Overdrive Magazine | Trucking Business News & Owner Operator Info
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Sunco's finest Jimmy McSwain's model safety and accounting practices produce a longstanding, Marlin McSwain, was a company driver in Florida's panhandle, where McSwain was born and formed his own path hauling primarily refrigerated products. J "I remember my dad driving trucks," McSwain says. "Watching him, I knew that's what I wanted to do." With 34 years of experience and leased to Sunco Carriers since 1992, McSwain likes the freedom of being his own boss, and the extra revenue. He works for a percentage of the gross, earning about $52,000 of net income in 2010. At 18, McSwain moved into a place of his own, attended a Bartow, Fla.-based driving school and, eight weeks later, launched his trucking career at Commercial Carrier Corp. in 1978. He also bought his first truck, a 1970 White Freightliner with a 250-hp Cummins and a 10-speed transmission, that year. "I didn't have Jimmy McSwain is a finalist for the 2012 Owner- Operator of the Year award, which is sponsored by Overdrive and the Truckload Carriers Association. The winner will be announced at TCA's annual convention, March 3-6, 2013, in Las Vegas. successful business. BY ELIZABETH MANNING immy McSwain's handle, "Little Mac," is only a small sign of his father's influence. Known on the road as "Mac," his dad, 24 OVERDRIVE APRIL 2012 Scott Wheeler