I recently watched a 1976 documentary about trucking. It was said there – again, back in 1976 – that these independent truckers featured had the same…
Browsing: The Spirit of the American Trucker
“I’ve always wanted a 359 or 379 with straight stacks, but due to my great state of California, I can’t have those, so I opted for…
After bumping into smiling Leon Murillo of Porterville, CA for the last 11 years or so – I think we met for first time during that…
This is a perfect example of a nice Mexican truck operating near the border, delivering produce in Yuma, so American trucks can carry it further into…
“The More Things Change, The More They Stay The Same!”~ Aaron SmithThis Is A Collection Of Pictures From Young Trucker Aaron Smith, Along With His Kenworth,…
After 20 years since leaving New York for California, we are back again, and to the world famous Manhattan, no less. We came for our son…
A tribute to Clyde Green of Cheyenne, WY and all the old school truckers out there working hard every day to keep that Spirit of the…
I just moved out of my 2007 Peterbilt 387 into this beautiful blue W9 Kenworth. No matter how much I avoided thinking about it, my Peterbilt…
While fueling at Truck World in Hubbard, OH a man approached me and introduced himself as Lefty, saying that he recognized my truck, because his father…
Josh Rash of Omaha, NE shared an experience he had just before Christmas. “A car pulled out in front of me from a gas station on…
“Trucking to me is a way of life, not a job. It’s the only thing I love – as much as I hate it some days. …
My friend Alvin was one of the few truckers that made it around the police blockades to enter downtown Washington D.C. to protest government corruption and…
I recently met Brad Weilert, a livestock hauler with a 4-decker from Garden City, KS. He told me what it takes to unload goats in Manhattan…
“It takes a lot of wrenching and polishing and trucking all night.”~ Fred Roush, Baxter, IA“Trucking gets in your blood. It’s the pushing yourself to the…
Ivan Reick’s grandpa always said, “You gotta be ruff and tuff and hard to bluff” – and he was right! Ardie Reicks is turning 92 this…
