10-4 Magazine October 2022

14 10-4 Magazine / October 2022 especially these days, a trucking company will not thrive (and may not even survive). At only 52 years old, Jason still has a lot of years to go before considering retirement, but when he does, he is fully confident that his two boys will be able to take the reigns and run with it. Hunter is more mechanically inclined, and Boe is more of a numbers guy, so the two of them combined, along with their years of driving experience, will make for an excellent leadership team when the time comes for them to take over. Grandpa is very proud of what his grandsons have achieved already, along with his son, and the successful company he has built. Getting recently engaged to his fiancé Kyra, she and Boe are planning to get married in October of 2023. Hunter has been with his wife Macy since high school, and they were married in 2021. They have two kids – a son named Dax (9) and a daughter named Atlas (7 months). Playing a lot of basketball while growing up, Boe aspired to be in the NBA at one point in his life, but once reality set in and the chances of that happening faded, he committed himself to trucking. Hunter tried going to college after high school but only lasted two weeks. He came home and went directly into a truck! I’d say both of these brothers inherited the trucking “bug” from their dad, and once you get that disease, there is no turning back. But it is really cool that there are still three generations of truckers actively driving in the DelaBarre Trucking family. Sometimes Boe and Hunter get a little flack for being so young and having nice trucks, but these guys work hard and earn it all. They are not spoiled brats who just spend daddy’s money, they are “old school” truckers all the way, with a young new twist. Their goal is to prove those who judge them poorly wrong by walking the walk and talking the talk. Boe also added, “Most of the general public lump truckers into the same bad category, but it is a noble profession, filled with dedicated and respectable people, out there doing a great job and living their best life!” These young boys would like to help change that negative stereotype. Hauling dedicated freight throughout the upper Midwest states, Boe and the rest of the DelaBarre drivers keep very busy. Jason doesn’t get to drive as often as he used to, but when he does, he loves getting that flattop 379 of his out on the open road. And when things don’t go as planned, which can happen a lot in trucking, it’s impor tant to keep pushin’ on. If you are in this thing for life, the bumps in the road won’t matter, and this family is definitely all in! n