Mike's Book Club: The Legend of Werner Enterprises 1956-2002

I'm looking forward to this discussion.



This remarkable photo is probably the best Werner picture I've ever seen, and maybe the best truck picture I've ever seen? It seems like there is an abundance of Werner pictures their drivers took over the years floating around the web. I think this speaks to the fact that Werner often attracted drivers who got into trucking for more than just a paycheck, these drivers were truck enthusiasts to some extent. If you wanted to drive a "cool truck" right out of truck driving school in the 1980's through the early 2000's they were the place to go.

 

Im an omahan and my ex father in law ( great man rip ) was the truck engine manager for Nebraska machinery in Omaha ( cat dealer ) ...he always had Werner tales .
I've never worked for Werner but Omaha is transportation oriented and word gets around .
This should be interesting !

 

well i'm interested, all i remember about early Werner's is their Van's that all had "no more paper logs" on them And still do (which cracks me up since pretty much everyone is on paper and for some people it's not an advantage).

 

I drove for Werner from Oct. '01-Feb. '02 as part of their training program. Was fun while it lasted.

 

I remember when Werner got rid of the fat cab Pete cabovers and the k100s in the early 90s about 100 of them went to Omaha kenworth and got parked on a dirt lot on L st across from kenworth .
Nobody wanted cabovers anymore and they couldn't give them away ...those trucks sat there so long they were sinking into the ground lol.
Finally they gave up and exported them to south America .