Crystal Rives does just about all of it, when it comes to the maintenance of her one-truck Texas-intrastate car-haul business, C&R Trucking. She's put a big emphasis on solid partnerships through the years, whether with a trusted engine/major mechanical shop or a growing stable of customers. That's particularly so since she went out on her own with authority to haul cars in 2016. The move followed almost a decade and a half hauling cars for other companies, work in the Texas oilfield, end dump, side dump, pneumatic and liquid-bulk tank.
This week's Overdrive Radio tour through Rives’ business picks up with her history in trucking, part of our monthly series of podcasts and feature profiles of contenders for the 2023 Trucker of the Year award.
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Rives is our July Trucker of the Month, in part recognized for a can-do approach to the work -- a real do-it-yourself spirit applied to her trucking business as well as her home life and animal-rescue around her home "in the woods" of Cleburne, Texas, south of Fort Wroth. She’s built a steady base of customers among used car dealers, restoration specialists and others, hauling in a 2006 Peterbilt 379 she calls "Ruby." Yes, the Pete's red, and powered by a 550 Caterpillar the previous owner overhauled right before she bought it in 2019.
