Pub. 4 2024 Issue 2

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Every morning, as you sip your coffee, flip on the lights and prepare for the day, the trucking industry has already touched your life in countless ways. From the coffee beans delivered to your local grocery store, to the lightbulbs keeping your home bright, and even the gas in your car — truck drivers were instrumental in ensuring you have access to the essentials. It’s a simple truth: without trucking, America would come to a standstill.

With all the cheerfulness of the holiday season, the transportation industry is at full force with shipping and delivering all those holiday packages and groceries along with fuel and medicine. This presents drivers with additional challenges with more deliveries and increased traffic on the road — along with tighter delivery times, longer time behind the

Thank you to all those who attended the 2024 Annual Conference. We had such a wonderful time connecting with you and networking. For those who were unable to attend, please plan on attending next year at Dale Hallow State Lake on July 23-25, 2025. In review, below is the list of speakers and their topics. If you would like to connect with them, please reach out to Rick and he can get you connected.

After 41 years behind the wheel and a total of 4.2 million miles logged, Richard “Wayne” Crowder is retiring his CB handle, RC, and hanging up the keys.

Truck Parking Club’s mission is to help truckers save time and fuel by finding and instantly reserving truck parking at member properties across the nation. This is accomplished with technology that connects truckers looking for parking with property owners who have extra space on their properties suitable for truck parking.