Boys seldom help their daddies with chores of any type these days. Yes, there have been lots of changes in one or two generations, but no facet of life has changed any more than truck driving. Not only do we need a driver's license now, but you can't get one in most states until age sixteen. Ah, life used to be so simple. Wake up in the morning, pull on a pair of bibs, do the chores, hop in the old truck and shell corn.
Every kid grows up dreaming about something.
For my dad it was the steam engines that went through DeLong pulling their long trains behind them. He used to tell me how he loved to hear the sound of those old freight trains coming down the tracks. He even made friends with an engineer who used to let him ride for free. For a kid who worked sun up to sunset day after day for no pay, except food and shelter, those trains offered dad a chance to get away from it all for a bit now and then. Trucks have always been for me what trains were for my dad.