Owner/Driver #328

PUSHING
THE PINK
MESSAGE
Canada’s Eva
Knelsen had a
hankering for
truck driving
from an early
age. Now
she’s driving
long-haul
across Canada
and the US,
while raising
breast cancer
awareness.
Warren Aitken
reports
from North
America
THE TRANSPORT industry
over the years has
predominantly been a male
dominated arena – sad
but true. However, in the
modern age it has become
a lot more evenly mixed
with more and more women
becoming involved in the
industry. Thankfully over the next
few issues I’ve managed to catch up
with some extremely cool women
that are not just involved, but
leading the way in the transport
industry - from a mechanic turned
driver, a woman with her own
fleet of tip trucks, a nurse turned
professional polisher to even a team
of women that spend their days
wrapping trucks.
However, I’m going to start with a
young driver from Canada, and it’s
not because we can’t find enough
over here. It’s because, firstly, I have
never seen so much pink, inside
and outside a truck; and secondly,
it gives me the chance to write the
phrase ‘Save the Boobies’ and get
paid to do it.
Meet Eva Knelsen and the
stunning Kenworth W900L that she
drives for Don English of Canada’s
West Coast Transportation.
Eva is a testament to following
your passion and dreams despite
all the obstacles that crop up along
the way. Her reward for battling
through is the keys to this stunning
truck. Keep in mind her boss Don
was once quoted as saying: “No
way I’d ever f***** buy a f****** pink
truck”. It seems Eva’s charms just
wore that poor man down.
While I caught up with Eva in
Iowa, she is actually Canadian born
and bred. One of 15 siblings, with
ownerdriver.com.au
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