09/17/2021
National Truck Driver Appreciation Week is a week to honor and thank professional truck drivers for their hard work and commitment.
Truck drivers support nearly everything we do every day, delivering everything we need from fuel to food to emergency supplies and vaccines. Over the last year and a half, truck drivers have been even more crucial to moving America forward, providing support through the pandemic and aid to hurricane victims.
A few facts about truck drivers in the United States:
* The average trucker will drive over 100,000 road miles per year. That works out to nearly 40 trips across the United States.
* Truckers deliver about 10 billion tons of freight, or about 70 percent of all the freight moved in the U.S.
* The trucking industry is made up of 3.6 million men and women. About 6% of the nation’s truck drivers are women.
National Truck Driver Appreciation Week was founded by the American Trucking Association in 1998.
Hambone Trucking wants to thank all of the men and women who sacrifice time away from their families to deliver the products and needa for everyone! Without you guys and the love for what each of you do it wouldn’t be possible to keep the shelves at stores stocked, the new buildings and homes built, and for businesses depending on you to keep them up and running.
Thank you all for everything you do for our country, our families, and our neighbors! You have to truly love your job to be a trucker!! And Hambone definitely has some outstanding men and women driving their rigs to provide for everyone else!! We appreciate you NOT just this week but every single day!!!!
