Category: Over the Road Dads

PRIME GOOD DAD: DANIEL SKIDMORE

In February Daniel Skidmore was driving his truck in Illinois in when he got the call his wife, Kerry, was in early labor. Her water had broken and she was headed to the hospital.

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FATHER-SON DRIVING TEAM

Johnny Jackson is doing what many dads wish they could do—teach their sons to do what they do and love it. Johnny, who drives a 2020 Freightliner Cascadia and hails from northern Louisiana, is an over-the-road driver

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BABY ON BOARD AN EIGHTEEN-WHEELER!

It’s not what you expect to see on the back of an 18-wheeler, but it’s the absolute truth for Prime drivers James and Shelby Abell. They have had their baby, Amelia, on board almost since she was born in 2017.

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LONG DISTANCE DAD

When Louisiana-born, Barry Broussard thought about becoming a truck driver, he talked the decision over with his three kids.

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HANDLING SURGE ON THE ROAD AND AT HOME

As the driver of an 18-wheel tanker hauling food grade products, John Ogren is familiar with “surge.” He might be hauling anything from liquid chocolate to grape juice to soybean oil; it doesn’t make much difference when he needs to stop his truck.

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