Have you ever been asked why you drive a truck? Or what got you into this industry?
If so, share your stories. Sorry guys...this topic is for LADIES only! I get asked all the time, especially since I have been "in" the industry for almost 30 years. I am truthfully a bit tired of all topics started on a serious note being hijacked by some joker trying to poke fun at us. :roll: :roll:
When I started out I could count the number of lady truckers on the fingers of one hand & still have fingers left over.
Did somebody influence you?
So, to start it off here's my story...it's fairly long, so please bare with me. :lol: :lol:
I was born at the tail end of the 50's, grew up in the 60's/70's, so women were NOT really ALLOWED to try different things, especially in any male dominated professions. Women up here had to SUE for equal pay! Most of my friends in high school married right out of school & still work in what is termed as "women's" jobs.
I guess there were really 2 people who influnced me throughout my beginnings of trucking, the first was a recently passed away uncle, who owned a few trucks until I was about 14, apparently at the ripe old age of 2 I told him I was going to drive a truck "just like him"
The next was & still is my mother. She raised me to be strong & independent & not be afraid to "take the bull by the horns" & do what I wanted with my life. To not be afraid to fail (for that is how we learn), but to learn from those failures & move on.
How I got started? Well, I'm not really dead sure, except that I started handling big equipment at a very young age (family farm). I drove trucks, tractors, combines, etc from the age of 13. I KNEW at that time I had no real desire for marraige, & so trucking seemed a natural fit for my temperment. I recall my dad telling me I should "grow" up & be a lady! "Get married...have babies, settle down", were his favourite comments.
So, here I am nearly 30 years later, still trucking, still loving most of it. I have 2 beautiful daughter, 2 wonderful grandchildren, a husband who understands me (I often get asked where I found him ) & a life that I would not change for anything.
What about you?