TRUCKLOAD CARRIERS ASSOCIATION
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Joshua Freeland
One of my earliest memories as a child was sitting on my dad’s lap, driving a Kenworth around a parking lot. Our family vacation destinations were not chosen at the dinner table, but rather by wherever the TCA conference was that year. I have been helping to unload trucks since before I could lift the boxes and my favorite summertime snacks were the ice cream sandwiches from damaged cases off of the back of a truck. Indeed, I have been around trucking all my life, and hope it continues that way. Trucking in my family began with my grandfather, who came back from WWII to become a trucker. My father followed suit, and made the switch from behind the wheel to behind the desk early in his career. He now owns Stageline Express Inc, a long haul refrigerated carrier, and has been a member of the Truckload Carriers Association since 1984. I have been working for my father’s company in some capacity since I was little. My job has progressed from moving pallets and sweeping trailers to sitting behind a desk, booking loads and dispatching drivers. I am currently enrolled full time at Albion College, in accordance with another family tradition, and plan to pursue a degree in economics/marketing management. I have taken management and economics courses, and I can already see where these courses have helped me when I am working at Stageline Express. Topics from the classroom come to life in the office. I plan on this degree preparing me for an administrative position with a truckload carrier, either with my father’s company or with another business in the trucking industry. I hope to carry on the tradition of trucking in my family. |
Joshua Freeland
