Columnist reminisces about first trip in tractor-trailer.

March-April 2020

John Bendel

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Fifty-two years ago this past January, Joe Bartash handed me a clipboard with three freight bills, a
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John Bendel is Land Line’s contributing editor-at-large. A former trucker, former editor at National Lampoon and two trucking magazines, John is an author, photographer, and freelancer. His work has appeared in the New York Times, The Washington Post, and many U.S. newspapers.