10-4 Magazine October 2021

14 10-4 Magazine / October 2021 his wife’s company, Snow Creek Transpor t LLC. Josh and his wife Misty bought Josh’s childhood home from his mother in 2014 and together they have three children – Lauren (18), Savannah (14), and Trey (11). Along with Josh’s classic 359 Peterbilt, there are two other trucks leased to the company which are owned by a father and son, Billy and Cody Edmonds, out of Asheville, NC. The trucks run regional and over the road, depending on the time of the year and what they are hauling. You will find them mostly hauling agricultural commodities to areas in and around Ohio, Tennessee, Virginia, Nor th Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia. Social media can be a drama-filled platform that some hate to even use, but for networking with people in the trucking industry and finding trucks with stories, it has become very useful for me. I didn’t find this truck, but rather my good friend Daniel Anderson found it and showed me photos. I reached out to Josh at the beginning of this year to learn more about the truck. Several times we tried to meet up, so I could get a look at the truck in person, since he was running very near to me in Georgia every week. Either Josh was running through the night, or I was out of town, so those attempts proved unsuccessful. I was finally able to line it up to go to Lawsonville, NC in May of this year (2021) and photograph the truck in his immediate area. Admittedly, Josh said his truck is his pride and joy but, oddly enough, his truck hasn’t been in the limelight of truck shows. If he attends a show, he is usually driving one of the trucks owned by his good friend DA Strickland, who was mentioned earlier. Special thanks from Josh to his mother Kim, because no matter how hard times were, she would always find some way to make it work and she always suppor ts Josh in whatever he does. Special thanks also go out to his wife for being amazing and sticking with him through the good and the bad times. Josh’s failures wouldn’t have become successes without her love, help and suppor t through it all. Thank you to Josh for having the truck dialed in and making time for me to photograph the truck. It is always great to witness drivers who not only take pride in their truck but truly love what they do. It is exciting for me to find these hidden gems with great stories, and I am truly honored to have the oppor tunity to tell their stories. It was great meeting Josh, his whole family, and getting to see another par t of Nor th Carolina I hadn’t seen until that point. Sometimes when I photograph a truck, I trust the owner to find locations since I don’t reside in the area. Josh found the perfect spot that, if you don’t know this location, provided several different spots to put the truck without any one of them looking the same. Remember that septic company Josh used to own? Well, this is where we photographed the truck. Josh’s aunt turned it into a venue called Emerald’s View in Danbury, NC – and what a view it has! We couldn’t have asked for a better day to photograph the truck with no rain in sight. Some of the best par ts of doing what I do is seeing beautiful places in our country and meeting some amazing people along the way. Inspiring stories that I not only appreciate, but stories that others can appreciate, as well. There is something to be said about the grit some people have to follow their dreams, never give up, and have a good foundation of suppor t behind them. Don’t be afraid of the direction you are going – be afraid of the regret you may have if you don’t go. While talking with Josh, he oozes a love for trucking that radiates from the smile he has when talking about his truck and being behind the wheel. He saw potential in a truck that others did not see, and being resourceful, it led to a great story about a cool truck that was boneyard built. As always, to all the drivers out there doing the deal, truck safe. n