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16 www.bigrigowner.com O C T O B E R 2 0 1 6 LEGENDS OF THE ROAD Moses Thomas has been driving for ABC Transportation since 1978, and from the sound of things, he's perfectly happy with how things have turned out and is comfortable winding down his career with the Eufaula, Alabama-based truckload company. "This is a good company," Mo- ses said during a recent interview. "They've been taking care of me for 38 years. My dispatchers and bosses have all been good to me. They let me be off when I need to be off." There's likely a good reason that ABC treats Thomas so well. The 62-year-old veteran is closing in on 3.2 million safe miles, and the Ala- bama Trucking Association named him first runner-up for its prestigious annual Driver of the Year award at its annual Safety & Maintenance Management Fleet Safety Awards Banquet, held March 21 in Pelham. "I've got no complaints at all," Thomas said of ABC. "All companies have faults at one time or another. You might as well stick with them and their faults. It all works out." Thomas said ABC has many other good drivers who, deep down inside, also are good people – which some- times isn't the case among some of the driving populace these days. "They all try to help one another," he said of his ABC colleagues. "Some are loners, but the majority of us all want to help one another. There used to be more of a brotherhood out on the road, but not anymore. No one stops to help each other. They're Trucker Moses Thomas: 'I've got no complaints at all' by Dean Smallwood Moses Thomas