Traci Ragsdale

Feb 22, 2017

Updated Mar 13, 2017

She is very professional and works harder than most men I know. She pulls a dump bucket over the road and is gone all week but she loves it and wouldn’t do anything else. I have ridden with her for a couple of weeks at a time, and she is always on time and very respectful to the customers.

Nominated by boyfriend, Matthew Tucker

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