He’s been trucking. Forever. And he’s dabbled in it all:
reefer, doubles, flatbed, owner-operator, you name it, and Bill knows something
about it.
Pull up a chair with the always-smiling, always-traveling,
never-short-on-a-story Bill Petersen in this episode of Terminal Exchange.
Besides five years in the U.S. Army, Bill has been driving since he was 16
years old.
This California to Canada transplant will make you laugh and
fuel your desire for travel as he shares true big fish stories, places he’s
visited, and how he doesn’t go to work every day – he just continues on the
adventure.
Quotes
Phillip: How long have you been a truck driver?
Bill: Legally? Or illegally?
“If I never had to go past Ohio again, I’d be a
happy camper.”
“I go runnin’ into the house to go to the
bathroom. I come back out, and I said, ‘Dad, they took the bathroom!’ My dad
turned me around and said, ‘See that little building right over there?’”
“Never seen her before in my life, but I looked
at my friend and said, ‘I’m gonna marry her one day.’”
“I’ve tried to work local, and it wasn’t for me.
My wife got to the point and said, ‘You need to get back on the road. You are
no fun!’”
“Find a job that’s something that you like, and
it’ll never be a job. It’ll be an adventure.”
“Treat the customer like they’re paying you your
paycheck. Because they are!”
