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Driver of the Month
The Driver of the Month and Driver of the Year Programs are also sponsored by MCM’s SMMTC. Applications are received monthly from carrier members and the monthly winner is selected by SMMTC. To be eligible, a driver must drive for an MCM member domiciled in Montana and be employed with their current company for a least one year. The Driver of the Month winners are eligible for the Driver of the Year honor which is awarded each year at MCM's annual convention. Montana’s Driver of the Year competes in the annual American Trucking Associations' National Driver of the Year program.
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July 2010 Driver of the Month
Bob Oksness
Way Freight, Inc.
Bob Oksness has worked at various companies over his 32 years of experience to include moving and storage, and local pickup and delivery. His career has involved 32 years and 2,000,000 miles with most of those in city driving, involving backing into customers docks from 20 to o30 times per day. This is an amazing accomplishment with no accidents with all of the potential hazards involved in city traffic and customer’s docks. Bob has been instrumental in the success of the growth of the Con Way Freight, Billings Service Center. Bob was one of 4 original drivers on board during the inception of the Con Way Service center in 1999. Bob is a driver we can always count on to work the dock and then deliver and pickup 20 to 30 customers a day. He is the ultimate Driver Sales Representative with excellent customer rapport.
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June 2010 Driver of the Month
Rick Flom
Con Way Freight, Inc.
Rick Flom during his professional driving career has driven 3,000,000 miles “accident-free.” The majority of his career has been driving on Linehaul throughout the region. Rick ahs shown his flexibility and knowledge o f the freight business by working the past 4 years at Con Way Freight as the lead driver on the Outbound dock operating at the Billings Service Center. He ahs been instrumental in planning the loading operation to maximize the load average per trailer and in loading in a timely manner to insure “on-time departures” of the line schedules., which is paramount in insuring that the customer’s freight is moving in a timely manner. Rick was awarded a Million Mile aware for accident-free miles during his tenure at Molerway Freight Lines and more recently a three year safety aware at Con Way Freight.
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May 2010 Driver of the Month
Chris Hoffman
Ankrum Trucking, Inc.
Chris has been around the trucking industry since he was young. He grew up on a farm in Worden, MT and was always working the fields, even helping others in the area. He started driving for Ankrum Trucking in August 1998. He has recorded over 1.2 million miles accident free with the company. He has received several safety awards from Great West Casualty. Chris is also a part of Ankrum’s Safety Management Council, where he gives a driver perspective of ways the company can improve safety.
Chris is well liked among his peers and is spoken highly of by customers. He is very professional and takes his job seriously. He hauls petroleum products pulling rocky mountain doubles across five western states. Chris also pulls cryogenic trailers hauling nitrogen and oxygen across Montana, North Dakota, and Wyoming.
Chris is married to Trista and they have a daughter, Erykah. They spend their free time together riding ATV’s in Montana and northern Wyoming. Chris also loves to get out and play a round of golf with coworkers.
Ankrum Trucking is proud to have Chris as an employee. His hard work and dedication has made the company a better place. Because of his work ethic and safe driving record, Chris is a deserving candidate for Driver of the Month.
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