Archive for July, 2010

July 1st, 2010

Woman on the Move

From office manager to driver to owner of her own trucking company

By Annemarie Mannion

A gig as an office manager in a trucking company helped Pat Sterling gain the know-how and confidence to purchase her own truck and take to roads in the Chicago area hauling dirt. Sterling owns Diva Trucking, a one-truck operation in Orland Hills, Ill.

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July 1st, 2010

Step By Step

Doug Bench’s journey towards operating his own trucking company

By Timothy D. Brady

Rolling landscape, blue sky in your windshield—the independent American Dream makes truckers want their own companies. That requires trucking knowledge, dedication, business savvy and leaps of faith. Most of all, you must learn from mistakes and not repeat them.

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July 1st, 2010

Passing the Torch

How one driver is doing her part to bridge the generation gap

By Katie Neal

Growing up in southern California, Christine Stratton didn’t have playmates — she had truckers. Her family owned a milk transport company, and she lived on the terminal property.

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