What a long, strange trip it's been by Harry Rudolfs

Truck News on-road contributing editor reflects on a quarter century behind the wheel.

"O Highway, you express me better than I can express myself!" Walt Whitman

INTRODUCTION

 ---Harry Rudolfs --- lives in Toronto and is a trucker/journalist with over a million miles under his belt. He's hauled steel, lumber, B-trains, chemicals and Auto parts, and for the last few years lots of sliced bread. Recently, he started working for Canada's largest courier company running linehaul to Ottawa or Montreal when possible, otherwise just poking around Hogtown shuttling trailers and picking up freight. He's also on-road contributing editor for Truck News and author of Highway Workplace: the Canadian Trucker's Story, an on line virtual museum that celebrates history and culture of men and women who make the Canadian trucking industry second to none in the world.   

THIS IS THE INDEX FOR HARRY'S STORIES AND ARTICLES.

1, --- "TRAVELS WITH AN OLD BED BUG HAULER";

( Referred to in the old days as a moving van  driver.) "ON THE ROAD WITH   ROSS MACKIE"

2, --- "TOM STUART" --- Canadian trucker in the earlier days.

3, --- "GO WEST, OLDER DRIVER" --- Boom times in Canada's oil patch.

4, --- "CANADIAN COURIER STORY" --- A sign of the times.

5, --- "CHRISTMAS AT THE HUB" --- A Canadian Courier Christmas.

6, --- "LOVE AND THE SINGLE TRUCK DRIVER" --- Could be anyone, anytime, anywhere.

7, --- "SHUNT TRUCK WORLD" --- Driving a yard bug, spotting trailers all day/night.

8, --- "DRIVER LEASING" --- Full time, part time work options.

9, --- "SUPER SINGLES" --- Riding on balloons. (Single Tires)

10, --- "TRUCK SIMULATORS" --- Truckers train on simulators with great success.

11, --- "JOHNNY FIVE" --- Fights back.

12, --- "THE GOLDEN AGE OF CB."

13, --- "CANADIAN TRUCKERS ANTHEM"