It's a little too late for Valentines Day, but this love story needs to be heard, or read, as the case may be. Driver Solutions loves a great love story. The Trucker.com had a great story about a true truck driving team, Sam and Glenda Chatmon, who have been together for 16 years. They both weren't truck drivers when they met, but they did meet on the road. Glenda missed her man and decided to learn how to drive a truck. They have been team driving ever since.
This couple makes teamwork look easy. When Glenda finished driving school, Sam trained her for ten weeks. But surprisingly, now that they drive together they rarely see each other.
"She sleeps, I’m awake," he said. "I should be driving." (At the time he talked to The Trucker, Glenda was asleep in the bunk. They had just had the truck washed and he was letting it "air dry.") "It’s very rare that you’ll see us up together. We do our 34-hour restart together — usually on a weekend. We have about 30 minutes up together a day."
Both Glenda and Sam enjoy the freedom that driving truck allows. They aren't much into site seeing, but they love to travel. Truck driving seems like the perfect occupation for both of them, and since they get to do it together, it couldn't be better.
Sam had a little family encouragement before he began truck driving. When he was little his uncle had 12 trucks. He and his cousins would wash the rigs for money when his uncle was home on the weekends. Sam used to work with mainframe computers but, made a career move 17 years ago. He hasn't looked back. He hasn't needed to, with his wife by his side.
"The best part of trucking," Chatmon said, "is money, freedom and I am able to work with my spouse. Everything in trucking depends on 'you.'"
They certainly make it look easy, but since this couple is from Indiana I'm not too surprised, we are a hardworking group of people here.
Do you have an OTR love story you can share? If you met your spouse on the road, please tell us about it.
This couple makes teamwork look easy. When Glenda finished driving school, Sam trained her for ten weeks. But surprisingly, now that they drive together they rarely see each other.
"She sleeps, I’m awake," he said. "I should be driving." (At the time he talked to The Trucker, Glenda was asleep in the bunk. They had just had the truck washed and he was letting it "air dry.") "It’s very rare that you’ll see us up together. We do our 34-hour restart together — usually on a weekend. We have about 30 minutes up together a day."
Both Glenda and Sam enjoy the freedom that driving truck allows. They aren't much into site seeing, but they love to travel. Truck driving seems like the perfect occupation for both of them, and since they get to do it together, it couldn't be better.
Sam had a little family encouragement before he began truck driving. When he was little his uncle had 12 trucks. He and his cousins would wash the rigs for money when his uncle was home on the weekends. Sam used to work with mainframe computers but, made a career move 17 years ago. He hasn't looked back. He hasn't needed to, with his wife by his side.
"The best part of trucking," Chatmon said, "is money, freedom and I am able to work with my spouse. Everything in trucking depends on 'you.'"
They certainly make it look easy, but since this couple is from Indiana I'm not too surprised, we are a hardworking group of people here.
Do you have an OTR love story you can share? If you met your spouse on the road, please tell us about it.
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