Truckers- National tourney's not easy
By DON WORTHINGTON / Staff Writer
Tri-State truck drivers Robert Rutherford and James Mills found it wasn't as easy as they'd hoped in the Big Easy.
Rutherford and Mills were among more than 400 truckers who recently converged on New Orleans for the National Truck Driving Championships.
The drivers represented 465,404,238 miles of safe driving. A competitor must have a safe driving record to be eligible for the meet.
Rutherford competed in the five-axle sleeper division and Mills in the five-axle semi-trailer tank.
"It was more than I expected," said Mills, a driver for Cressler Trucking in Shippensburg, Pa.
"It wasn't one of my good days," said Rutherford, a driver for D.M. Bowman of Williamsport.
Both were first-time competitors. They said they took solace in the fact they placed better than some drivers who have been participating in the competition for many years.