abc Fox Montana: Montana Treasure: 50 Years, 50 States of trucking for Larry Spiekermeier

He’s earned the nickname ‘Trusty Trucker’ and rightly so.

Larry Spiekermeier of Plains, Montana has logged 4 million accident-free miles carrying heavy truck loads.

Angela Marshall takes you on a ride to meet this week’s Montana Treasure.

You might recognize this smile and laugh.

Larry Spiekermeier became an instant celebrity as the ‘Trusty Trucker’ to haul the 2017 Capitol Christmas Tree.

His call to the open road began in 1968 as a way to pay for college.

“And once I’d seen how much money I could make driving truck, I never went back,” Larry Spiekermeier said. “And here I am, driving truck, for 50 years.”

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FreightWaves: Trucking jobs keep climbing as the job market stays strong

The U.S economy added over 300,000 jobs in January, marking the best monthly performance in nearly a year. Transportation and logistics employment continued to increase at an impressive pace, led by healthy gains in warehousing, parcel and trucking jobs.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reported that the economy added an impressive 304,000 workers to payrolls in January, up from a downwardly revised 222,000 gain for December 2018. January’s gains far exceeded consensus estimates of 170,00 and is the strongest monthly gain since the 324,000 jobs added in February 2018. Job growth has averaged 241,000 per month over the last three months and 234,000 per month over the last year.

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