iLuvMyTrucker: Adolf Buckner

Aug 16, 2013

Updated Aug 20, 2013

My dad has been a truck driver his whole life. He has always worked his rear off for everything his family has. I couldn’t have asked for a better life. Even all the polishing I had to do on his trucks growing up. Love my trucker dad.

$2.30, $3, $10/mile: Which haul would you choose? Profit analysis might surprise you

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