Linda Rajic

Mar 29, 2013

I think driving truck is a very important job. My husband and I have two trucks and three flatbed trailers. I enjoy the challenge of hauling difficult loads safely. My most difficult to date was a 100 ft. steel beams. Its rewarding to be able to see material I haul after its installed. For example in the bridges, sign bridges across freeways, boats, and our latest the windows at the new University of Oregon sports complex.

OTR to CDL school owner: A.J. Frankie and the 'School Daze' '92 T600

Frankie has been driving trucks for 40 years, but after long complaints about the quality of truck driver he was seeing on the roads, his wife told him he ought earn his right to complain. He opened a Driving Academy franchise and runs the 1992 Kenworth featured here to school almost daily.

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Pride & Polish

Overdrive’s annual Pride & Polish virtual truck show attracts entries from across the nation showcasing show-quality design, mechanical ingenuity and plenty of trucking-business pride. Find recent-history awards shows, in-depth features about the winners, and more.