D.M. Bowman
We are very excited to share with you our first ever, D.M. BOWMAN VETERAN TRIBUTE TRUCK. This truck will be driven by military veterans who are employed with our company.
If you see this truck out on the road, feel free to give a friendly wave of appreciation to the driver to recognize their service!
Our Founder and Chairman, Don Bowman, has had quite an impact on the trucking world. Among the many influences he has had include the creation of Driver Appreciation Week, an annual event celebrated across the country in honor of drivers who keep goods moving throughout the U.S. The creation of Driver Appreciation Week came when Mr. Bowman was chairman of the American Trucking Association in 1995 and 1996. Mr. Bowman and his wife, Jone, were traveling across the country and visiting with representatives of trucking associations in different states. When he met with Bill Webb of the Texas Motor Trucking Association, they talked about setting aside a week to honor drivers. Mr. Bowman made this his platform as chairman and worked throughout the year to establish it.
As a result, Driver Appreciation Week was officially established in September of 1996. “It’s a well-deserved recognition and they deserve to feel appreciated,” Mr Bowman says about the national event. “It was a way to promote the industry and get more people into it.”
It is pretty amazing to think about the impact our founder has had on thousands of drivers around the country with the creation and celebration of Driver Appreciation Week.
It was a beautiful sunny day with near-perfect weather for the 2019 Company Driving Championships hosted in Williamsport, MD. D.M. Bowman drivers from many of our locations around the country came together to compete in 3 different competitions including: a written test, a pre-trip test, and a driving skills competition. The day ended with dinner hosted by Mr. Bowman himself to thank the drivers and honor the winners. The winners of the event includes:
1st place – MATTHEW NIEWIADOMSKY
2nd Place – Joe Hall
3rd Place – Andrew Collins
PreTrip – Harvey Seville
Written Test – Roy Gochenauer
Bettering ourselves so we can provide the safest and most efficient services possible…that’s how we carry through for our customers!
This past weekend, our flatbed and specialty division drivers underwent new training to learn best practices when transporting different forms of products. It was a great day full of learning and growing as a team! Here a few pictures from the training sessions.
This past weekend, D.M. Bowman sent several technicians to compete at the Maryland Motor Truck SuperTech competition. SuperTech is a premier skills competition for professional commercial vehicle technicians. We are excited to share that three of our student techs entered the competition with 2 of them placing! Congratulations to Josh Gerber for winning the overall competition for students. Josh will be continuing on and competing at the National competition! Isaac Kyne also came in third place with Shane Titus rounding out our student competitors.
In addition to the student competitors, Daniel Porter, a senior tech located at our Williamsport shop, won the engine diagnostic station at the competition. Daniel has been with D.M. Bowman for 9 years!
Congratulations to all of our competitors and best of luck to those continuing on at the National level. Thank you for representing D.M. Bowman well at SuperTech!
Josh Gerber, the student tech champion, is one of our first apprentices acquired through the Youth Apprenticeship Maryland Program, currently being piloted through the Washington County Public School System. The Youth Apprenticeship Maryland Program formed under the direction of Governor Hogan to aid in creating a pipeline of skilled and qualified labor in both traditional and nontraditional fields, by combining on-the-job training and related classroom instruction to eligible high school students. D.M. Bowman is proud to have been selected as one of 30 businesses in the state of Maryland (and the only transportation company) for the pilot program. To learn more, visit www.wcpsmd.com/youth-apprenticeship-program-businesses.
Our other student technicians, Isaac and Shane, came from the James Rumsey Technical Institute located in Martinsburg, WV. James Rumsey has been a great partner of D.M. Bowman and we appreciate the fine technicians and drivers that come through their program. To learn more about the James Rumsey Technical Institute, click here to view their website.
Several of our drivers competed in the Maryland Truck Driving Championships this past weekend! Thank you to Joe Hall, Geoff Mead, and Janet Fink for representing D.M. Bowman and CONGRATULATIONS to Rizwan Zahir who placed 3rd in the 5 Axle FlatBed Competition.
