If you attended the Mid America Trucking Show (MATS), you might’ve noticed hundreds of people walking around cooling themselves with emoji fans reflecting the Bennett and Ace Doran brands. If you followed the trail of fans, you would have ended up at the Bennett booth, where a constant throng of...
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For Sheila Simms, who has been driving for 26 years, trucking is more than a job. “It’s about performance, taking pride in what you do, and family,” she says. “When you drive a truck, you’re not just an individual in a commercial vehicle driving down the road. You’re a part...
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For the love of her shiny green truck. For many women, perhaps, diamonds are a girl’s best friend, but for Guadalupe (Lupe) Potter, 73, of Kelso, Wash., she prefers a shiny, green tractor trailer. Potter, who is a woman owner-operator for Bennett Motor Express, has been driving with Bennett for...
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Bennett Motor Express Owner Operator, Allen Dettmer was interviewed for a NY Times Insider Feature on “Interviewing Truck Drivers at a Crossroads“. While Allen was featured with a beautiful cover photo of him in his 1997 Kenworth, the article did not include his commentary. Here is a bit of background on...
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