Woody Chambers, OOIDA Board Member

Board Members Bios
Woody Chambers

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Name:	Woody Chambers
Number of years trucking:	45
Make, model and year of truck:	Retired from active trucking
What type of load do you typically haul:	Retired
Family information:	Married to Paula, 41 years; children-Kristen, Daniel, Janet, Mathew; 5 grandchildren and more on the way.

Favorite trucking story or moment:	Hauling HHG and electronics, any time I had a high-paying load out of Chicago to the west coast running the old roads back in the 60's and 70's.
What do you like about the industry?:	The freedom of going anywhere in the country when I wanted. Big trucks and the smell of diesel fuel. I am a 'truck junkie'.
What do you dislike about the industry?:	No one wants to pay a fair rate for a good job anymore. Economic de-regulation and more and more irrelevant, ridiculous, and unconstitutional social regulation.
What makes you successful as an owner-operator?:	Basic business and mechanical knowledge, running lower cost, but mechanically sound, older used equipment, pulling only the loads that generate 'profit'.
Why are you a member of OOIDA?:	No other association has ever done as much for the independent operator and the industry as a whole.
Anything else you would like to add?:	The last four decades have been a blast, and I'm fishing now.