Tales from a trainer's truck: Good, bad, ugly with reefer operator Bill Douglas

Mar 24, 2023

Updated Mar 28, 2023

Truck show season is upon us, with the Mid America Trucking show set to commence on Thursday, March 30th.

There will be the pageantry and the pomp, the polish and the shine. Influencers, thought leaders, and micro-celebrities. (Oh my!)

But you know what I look forward to the most? It's the war stories. It's the accounts you hear while you're waiting on a table to open up at a steakhouse, or maybe while tipping back a cool beverage or two. It's the unguarded things people tell you about their lives and work when they've had a few days to step away and decompress.

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