October 16, 2020

How did you become part of the trucking industry? Was this something that you always aspired to?
I was raised in the trucking industry, since I was three years old. My dad was in the trucking business his whole career. He worked for a ready-mix company, and then before he retired, he owned a couple of trucks.

How did you become part of the trucking industry? Was this something that you always aspired to?
I have been around trucking my entire life. My family had a large farm, so large grain and livestock trucks were coming and going.

This issue’s President’s Message is not directly related to the trucking industry, but it is a message that impacts all of us. I could have taken the easy path and written a message about the new hours of service rule (visit www.fmcsa.dot.gov/regulations/hours-of-service for a great summary) or a message thanking all our professional drivers (Thank you!!!). Instead, I decided to address a subject that should be talked about, systemic racism.

What’s that, a photo, possibly in a public gathering, and no mask? Oh no, the nerve to dare breathe openly like that. Hello, and welcome to another edition to our quarterly Kentucky Trucker Magazine.