This is a little long, but still good. My buddy started a trucking company up in Oregon that runs loads mainly up and down the west coast, 3 semis and maybe 3 PU trucks for "hot-shots", (unless he's bought another since this video).
That in and of itself is not particularly fascinating, but the proprietor is. Donal is one of the most interesting people I've ever met in my strange life of meeting interesting people; he's been homeless, Harvard graduate, sometimes movie star, farmer, hard-core Irishman, amazing story teller and about as eccentric as they come on this planet. Maybe on any planet.
He owns a 400 acre farm in Oregon and was driving down the road one day and saw a billboard for an OTR truck driving school. In his signature, spontaneous fashion, he thought it would be cool to learn how to drive a semi. He eventually decided to start a small trucking company with the owners of the school, a married couple with decades of OTR experience. He was so impressed with their work ethic and good character that he just had to do it.
We've been talking for a while about doing some business together, if I ever get my act together and realize my dream of owning a used car lot, (yes, I'm a weird guy myself). He would haul the old cars I buy in the PNW down to SoCal for me. In the meantime, he's just a great guy with a trucking company, part-owner of a pro soccer team and a hotel in South Carolina + a farm in Oregon and a house in L.A.
Hopefully someone will like this:
