Narrative Essay On Trucking

Did you know that over 70% of all the freight tonnage in the US is moved by trucks? With an average of 10.5 billion tons of freight annually, it requires over 3.4 million heavy-duty and over 3.5 million truck drivers to move it all. The US also moves an average of 38 billion gallons of diesel fuel a year. According to Trucking.org, the trucking industry produced 676.2 billion dollars of revenue in 2016. It’s simple, without semi-truck drivers the economy and America would come to a stand still. Although truck drivers are the backbone of America, behind the scenes are the dispatchers and representatives coordinating the loads for the drivers.

After graduation of high school, I started working at a natural gas company that installed and rebuild pipelines throughout Minnesota. All the jobsites needed heavy equipment and lots of plastic pipe which was transported by semi truck drivers. A big part of my job was to help coordinate the transportation of the equipment and pipe to jobsites. After awhile of working along side with the truck drivers, I started to peak more and more interest in the transportation industry. In the fall of 2016, I attended my college career fair and introduced myself to an HR rep from Anderson Trucking Service. With a few emails, a couple phone calls, and an in person interview I

Customer service was always at the forefront of Harold’s mind, because that is what small businesses are run off. It began when the owners of Cold Spring Granite heard of Harold’s ability to haul 15-ton blocks of granite. In 1955, the Andersons purchased a carrier company known as Granite City Transfer. Granite City Transfer formally moved granite monuments and building granite to twenty different states. Harold incorporated both business into ATS on March 1st of