For Christians, Easter is a time of reflection, gratitude and deep faith that goes to the very heart of Christianity. For truck drivers who celebrate Easter on the road, it’s also time for feasting! We asked our truck driver community on Facebook whether they are celebrating Easter on the road or at home this […]
Five years ago, Cynthia Ward weighed 338 pounds. Her ankles, knees and hips were always hurting. She failed her DOT physical and had 30 days to control her sugar levels. She had to make a change, fast. “I’ve lost a whole person since then,” Ward says. 160 pounds, to be exact. Ward’s story is an […]
You may have heard it said “Watch and learn.” For truck driver Craig Grubb, barbecue is an entirely different matter—one where watching and learning is serious business. Grubb’s Rub “I watch the Pitmasters shows on TV. That’s where I learned to blend my own spices,” says Grubb, who also scours recipes online routinely. If the […]
Heather Hogeland never aspired to be a truck driver. She grew up the middle of three girls, the tomboy of the bunch. “In the ‘60s and ‘70s, girls didn’t dream about driving a truck,” she says.But her father, Robert, had an owner operator trucking job, so Hogeland was destined for the same career all along. […]
The spotted bags are sewn carefully over four hours and is one aspect of this trucker’s life. They’re made from cowhide that Zoe Marie Sutton buys on Etsy and EBay. Looking at them you would think they were manufactured at a high-end department store. In fact, Sutton stitched them at home on the weekends. That’s […]
Fast-moving wildfires consumed the Midwest on March 6, sparking blazes in Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas and Colorado and inspiring a truckers rally. Winds gusted up to 60 miles per hour, ravaging livestock and wildlife, leaving charred remains everywhere in its wake. Thousands of animals burned to death, helpless against the flames. The horrific loss of livestock, […]
Taavi Rutishauser has been a cyclist all his life. A driver and trainer for Quebec’s Canadian American Transportation (C.A.T.), Rutishauser takes his bike everywhere he goes. He rides with a folding bike that fits neatly between his seat and his dashboard. In the winter, when his runs take him down to Laredo, Texas, he brings […]
It was mid-afternoon last September when Sadie went missing. Joshua Gray opened the door of his truck at a Love’s truck stop in California. That’s all it took. Sadie bolted from the truck like lightning. Joshua and his wife Chana, team drivers for Forward Air, searched for their beloved terrier mix for three hours. They […]
Matt Blattel loves the outdoors. Hunting, fishing, camping, he loves it all. In fact, Blattel’s love of the outdoors goes back to his childhood on a 3,000-acre farm in southeast Missouri. His family raised 1,000 hogs and 1,000 cattle. “That’s where I began to learn about building,” says Blattel, a regional driver for Baldwin Express […]
He was called by the sea. For four years, Brian Matthews worked on a tugboat and traveled to ports around the world as an able seaman and merchant mariner. The job instilled in him a lifelong yearning for the ocean—and a talent for 3-D drawing and woodworking. A lifelong artist, Matthews often drew on the boat. […]
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