How much has changed in one year!!!! This photo was taken on January 9, 2017 after finishing my four-week training period with Ken and James. The enormity of the responsibilities I had just been given hit me immediately and it was truly humbling!! You get a LOT of time to think out here and my mind is always crunching numbers. Plus, you can see all the different types of trucks out there: dry van, reefer van, flatbed, step-deck, lowboy, double-drop lowboy, tanker, dry bulk/hopper, grain, car-hauler, and on and on….. the possibilities can drive you bonkers!!! So, after crunching all the numbers, coming up with a business plan, consulting with Family who run their own businesses, and securing financing, Josh and I opened the door of our comfort zone and JUMPED outside. We officially started our business in September, put our second truck on the road in October and life is AWESOME!!!! We have tough, sometimes frustrating, days to be sure, but the good far outweighs the bad and, so far as the future goes, it is limited only by our imagination and drive to succeed!!!! A sincere, heartfelt Thank You to KEIM TS, Bob, Gary, Riley, Ken, James and Terry for training Josh and I, taking a chance on two guys with just four weeks of classroom/driving training at Custom Diesel Drivers Training – owned/operated by James and Kj Walker – and, ultimately, giving us a chance to chase dreams we never even knew we had prior to January, 2017!!!!! You guys are awesome, amazing, extremely supportive and, truly, some of the best people I have had the pleasure to meet, know, and call my Friends!! Be safe out there!!!!
