Good drivers are “a dying breed,” says trucking company closing over rising insurance & regulations

Good drivers are “a dying breed,” says trucking company closing over rising insurance & regulations

The owner of a trucking company in northern Idaho says he is closing the business in part because good drivers are ” a dying breed.” Wes Olson Trucking was founded by Wes Olson near Sandpoint, Idaho. Olson got into trucking in 1958 and bought his own 1955 Mack in 1961, when he started his own independent operation. Olson then grew his trucking operation into a family business that owned and operated 30 tractors, hauling timber across the region.…