seconds instead of requiring a full read-through.

Before — comptontransfer.com/about

After — this redesign