Joanna Wilson lady trucker

[@Patrick-xd8jv]

Leaf springs, manual steering, worn out shift linkage in a teeth jarring COE, running 55 mph all day long! Those were the good old days!

[@Cj-pg4qe]

Looks like she's doing more than 55!

[@dbf5706]

No engine computers, no DEF fluid, no cameras, no tailgating sensors, no seatbelt laws, the list goes on…..

[@jedk9523]

yea and back then there was no front brakes on them rigs.

[@alouette87]

No GPS navigators, no cell phones, no air ride suspensions

[@richardhall916]

😳😆👍

[@mikekavan7188]

I was tought how to drive a truck from a woman trucker. She was top notch and I scored a 100% when taking my driving test for State of Missouri

[@alexeydimov5447]

Well done good luck to you

[@daveweed2765]

@mikekaven7188. I will not say there aren't or never were women drivers out there that weren't as good as men. I was a DDC Instructor for Covenant Transport for about 5 months until my conscience got the better of me. I spent all day on a Sunday putting 10 women on the "course" so they could pass the second time around. I was not impressed. Not my female counterpart because that job had one male instructor and one female instructor. I needed a break and come off the road to do this job. Honestly the course consisted of a serpentine forward, a straight stop at cones and reverse at cones, a 180 degree turn without taking cones out, a parallel park with cones and another 180 degree turn and then a 45 degree ally dock. I used to demonstrate the serpentine in reverse too but not required of them coming of a trainer's truck. These ten women even though I was a man. My female cousins instructor straight from Diesel Driving Academy wasn't as good as me and was no where near experienced as me. On Sunday she did the Smith Driving crap with the rest of the class while I was breathing in dust all freakin day for the second day in a row for ten women that failed the first go around in DDC. One even offered to give me a good time if I passed her. Believe me I had a recorder dealing with them. But I didn't think highly of thier "trainers" either. It required only six months to be a trainer at that mega carrier. So even a trainer for them has never even drove in snow, snow pack or black ice themselves. No way would I ever train a rookie in a company driver perspective. He'll I used to pull reefer solo. Chicken Hauling and produce. And did more miles than team drivers safer. But now Trucking has become nothing more than a job that pays better than flipping burgers. Big money? It takes 300 plus dollars per week to live out there. That is called per diem and tax free. Now I belive its up to 70 dollars per day. So 490 dollars per week you should not pay taxes on. When I first started driving it was 35 dollars per day. So any company you work for should cut you two checks. Per diem untamed and the rest taxed by federal and state. If you only get 1 check taxed by federal and state then you need a CPA and ink pens if yhe company does not provide them, notebooks, safety crap like steel toes, hard hats, high viz bs and so on and anything that is required of the job you do that is not provided is a tax write off. It's amazing how 1500 dollars per week companies are promising can turn into 700 per week really quick. Then as an O/O even the 20+ percent you pay a company is a tax write off along with per diem and other expenses like maintenance and fuel. No O/O should ever have to pay any taxes and at a minimum 5000 to 10000 dollar checks from the treasury after filing taxes. Trucking is a loss right from the start. It's why big money like hedge funds buy into Trucking. As an O/O keeping every receipt for the truck and per diem instead of itemized because you can go that route if you want, the government cuts me a 5 to ten thousand dollar check every year. Once you show a profit then you have to pay estimated taxes every year. From the get go Trucking is a loss. From 1 truck to a thousand. And if ever you show a profit as an owner operator especially with one truck then you are probably not doing something right or forgetting the tax code. O/Os should always get back, pay nothing in and get back after filing taxes. Hell it takes me about 40 dollars per day to live on the road and that is 1 shower at 15 dollars, washing clothes once a week, food and drink on the road. He'll 2 dollars for a cup of coffee when you can fill a big thermos for the same price. That thermos is a tax write off too. But so many company drivers use tax bs industries like HR block or try and do their own. A good CPA may cost 100 dollars per month but thier service is a tax write off too. Never forget the per diem deal. 490 or plus dollars per week non taxed over the road. That is 25 thousand and 550 dollars tax free over the course of 1 year. And if my math is correct 6+ thousand per year. And face it. OTR with a company two days off is considered Saturday and Sunday even if you get home Saturday night and leave Sunday afternoon. That is not even one day off. So always keep your logs for the year. Less than 24 hours at home is not a full day off. And laid over is still perdiem even 4 days. This is one thing that no one tells you. Oh and laid over. Rental cars if you want to go somewhere and lodging like a motel room is an expense that you pay for. That even as a company driver is a tax write off unless the company you work for pays for it. It is not per diem per day. So keep the reciepts and write it off. Lodging is not per diem for truck drivers. It is an extra expence if you pay for it. If the company you work for does not provide uniforms then a percentage of your clothing aside from safety bs is an expense. And like I said whatever you need to buy to do that job the company does not pay for is an expense and tax write off. And even if they provide you can still purchase and write it off. Companies hate paying for truck washes unless they are scared of California. You can write that off if you pay to wash thier truck so you don't look like an idiot going down the road. Just because you don't own the equipment does not mean you can't keep it clean He'll as a company driver and a cellphone now? Another tax write off or part of your phone bill. So take advantage of the tax laws like the company you work for does.

[@LateNightCable]

Your road test must not have been a point system like they have now, where accruing points is what you don’t want to do. And with that system you’re going to accrue some depending on the course. No way anyone is getting 100% point free now.

[@daveweed2765]

@@LateNightCable I was grandfathered in when the CDL came out. And honestly the serpentine on a course even in reverse is a breeze. You know now you get trashed from job hopping. Well yell job hopping used to be gaining experience. Sometime drivers want to pull different shit. Hel I got flat, step deck, OD, reefer including swinging meat, tank, livestock and pad wrap experience including bed bugging. Not to mention shows like concerts, trade and a handful of televangelist s. 20 some odd jobs either company or O/O in 42 years. Now it's a bad thing that I can load cattle or hogs or ceiling fans or even milk in a smoothbore tanker and get it there from point A to point B safely. Actual safety and not from an idiot standing at a "pulpit" and preaching it from a book they themselves learned in a classroom. I used to tell these students that I had in DDC that you always drive the load and never the truck unless the wagon is empty. Never heard that in any orientation ever. It takes way more to truck driving than driving a truck. Way more physics and geometry involved than what is let on to be. There is no excuse to ever roll one over other than bad weather. Then not a very good excuse. 40,000 pounds of Nicole ingots and 40,000 pounds of meat sides or hole carcasses has to be driven totally different in the same truck and trailer. And in the case of ingots load bars instead of load locks in a reader is priceless. But as a driver it is your job to figure it out for the wieght. If a company gives yo load locks instead of load bars do not work for them. Every driver should know the difference between load bars and load locks. Right? Load locks are worthless. Load bars are the 4 inch square bars that lock into the ETracks and actually make a bulkhead. They do not slip and will not move. Nicole ingots on a reefer trailer? I used 4 in front of the intial that the crates were butted up to. In front. Another 4 in the second group and another 4 in the end group. And the shipper wanted to load the straight down the center 1 wide. Nope. I wanted them loaded my way. Or I would have drove away. I even told the company I was working for that I wasn't going to pull it the way the rest of their idiots did. 3 skinny skids side ways with 2 inches between the inside walls is a helluva lot safer that 1 skinny skid in the middle with 3 feet on each side of the inner walls. I did not graduate from any truck driving school and I am not an idiot. I spent a week and a half one time with a flatbed billing a load of molding out of Yuba City California that had been rolled 4 times. My boss was called for the simple reason it was taking so long to load me. I planned and put all the round shit on top. My boss and the shippers owner backed me. I had to totallyuntarp and unstrap at 5 stops. As a company driver at 28 percent I made a dollar and 20 cents per mile in the late nineties plus 100 tarp fee at every drop. I made it. They actually wanted to load me wher the more rounded and unstable bundles were on the bottom. 2 JBs, a Werner and some smaller company I didn't recognize rolled 4 loads. These lumber yards were so happy to see me when I showed up. So 1. Never Eve pick up a loaded trailer that is already sealed. With drys you need to make sure it is loaded right. Always have them bust the seal and check it either chocked and nailed to the floor or whatever. Then crawl over the load and insure the airbags are inflated. Never take anyone's word that a sealed drop and hook load is loaded correctly to Your specifications. Screw your company and thier contracts. Drop and hook flatbed loads. You can check that out yourself. Reefer loads always back into the dock and if all are full then wait. I really hate and still hate drop and hooks. I really want to see how they load the shit I have to drive down the road. My life actually depends on it and others lives do too. That is real Safety and not the crap you will ever hear from Safety idiots at companies telling you how to pull any load down the road. Most can't or ever driven a truck before.

[@phoenixharvesters1373]

Miss those CB days. So much fun. Everybody had respect for each other. Highways were empty too.

[@LateNightCable]

The highways were never empty, lol.

[@maxmulsanne7054]

Those CBs weren't missed much after the early 2000s, when they were ratcheting up people getting their CDL. They more people recruited in the industry the more mouthier and confrontational it got.

[@crushingvanessa3277]

A lot of people today don't realize what came before them in anything. That can be said for any generation. Love the Cruiseliner.

[@bderrick4944]

Yes, the ignorance is hilarious. Look at Jennifer Lawrence in that new interview acting like she is the first person to play a strong female character all the way back in the far distant land of 2012

[@danielhutchinson6604]

Try an F-model. Real torture.....

[@crushingvanessa3277]

@@danielhutchinson6604 Never had a chance to, I'll take your word.

[@danielhutchinson6604]

@@crushingvanessa3277 4 million miles and I avoided Freeways most of the time. I generally was among the top 4 furl economy in any fleet. But that was when Trucks were gearde to go and Log Books were possible to fudge. I drive on gravel now and avoid the Tar roads. But Good Luck to Ya....

[@crushingvanessa3277]

@@danielhutchinson6604 Thanks for the info, always love hearing things like this.

[@kubanskiloewe]

back in the days when people where naturally pretty and grounded !

[@VinylBound]

Yep. Now people are shit. They are depressed for no reason. Just pure laziness.

[@marcosmartinez7788]

Back when a woman dont have any TikTok or Facebook or be a feminist this is s woman right there

[@danielthrasher2332]

My guess the CB radio was facebook back then.🤠

[@marcosmartinez7788]

@@danielthrasher2332 yeaaa

[@bootchop88]

this was feminism back then.

[@SvalbardSleeperDistrict]

Feminist movements for women's rights and liberation date all the way back to the 19th century, and it was thanks to their struggles that women across the world even got access to professions they had not been accepted in before. You may want to open a few books before deciding to expose your illiteracy on a public platform.

[@jorma6002]

Awesome! Late 70's..those were the days

[@maxmulsanne7054]

Gone too soon. RIP ✝️🌿🕊️

[@MaeveMcCollum]

I started with Werner Ent. in Omaha Feb2011 and my whole 12 yr career so far has been amazing. Still going, different company now, but still trucking. ❤ Good vibes, usually yes.

[@bigtarheelfan]

That truck brings back a lot of memories as My late father had a Mack Cruiseliner like that. Joanna sure is a Beautiful woman. I wonder if her Hike around the world was successful.

[@jopete681]

We need to discard a lot of this technology and go back to this era. Life was better!!!

[@edwardantrobusjr2253]

@@jopete681 I second that!

[@Dqalex]

I hope she's still doing great

[@Megasteel32]

she unfortunately passed in 2005

[@jonathancoleman6482]

@@Megasteel32really

[@KylieLucent]

She’s currently living her best life traveling the world as a retired hard working woman should.

[@12234nic11234]

​@Megasteel32 no she didn't, she's in her 70s now, they did an update on her m.kzbin.info/www/bejne/Y5fLl3utiq5-Z7s

[@scudfarcus4343]

​@@Megasteel32No, she didn't. That was a woman with a similar name who lived in New York. This woman is retired living in Wichita.

[@dand3975]

Gold bulldog = 100% Mack driverrain components. Nice to see that yong lady driving a Cabover Mack Cruiseliner.

[@toddgittins5692]

As long as it's not me. Mack is a 4 letter word.

[@James-kd7dc]

Incorrect. Back then a gold bulldog meant you had the Maxidyne engine.

[@toddgittins5692]

@@James-kd7dc what about The Western Contractor?

[@stefankassbohrer2765]

@@James-kd7dc Interesting information, i always thought it means 100 % Mack Powertrain

[@James-kd7dc]

​@@stefankassbohrer2765 Nowadays it does. But back then it meant you had the gruntier Maxidyne motor.

[@FemboiSupremacy]

She’s beautiful

[@DennisMurtha-eg7ld]

As a father of 5 girls my wife is a truck driver they call her a mother trucker😊 good for her 🎉

[@rickdickerson1204]

I love that old Golden Bulldog Mack cabover! 🙂

[@hereintranzit]

Those were the days when trucking was profitable and real fun at the same time. Late ‘60s, the ‘70s and the early ‘80s. Everything in trucking went to sh!t right after the carrier deregulation and now trucking ain’t worth a steaming pile of turd !

[@chrisl6989]

I guess. I'm making 180 net, home throughout the week, and 2 to 3 days off per week. The company I'm with treats me like royalty.

[@muziklvr7776]

@@chrisl6989 That's very rare this day and age, you struck gold.

[@leehuff2330]

Even so, it's STILL the best job I ever had.

[@chrisl6989]

@muziklvr7776 Absolutely. My only point is, I think, if you work hard, and pay attention, you can get what I have. I feel fortunate, but I know it can be done by many more. I happen to love driving trucks, wouldn't do anything else.

[@1pieman]

I was taught a lesson in the early 80's from a woman with more class then most a great lesson I left my old lowbed truck on her and her husband's ranch she said i sure would love to drive that i told her there is no key if you can figure it out drive it I turned the battery switches off and left I came nack Monday and my ramps were up and my truck was moved I asked her husband who moved the truck he laughed she backed it around the ranch never had to go forward no power steering and a set of sticks i asked her about driving it her response was do you think it takes testicles to be able to drive that truck boy did i learn a lesson RIP Sherrie

[@herrunsinn774]

And the winner of this week's "babbling run-on sentence award" goes to 1pieman. Too much truck stop coffee? 😅🤣😂

[@strangevisions5162]

@@herrunsinn774 give him a break...he can't afford punctuation

[@LateNightCable]

That’s the longest single sentence I’ve read in awhile!

[@stefankassbohrer2765]

Great ... love those old Bulldogs, they´re real work horses ... Tough Lady, she has the Cruise Liner under control ! Best regards from south Germany

[@puredominancetattoos3484]

She's cool as hell! Hope she's still at it!

[@edwardantrobusjr2253]

Probably not. I've seen this was in the late 70's and in the video, the narrator said she was 29. That puts her in her late 70's now. Most likely at least retired.

[@GiantMeteor2024]

She did a hard job that would make 99.9 percent of todays young men cry and put on their Rainbow Flag panties.

[@truckdriver1982]

What an awesome video! Did put a big smile on my face ☺ Respect to Joanna!

[@strangevisions5162]

"The video was produced for a news program decades ago and follows Joanna Wilson, a 29 year old independent truck driver with seven years of experience in the industry, as she delivers a load of washing machines to Newton, Kansas."

[@michaela3274]

Guy or girl... I really don't care as long they're skilled and gets the job done

[@arthurbrumagem3844]

Will bet she didn’t feel compelled to get full arm tats like lady drivers do today

[@espiy4053]

No at all I don't Have any and I will not tat my skin at all in my live

[@arthurbrumagem3844]

@@espiy4053 👍👍

[@redmille1000]

They aren’t ladies.

[@williejefferson9823]

Seems like women in general are getting arm tattoos today. Truck driver or no truck driver. See police with those tattoos. Back in the day, it was disqualifying for a police officer to have tattoos. Today, the bar is set very low.

[@jswaggart01]

Awww, another man getting his tiny balls in a twist over women with tattoos lol

[@bearb1asting]

This is absolutely wild. We need more of this.

[@MaeveMcCollum]

Hi 👋 it’s me, I am more of this.

[@bearb1asting]

@MaeveMcCollum aight. I respect my drivers. They are always on time, and have what I need. Keep it up girl. Can't wait to see your updates. Subscribed.

[@MaeveMcCollum]

@@bearb1asting thanks! 😁

[@bearb1asting]

@@MaeveMcCollum I'd love to send you a set of 3d printed safety whistles!

[@MaeveMcCollum]

@@bearb1asting what now?!

[@stephenfisher9505]

this is back in the days before automatic Roadrangers ! I hope she has made it to a good retirement . She deserves it.

[@LuisMorales-je7mb]

What a beautiful woman.

[@Frusie]

That there is someone who genuinely enjoys what they’re doing.

[@a320nick]

What an amazing lady. Handballed all those fridges or washing machines. Nobody gave her a hand there. I bet she loaded them too.

[@davidramos8023]

Que no viste a los demás ayudándola 😂😂😂😂

[@muziklvr7776]

Washers/dryers. Maytag didn't make refrigerators back then. Those washers were 225 pounds and the dryers 150, not the cheap lightweight junk made today.

[@deano359]

My first truck was a Mack Cruiseliner also. 400 small cam, camel back rear suspension with Mack top loaders Michigan special.

[@Chr.U.Cas1622]

Okay, it's an old video. But I'm still pretty impressed. Most women driving trucks usually have twice or three times her weight.

[@bootchop88]

Large Marge

[@carlorizzo5308]

Kudos to her I drove and owned Mack Trucks for 36 years and they are not the easiest trucks to drive

[@oilersridersbluejays]

Mack?! You poor bastard. Rough, no power, and gotta stare at a dog’s ass all day while you drive. I would never buy one.

[@UNITED-WITH-UKRAINE]

Now it’s the public’s job to find out where she is today! ❤ thanks

[@billkramer1853]

I found one on google might be her died in 2005

[@RedLP5000S]

I'm about to take my Pre Trip exam. The woman who taught me really knows her stuff. I'm gonna ace it for sure.✌🏻🇺🇸

[@ritabarcar]

How did it go?

[@maxmulsanne7054]

​@@ritabarcar He can't respond now because there's SWIFT Transportation operatives that snatch drivers up as they try to leave the DMV parking lot with their license.

[@brandonjoseph6407]

My kind of woman !!!!

[@robertschaaf7192]

mine too

[@maxmulsanne7054]

Don't have to worry about her continuing to drive with the oil light coming on. After she comes home.... _"Honey?... What's this mean?"_

[@johnkramer8091]

These old cab-over American trucks looked very cool

[@TheBostonTrucker]

I'm going to share this on my KZbin channel which is focused on old school trucking videos.

[@rsahota5325]

No nonsense type of women who got things done is more of what we need nowadays, I salute 🫡 this amazing women.

[@truckerkevthepaidtourist]

Holyshit who the hell knew Werner had Macks back in the day

[@jonmolina948]

Mack is the first major model.

[@garyvictor2189]

L415 was my uncles truck and Jo Wilson was the neatest woman you could ever meet. I remember that thing with her feather duster, I still do it my truck

[@scudfarcus4343]

It's a leased truck, not a company truck. Owned by Victor Brothers.

[@accobra4272]

She's beautiful ❤

[@edwardantrobusjr2253]

I drove one of the last cabovers Werner had in the early 90's. But they were K100E's. I never knew they had Mack's. I wonder when that video was shot.

[@perisher1976]

Late 70's

[@scudfarcus4343]

It's not a company truck, it's a leased truck owned by the Victor Brothers and driven by the woman in the video. Apparently that's way too hard for people to figure out. You're not the only one who's pretty much clueless. This all should be pretty obvious.

[@edwardantrobusjr2253]

​@@scudfarcus4343 Sorry I offended you. I missed the Victor Bros on the door the first time I watched it.I watch KZbin on my phone, so sometimes I miss details.

[@johnwarner4923]

Breaker 19 breaker 19 good evening. Stay safe and warm. Out there. ❤. John from Tennessee 🌹☕☕

[@johnwarner4923]

Good morning sweetie ❤☕☕🌴🌞🌞🌹 be safe out there. And keep on making that bulldog bark .....lol

[@LoganJohnson-lm2bh]

Boy o boy this takes me back .I'd forgotten about her ,used to call her Jo if you were her friend or lady jo as an acquaintance if we wanted to brag on her it was lady jo wilson .She was a real ball a fire . and all business .

[@eyewitnessnightnews]

Did you actually know her? Do you know what has become of her?

[@LoganJohnson-lm2bh]

I have no idea where she is today . this was back in the early to mid 80's .we crossed paths a few times I was a bit younger than her There was a lot of asshole truckers back then giving women a had time for being a trucker so she wouldn't chat much on the cb but i managed to get her to talk with me because i was polite and cussing at the other drivers .ya know standing up for her . I did manage to talk her into having dinner for that that's how i met her . I hope she got to see the world and do all the things she wanted she had the drive and the brains to do it .@@eyewitnessnightnews

[@muziklvr7776]

@@LoganJohnson-lm2bh Good on you for standing up for her. I have nothing but respect for a women who does a mans job, especially if they're good at it.

[@johnnyh409]

I came in off the road when my teen daughter became a hand full for the wife so took a job as an instructor at a college truck driving class. The women were by far the best students and the easiest to teach. Unlike the men they were will to accept criticism and correct what they were doing wrong. The men thought they already knew it all.

[@johnwarner4923]

Hey 👋. From Tennessee 🌹 .... Bout time to feed that bulldog huh...... Lol ... Have a wonderful day be careful

[@robertp.wainman4094]

Great! Wonder if she ever made it around the world?

[@johnwarner4923]

Good morning 🌞🌞☕☕ let's have a cup of coffee together. Be safe out there. And. Stay cool. And keep on Rollin 🌹🌹🌴♥️

[@ScootertheMover]

She stared in a PSA for the ATA in the 1970s.

[@paulomartins9986]

Parabéns,acho muito legal as mulheres caminhoneiras na estrada,elas dirigem muito bem e são muito companheiras , parabéns para todas caminhoneiras,👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👍🤗

[@johnwarner4923]

Good morning gorgeous. ☕☕🌞🌹from Tennessee. Happy Saturday

[@abdielcepeda2353]

God bless you madam!!!

[@maxmulsanne7054]

About the same time Janet Guthrie was putting her wheels down at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

[@marlborodemoura1377]

Esse vídeo deve ser dos anos 70 ou começo dos 80. Saudações aqui do Brasil! !

[@normanott644]

Driving a two story Corvair with a converter. I drove one of those, Detroit converted diesel into noise.

[@shirinegi]

It's a very old video Is it about the same age as the movie "Convoy"?

[@outlawofga]

This is pretty cool. I wonder what year this was from.. long ago we can tell.. hope she got to travel the world.

[@rodrigourra1132]

Tiempos que no volverán esos colegas eran mas solidarios se ayudaban entre ellos hoy no es asi

[@eldepavas]

I hope she's enjoying a happy retirement.

[@mattm.5436]

How do you know she’s not still driving?

[@muziklvr7776]

@@mattm.5436 She's 74 now, so probably not crashing gears anymore.

[@mwhitelaw8569]

Most of the ladies I met as child that were truckers . Were just rotating into retirement when I hopped out of log trucks to hit the highway at the turn of the century. They had class Ain't doggin' on these gals now But they gotta know Ya ain't special.... especially with neck tattoos

[@tonyohalloran8817]

Wow, what a gal!!

[@johnwarner4923]

I'm john .... Nice to have you as a friend ☕☕🌞👋

[@carsandmoods3593]

What a Legend!

[@johnwarner4923]

It's Sunday. Good morning gorgeous 🌹☕🌞🌴🌴

[@danielhutchinson6604]

A schmooze liner for Weenis truck line. Must have been when they were fading out?

[@LateNightCable]

It’s always interesting to see a woman spending the prime years of her youth in a nomads life, in this case behind the wheel of a rig. Not out socializing and securing a husband.

[@TSi99999]

My buddy who worked for them for years called them "The blue screw" 😅

[@alexm.6577]

What year is the recording from?

[@mattb3283]

Look at that..wide open road..no idiot's texting and driving..

[@johnwarner4923]

Good morning 🌞🌞🌞 happy fourth of July 🎉💥💥💥✨💥. Stay safe out there

[@paulevans1864]

After a google search sadly read there is a Obituary of a Joanna Paula Wilson truck driver in 2005

[@magarempereira7991]

ISSO SIM É Uma MULHER BOA DE VOLANTE, Não São Essas Roupas Coladas Rachando A Xana q Tem Aqui No Brasil.......

[@garyvictor2189]

Where are you Joanna? You probably don't remember me do you?

[@AshleyJones-kw8bv]

This is definitely me. I love it ❤

[@FRECHKN]

Johanna Wilson thats how its spelled. Shes credited in the GMC PSA River of Wealth short film

[@daveweed2765]

A freakin Wiener Commercial. But i bet Joan can drive that ol' cabover Mack better than 99.99 percent of current Wiener drivers can today.

[@johnwarner4923]

Make that bulldog bark honey ❤☕☕🌞..... good evening.

[@larry3034]

Wild woman❤❤❤.

[@bigtarheelfan]

For anybody interested there is an updated video on her, Johanna Wilson: A Five Decade Story.

[@heavysetsoutherngentleman9047]

Nice MACK Cruiseliner.

[@canerguener8664]

Todays female truckers often don't look female

[@nimueh4298]

What years was this footage? Looks like the 1970’s, wonder if she is still around.

[@jackhoff1002]

she was in the ATA/GMC Trucks promotional film(i can’t remember the name of it) and portrayed a newbie

[@lesjones471]

The UK forces had AEC 10 tonners,some were ok for steering and others you were having to slow down near corners fighting with both hands together just to turn the steering wheel,yes they had the crash gearboxes,very slow to get upto speed and you thought you were doing 60mph with the noise going on but you looked at the speedo and you were maybe doing 40mph revving the guts out of it.We had the beford RL (bullnose front).If you did not have the battery correctly fitted with the metal fitting and you go over cross country the battery took flight underneath the passengers seat and shorted out the battery.how about the good old Scammell Pioneer SV/2S Heavy Breakdown which had a gate for the gearstick this stopped you jumping any gears.I was around 19yrs old at that time,the Layland was not anygood for rough terain it was to heavy.all the seats in Uk forces were solid,so if you hit a pothole you knew about it.I became A fully qualified mechanic in the REME.

[@johnwarner4923]

Ohhhhh. And make sure that dog has plenty of fuel. .......lol

[@SJHFoto]

What year is this from? (I'm thinking the 70s)

[@jameskonzek6730]

This is an outrage!

[@johnwarner4923]

Good morning from Tennessee 🌹☕🌞🌴

[@TheRokko66]

Pretty girl,heavy truck😊 Probably in the mid 70s

[@Albrecht8000]

1970s ??? Greetings from germany

[@johnwarner4923]

Driving an ole bulldog. Mack huh. Cabover it was a classic

[@johnwarner4923]

Good morning 🌞☕🌴☕🌹

[@williamrae9954]

Wonder if she's still topside in 2023,or how's she's doing?

[@redbluesome2829]

Johanna is about 74 and settled back in Wichita Kansas. She had originally settled in Southeast Utah, but after reconnecting with her high school sweetheart after 55 years, she moved to be with him.

[@williamrae9954]

@@redbluesome2829 Thanks

[@LagunaTrash]

Keep on truckin Jo

[@jacekjs]

Pojechałbym z taką Dżołaną na koniec Świata...

[@rrjdiesel11]

I wonder if she's still out there on the road, gear swapping.

[@eyewitnessnightnews]

I’ve been trying to find out. No luck.

[@toddbartel6300]

I wonder if that old truck stop still in Newton where she was at?

[@rkan2]

Maybe someone can dechipher the company names on the truck @ 4:21 and get to the source? Victor & Btod? Werner something?

[@accorsitar]

she's now known as Large Marge...

[@bearb1asting]

This is interesting. I wonder what she would think of the lady truckers now.

[@MOSSFEEN]

I wonder where she is now or in what part of the world

[@raydonavan3814]

Storycorps archive

[@redbluesome2829]

Wichita Kansas is where she is now.

[@anthonynelson9136]

Gotta like a small girl that can handle a big Mack.

[@chrishultgren777]

tell me the corporations are not putting stuff in the food

[@flights47]

You go girl cool old mack