December Trucker of the Month Leonard Bower

Dec 4, 2009

Updated Dec 5, 2009

Overdrive Trucker of the Month, Leonard Bower, tells editorial assistant Lanier Norville about his early career and how he gets a perfect polish on his 2003 Western Star LowMax in a YouTube video. Bower, a Lewisberry, Pa., resident, has been an owner-operator for 29 years and hauls steel as a leased contractor to Schilling and Fraley Trucking. Read more about Bower’s career and his advice to truckers in the December 2009 issue of Overdrive.

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