Weeks prior to the United States Forest Solution introduced the choice of owner-operator Larry Spiekermeier and also Whitewood Transportation to transport the 2017 UNITED STATE Capitol Xmas Tree, Spiekermeier recognized he and also his company were solid challengers.
“It just goes to show you that when you concentrate on doing your job well and safely, there are some pretty amazing opportunities that can result, ” said Larry Spiekermeier, the driver chosen to transport the tree.
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But Spiekermeier could not tell a sole, not even his spouse, Mary Ann, or their 3 grown kids, that they were just one of few finalists. It wasn’t easy for him to keep his secret from them.
“When I first learned from Whitewood Transport’s safety director (Brad Wilson) I might be driving the Kenworth T680 that would deliver the U.S. Capitol Christmas Tree, I was speechless, ”
Spiekermeier said. “If you would have told me at the start of my driving career in 1968 that I would one day be stepping up to the plate to deliver ‘The People’s Tree’ to the U.S. Capitol, I would never, ever have imagined it.”
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