Little about me trucking and the industry:
Grew up working as a diesel mechanic in my father's machine and diesel shop on the farm and ranch. I learned and worked beside my father worked on heavy construction and semi-trucks. I worked on Dozers, Cranes, Scrapers, Excavators, Pavers, Cat, Detroit Diesel, Cummins, John Deere, Oliver, White, Case, International, New Holland, Massey Ferguson, Kamatsou, Diamond T's, Freightliners, Peterbilt, Kenworth, Mack, Volvo, Ford, GMC, and Chevrolets. Did several machine shop work for tractor pullers, stock car, and drag racers too.
Later I went to driving over the road trucking companies hauling and pulling, bull rack, grain hopper, dry van, flatbed, drop deck flatbed, refrigerated, heavy haul drop deck flat for construction equipment. Drove Chevrolet, GMC, Freightliner, International, Kenworth, Volvo, Mack, Peterbilt. I drove for 6 years of OTR - Over the Road and then went to work for a heavy road construction group pulling heavy equipment for 5 construction companies another 2 years in a large regional area.
The last 2 years drove from Montana, Wyoming, North Dakota, South Dakota, Minnesota, Iowa, Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma to Texas, and from Colorado to Indiana. Some southeast states Missouri, Arkansas, Louisiana, Tennesse, Kentucky, Mississippi, and Alabama with the heavy hauling company.