10-4 Magazine March 2023

10-4 Magazine / March 2023 73 2005 Kenworth W900L with a C15 CAT motor and a 13-speed transmission, the “Pepto Pink” and white rig has a classic look, but a custom style. The trailers and the engine block are painted solid pink, and everything is covered with custom purple, white, and light pink pinstripes, which were painted down in Utah. The stainless steel front bumper, chrome stacks, rear fenders, fuel tanks, and wheels get a mirror polish finish with a buffer, and every other piece of chrome gets hours of hand polish every year to prepare for the Southern Idaho Truck Show, along with a few other events during the season. Behind the truck are three 28-foot hay trailers. On the back of the last trailer, past the 250 something lights, “Wiggle While You Work” was painted by Jeff Devey out of Twin Falls, Idaho. For those who don’t know, “Wiggle While You Work” refers to the way triple trailers wiggle while they drive down the road. In total, the complete combination is 115 feet long, which coincidentally is one inch short of needing a pilot car to run with her. Unfortunately for Steph, October 2022 was hard on her. One afternoon, while she was getting unloaded at Standlee’s hay plant, she was severely injured. With only a few bales left on her trailers, Stephanie went to jump down off her pup trailer, and when she landed, her left knee went off to the side, right out from under her. She picked herself up, but didn’t know what had really happened. When she tried to put weight back on it, it shot out the other way and she hit the gravel again. After a couple hours in the emergency room, some scans, and a few doctor visits, there were no broken bones, but she did tear herACL, MCL, and meniscus. Stephanie underwent reconstruction surgery and tons of physical therapy, but I am happy to say that she has now fully recovered, and is back in the truck again. From looking pretty, to working as hard or harder than the men she works with, Stephanie Henderson, along with many other dedicated women in the trucking industry, continue to prove that men aren’t the only ones who can do this