Pub. 1 2020 Issue 3

Kentucky Trucker 5 KyTrucking.net W hat’s that, a photo, possibly in a public gathering, and no mask? Oh no, the nerve to dare breathe openly like that. Hello, and welcome to another edition to our quarterly Ken- tucky Trucker Magazine. All kidding aside, if you’re anything like me, you’re more than ready for our lives and our industry to return to whatever resembles the new normal, old normal, or whatever. In short, I think I speak for all my trucking industry colleagues when I say we’re more than ready to keep on trucking! I may only be 52, old by my kids’ stan- dards, but young by others, and I can attest to the fact that in my 25 years of being in trucking, never have I seen such industry displacement. Early on, as an industry, we felt fairly solid in our business, freight volumes and market shares. Consequently, it didn’t take many weeks following mid-March to see our industry begin to take a hit. As you know, I work within the chemical, petroleum and bulk lubricants sector of the tank-truck indus- try. Although we remained strong in the chemical division, our petroleum and lubricants divisions fell gravely short of expectations and well below any margins reflecting profitability. In short, when people stopped driving and traveling, the petroleum indus- try came to a grinding halt. Chemicals continued to In short, I think I speak for all my trucking industry colleagues when I say we’re more than ready to keep on trucking! I may only be 52, old by my kids’ standards, but young by others, and I can attest to the fact that in my 25 years of being in trucking, never have I seen such industry displacement. David Guess, Ph.D., SPHR, Chairman Kentucky Trucking Association Usher Transport, Inc. Chairman’s Corner continued on page 6