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MILLION MILER ADELE KHAIS

Home base: Madison, Wisconsin

Company: Adele’s Transport LLC

Truck: Peterbilt 387

Engine: Cat® C-15

Engine mileage: 1,900,527

Cargo: Dry foods, paper materials, industrial products and any dry freight that can fit on her reefer trailer

 


 

How long have you been in the trucking industry?

I’ve been driving a truck for 24 years — the first seven years as a company driver and the following 17 years as an owner-operator, thanks to my trusty Peterbilt powered by the incomparable Cat C-15 engine.

 

What made you decide to become a truck driver?

I grew up in the Soviet Union and at the age of 10 decided that I will be a truck driver. Adults thought that it was just an empty dream, but five years later I was blessed to come to America with my parents, and eight years afterwards I began driving a semi.

 

If you could describe being a female in the trucking industry with one word, what would it be?

Empowered! The responsibilities of safely transporting various products used daily by millions of people in their personal and professional lives make all the hardships of the job worthwhile.

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Adele & her truck at Rogers Pass, MT Hwy 200, Montana.

Adele & her truck at Rogers Pass, MT Hwy 200, Montana.
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Loading at a warehouse in Vancouver, WA.

Million Miler Adele Khais loading at a warehouse in Vancouver, WA.

 

What do you enjoy most about trucking?

Travel, meeting new people and learning new professional and life lessons daily.

 

What’s the most challenging part of your job?

Trying to make on-time pick-up and delivery despite all the constrictions imposed by weather and road construction delays and the electronic logbook.

 

What keeps you truckin'?

Travel wanderlust! Also, I enjoy supporting my family by earning an honest, honorable living by doing a very challenging job in a fast-paced work environment.

 

Congrats, Adele, for making your childhood dream of truck driving a lifelong reality — and thanks for trusting Caterpillar to get you where you need to go.

 


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