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Veteran Expediter
Dennis and Carol Miller who are leased to FedEx Custom Critical are part of this year's Great American Trucking Family. Here is an article about the family. Congrats to these expediters and the whole family.
Greg Miller chuckles as he remembers how he created his first long-haul job at his parents’ trucking company 34 years ago. Armed with youthful bravado and a chauffeur’s license that allowed him to haul primarily farm materials intrastate, the 18-year-old discovered one of his dad’s drivers continuously dumping the clutch of one of the company trucks that he was backing at the company garage. Greg’s parents — Wilson and Wanda Miller — were out of state on vacation at the time.
“I told him to quit abusing the equipment,” 52-year-old Greg recalls. “He didn’t stop, and I told him to clean out his truck. He told me I couldn’t fire him.” But Greg prevailed, firing the driver and taking the truck to Meadville, Penn., where he delivered the load and picked up a backhaul to the Wooster, Ohio, area.
“My dad didn’t say too much when he got home, but Mom read me the riot act,” Greg says.
Greg’s entrepreneurial spirit is shared by many members of his *family — seven of whom hold commercial driver’s licenses and have a combined 247 years of trucking experience. Truckers News selected the Miller family, of the Wooster, Ohio, area, as its 2008 Great American Trucking Family. The Millers will be honored at several planned events during the Great American Trucking Show in Dallas, Aug. 21-23. These include a dinner, a personalized tour of the Peterbilt truck plant in Denton, Texas, and a presentation onstage prior to the Marty Stuart concert on Friday, Aug. 22.
Wilson and Wanda Miller unofficially serve as the patriarch and matriarch of the family. They have been married 53 years and have 102 years of trucking experience between them. In addition to Greg and wife Leesa, owner-operators leased to Pacer Transport, Wilson’s and Wanda’s younger son, Mike Miller, has been driving a truck for 32 years. The 50-year-old independent owner-operator hauls logs locally in the Wooster area.
The rest of the trucking family is anchored by Wilson’s brother, Dennis Miller, and sister-in-law, Carol Miller. Dennis and Carol are owner-operators leased to FedEx Custom Critical.
Greg Miller chuckles as he remembers how he created his first long-haul job at his parents’ trucking company 34 years ago. Armed with youthful bravado and a chauffeur’s license that allowed him to haul primarily farm materials intrastate, the 18-year-old discovered one of his dad’s drivers continuously dumping the clutch of one of the company trucks that he was backing at the company garage. Greg’s parents — Wilson and Wanda Miller — were out of state on vacation at the time.
“I told him to quit abusing the equipment,” 52-year-old Greg recalls. “He didn’t stop, and I told him to clean out his truck. He told me I couldn’t fire him.” But Greg prevailed, firing the driver and taking the truck to Meadville, Penn., where he delivered the load and picked up a backhaul to the Wooster, Ohio, area.
“My dad didn’t say too much when he got home, but Mom read me the riot act,” Greg says.
Greg’s entrepreneurial spirit is shared by many members of his *family — seven of whom hold commercial driver’s licenses and have a combined 247 years of trucking experience. Truckers News selected the Miller family, of the Wooster, Ohio, area, as its 2008 Great American Trucking Family. The Millers will be honored at several planned events during the Great American Trucking Show in Dallas, Aug. 21-23. These include a dinner, a personalized tour of the Peterbilt truck plant in Denton, Texas, and a presentation onstage prior to the Marty Stuart concert on Friday, Aug. 22.
Wilson and Wanda Miller unofficially serve as the patriarch and matriarch of the family. They have been married 53 years and have 102 years of trucking experience between them. In addition to Greg and wife Leesa, owner-operators leased to Pacer Transport, Wilson’s and Wanda’s younger son, Mike Miller, has been driving a truck for 32 years. The 50-year-old independent owner-operator hauls logs locally in the Wooster area.
The rest of the trucking family is anchored by Wilson’s brother, Dennis Miller, and sister-in-law, Carol Miller. Dennis and Carol are owner-operators leased to FedEx Custom Critical.
