The Dedication of Truck Drivers
Description
This one isn't a recruiting video so much as a piece of writing, built around the phrase everybody uses without thinking about it: someone's got to do it.
The piece works by getting specific where that phrase is vague. Someone's got to traverse mountain passes, rolling hills, and great plains. Someone's got to drive at dawn and keep driving until the day is done. Someone's got to know when to yield, when to pause, and when to look beyond the windshield. And — in the line the whole thing turns on — someone's got to know when to keep going and when to stop and help a young family change a tire between mile posts 271 and 270 on westbound I-80 in remote Wyoming. That level of detail is the argument.
Then there's the cost. Someone's got to leave pieces of their heart at home and drive alone, knowing their people will meet them on the other side of the long ride. And someone's got to haul the grain, the salt, the vehicles, the malt, the fuel, the lumber, and the potatoes in large number. It's the same freight list from the company history, eighty-seven years later.
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Video Transcript
We've all heard that saying: someone's got to do it.
Someone's got to keep this country running. Traversing mountain passes, rolling hills, and great plains. Yellow lines, rumble strips, sun, sleet, snow, and rain.
Someone's got to drive at dawn and drive some more till the day is done. Meeting timelines and deadlines, crossing state lines of all kinds.
Someone's got to know when to yield, to pause, and look beyond the windshield. Pushing through with talk radio, rock and roll, beef jerky, and a cup of joe.
Someone's got to know when to keep it going and when to stop and help a young family change a tire between mile post 271 and 270 on westbound I-80 in remote Wyoming.
Someone's got to leave pieces of their heart at home and drive for long, lorn interstates all alone — knowing full well their loved ones will meet them on the other side of the long ride, where their home abides.
Someone's got to haul the grain, the salt, the vehicles, the malt, the fuel, the lumber, and potatoes in large number. And they've got to get it here and there and, well, most anywhere.
Someone's got to keep the road safe, whatever it takes.
Someone's got to do it. Doug Andrus Distributing. We drive.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is this video about?
It's a short spoken-word piece about what the job actually asks of drivers — the miles, the weather, the time away from home, and the judgment calls nobody sees.
What does Doug Andrus haul?
Grain, road salt, vehicles, malt, fuel, lumber, and potatoes, among much else. The freight mix has stayed remarkably consistent since the company's founding in 1937.
Why do drivers stay in this work?
The drivers in these videos tend to give the same answer in different words: the work matters, and being the person who does it carries its own weight. Several also point to being recognized for it.