Driver of the Month
November 2011 - Scott Cleaves
The dispatch team has chosen Scott Cleaves as the driver of the month for November 2011. Scott primarily is a cement hauler hauling for Dragon Products in Thomaston, hauling to their numerous customers throughout most of New England and portions of Canada. In addition to hauling cement Scott also hauls Oil & Light Oil. Scott has been a big help hauling on the weekends when we have not been able to find any other help. Scott has been driving truck for a total of 26 years. He enjoys traveling and seeing the variety of people that trucking allows him to see. On Scott’s free time, he enjoys riding and working on Harleys. He is currently building a ’73 Harley Sportster Hardtail for his wife Verna. Great job Scott and keep up the good work!
October 2011 – Russell Ward
Russell Ward has been chosen as the driver of the month for October 2011. Russell has been driving truck for 37 years now, 21 of which have been with HO Bouchard. He has received a safe-driving award all 21 years he has been driving with the company. Russell hauls Asphalt, Oil & Light Oil for the most part to Aroostook County, but he also helps out with other destinations and products in Maine when there are not any loads for the county. What he enjoys the most about his job is the opportunity to meet new people and customers in his travels. He lives in Presque Isle, ME with his wife Laura and loves to spend his spare time working around his property. Russell always keeps his equipment in the best of conditions and is very easy going and works well with for both the Dispatch and the Maintenance Departments. Thank you Russell for all your hard work through the years.
September 2011 – Reggie Ward
The dispatch team has chosen Reggie Ward as the driver of the month for September 2011. Reggie hauls asphalt, oil & light oil for the most part to Aroostook County, but he also helps out with other destinations in Maine when there are not any loads for the county, with hauling oil or asphalt to various plant locations. Reggie is also always a big help when there are weekend deliveries needed. He has been driving truck for a total of 34 years. Of these 34 years, 12 have been as an owner operator and 18 as a company driver. What Reg enjoys most about his job are the employees he works with and meeting new people in his travels. He currently lives in Presque Isle, ME with his wife Sharon of 26 years. In his family he has a son Dustin who lives in Portland who works for University of Southern ME, Daughter Keisha who goes to school in Orono, and Daughter Kalie who is a freshman in high school. In his spare time he enjoys watching his kid’s baseball games and watching Major League Baseball. Reggie keeps a very clean truck and is a pleasure to work with for both the Dispatch and Maintenance departments. Thank you Reggie for all you’re hard work.
April 2011 - Aaron Walker
The dispatch team has chosen Aaron Walker as the driver of the month for April 2011. Aaron hauls several commodities throughout the year including cement, asphalt, clay, road salt and oil. Aaron has recently been a big help with our newest commodity wood pellets. He has been hauling and training other drivers with hauling wood pellets, as well as working well with the crew at Jackson Labs to assure our deliveries is to their satisfaction. Aaron has driven truck at HO Bouchard for 17 years now, 14 of which he has received a safe driving award. What he enjoys most about his job is hauling different products and the people he works with, and his “super friendly dispatchers.” Aaron resides in Plymouth with his wife Becky, son Cody, daughter Melissa, and yellow lab Sarah. He has always kept a well maintained truck and is also very easy going and a pleasure to work with for both the Dispatch and the Maintenance Departments.
July 2011 - David Flewelling
David Flewelling has been chosen as the driver of the month for July 2011. David, hauls various commodities such as alum, acid, asphalt, bleach, caustic, clay, oil, & road salt. David has always been willing to help out when needed on weekends with weekend bleach or caustic deliveries. Dave started driving for H.O. Bouchard in January of 1993 and has been driving truck for a total of 35 years. He lives in Frankfort with his wife Mariann. They have 6 children and 12 grandchildren. Dave has always kept a well maintained truck and is very easy going and a pleasure to work with for both the Dispatch and the Maintenance Departments. Thank you Dave for all you’re hard work.
June 2011 - Jeff Bean
The dispatch team has chosen Jeff Bean as the driver of the month for June 2011. Jeff, also known as Beanie, is a cement hauler hauling for Dragon Products in Thomaston, hauling to their numerous customers throughout most of New England and portions of Canada. Jeff has been a big help recently with Saturday cement deliveries. He has been driving truck for a total of 35 years and loves to be out on the open road. Beanie resides in Warren, ME with his wife Elizabeth, children Meagan and Matt, and grandchildren Austin and Alex. In his free time he enjoys being with his family around the swimming pool as well as hunting and fishing. To the best of our knowledge Jeff always keeps a well maintained truck and is very easy going and a pleasure to work with for both the dispatch and the maintenance departments.
May 2011 - Dennis Lufkin
The Dispatch Team has chosen Mr. Dennis Lufkin as the Driver of the Month for May 2011. CB handle, “handyman” has been driving truck for a total of 26 years. He primarily hauls a lowbed, moving heavy equipment for both Bouchard's and Comstock. When not hauling equipment, Dennis also hauls aggregate, asphalt, bald pulp, cement, clay, leachate, oil and tire chips. Dennis has many times also moved equipment on weekends when the equipment had to be moved prior to Monday Morning. “Handyman” enjoys farming, motorcycling, and snowmobiling on his spare time and is a Jackson Volunteer Fireman and also part of the Jackson wheel and ski club. Dennis is very easy going and handles whatever he is dispatched to do professionally as he takes pride in his work. Dennis keeps a well maintained truck and is a pleasure to work with for both the Dispatch and the Maintenance Departments.
April 2011 - Will Ballard
The dispatch team has chosen Will Ballard as the driver of the month for April 2011. Will primarily is a cement hauler hauling for Dragon Products in Thomaston, hauling to their numerous customers throughout most of New England and portions of Canada. Will also helps out when needed hauling other commodities such as oil, clay, leachate and asphalt. Will was a big help during the Winter Months with hauling clay to Bucksport at Night when we were slow but had the need at Night for a clay driver. Will has also been a big help as need with weekend deliveries of # 6 oil to various destinations throughout the state. Will has also been a help with hauling some asphalt early on here so far this asphalt season. Will always keeps a well maintained truck and is very easy going and a pleasure to work with for both the Dispatch and the Maintenance Departments.
March 2011 - Raymond Tucker
Raymond Tucker has been chosen as the driver of the month for March 2011. Raymond has many qualifications of products he can haul for us at HO Bouchard including caustic, bleach, oil, clay, cement and flatbed. In March Raymond was a big help hauling clay 6 days a week when the Rail Road was down at various mills across the state. He always keeps a well maintained truck and works well with both the Dispatch and the Maintenance Departments. Ray resides in Northport, ME with his wife of twenty years and two daughters. He is a member of the Northport Volunteer Fire Department and enjoys riding his motorcycle, hunting, fishing and spending time with his family. Thank you Ray for all your hard work and cooperation.
February 2011 - Andrew McTague
Andrew McTague has been chosen as the driver of the month for February 2011. Andy has been driving for HO Bouchard for 16 years primarily is a cement hauler hauling for Dragon Products in Thomaston. Over the past few months he has also been big help hauling clay, oil, waste oil, and baled pulp loads. Andy has also been big help with weekend deliveries of various products throughout the state. Currently, he resides in Searsmont, ME with his wife Sue and has 4 children and 5 grandchildren. Hobbies include stockcar racing, working around his home, and hunting and fishing. What Andy enjoys most about his job is the independence and people he works with everyday. He always keeps a well maintained truck and is very easy going and a pleasure to work with for both the Dispatch and the Maintenance Departments. We thank you Andy for all your hard work through the years.
January 2011 - Guy Parsons
Guy Parsons has been chosen as the driver of the month for January 2011. Guy, also known as “3 oht 1” primarily hauls caustic, bleach, various chemical loads for GAC chemicals, asphalt, clay, and oil to various mills and other customers throughout Maine. Guy, who has been working for HO Bouchard since 1997, has recently been a big help with the weekend deliveries of caustic when we have needed help. He has been a safe driver with HO Bouchard for 11 years now and enjoys meeting new people and destinations every day. Guy lives in Stockton Springs with his wife Diane and dog Shelby. He has 3 daughters, 1 son, 4 granddaughters, and 1 grandson. He enjoys riding his motorcycle and being a part of the Unity Pond Fishing Club in his spare time. Guy is very easy going and easy to work with and hauls whatever commodity he is asked to do without any issues. Guy maintains a clean and well maintained piece of equipment and works well with the shop when services are needed. Thank you Guy for all your hard work.
December 2010 – Charlie Wadsworth
Charlie Wadsworth has been chosen as the driver of the month for December 2010. Charlie primarily hauls both bagged cement on flatbed as well as dry bulk cement for Dragon Products in Thomaston, hauling to their numerous customers throughout New England. He has been with HO Bouchard for ten plus years now and has received a safe driver award for all ten years. Charlie also helps out when needed with weekend deliveries of # 6 oil to various mills throughout the State of Maine. Charlie was a big help with covering salt deliveries during extremely busy days that we had for salt orders, he switched and used a different truck during that week. He enjoys going to Florida each year for a few weeks with his family. He resides in Waldoboro and enjoys the company of his wife Peggy, 8 grand-children, and dog Bruno. Charlie is very easy going and a pleasure to work with for both the Dispatch and Maintenance Departments. Thank you Charlie for your hard work.
November 2010 - David York
David York has been chosen as driver of the month for November 2010. David has been driving for HO Bouchard for 5 years now and mostly hauls waste oil to Jay and # 6 oil to Sappi in Hinckley, Madison Paper in Madison and FMC in Rockland and in a pinch he hauls an ASAP load to Red Shield in Old Town. David also was a big help recently with hauling # 6 oil from Chelsea to Mills in Maine when they were on a heavy usage including weekend deliveries. David also hauls propane when needed and recently helped with delivering propane with working out of Mike Keene's truck on the day shift when Mike was on vacation. Another commodity that David York is big help with recently has been with hauling leachate on the night shift when the leachate level is high at Waste Management in Norridgewock. David enjoys have new dependable equipment to do his job in everyday and having the flexibility that comes with his location. He has a wife, Deanna and five kids, Caleb and wife Lacey, Seth, Joshua, Kristyn and Jacob, as well as three grand children, Elijah, Maddilyn and Levi. During his free time, David loves hunting, riding motorcycle and studying for his Ministerial responsibilities. David keeps a well maintained truck and is also very easy going and works well with for both the Dispatch and the Maintenance Departments. Thank you for all your cooperation and efforts.
October 2010 - Rick Spencer
Rick Spencer has been chosen as driver of the month for October 2010. Rick hauls just about every commodity hauled by H.O. Bouchard, whether it be asphalt, oil, light oil, bleach, caustic, clay, leachate baled pulp, dump trailer loads when needed he has worked from a spare wet system truck. Rick has also helped out many times by working a 6th day when needed to help cover asphalt, oil or caustic deliveries as needed. Rick was a big help over the busy asphalt season this summer with sleeping out all week in either Portsmouth or Montreal as needed. Rick was also a big help with the loading of other asphalt loads at Suncor where a requirement with loading at the refinery was you must be clean shaven daily and we only had Rick and Richard Stanhope as qualified drivers that could load product at this site, and we had loads quickly demanded from here with very little notice. Rick is very easy going and easy to work with and hauls whatever commodity he is asked to do without any issues. Rick maintains clean equipment and works well with the shop when services are needed. He has received a safe driver award from HO Bouchard for three years and love meeting new people along his journeys. Rick resides in Hampden with his wife Althea, son Hunter, daughter Amy, and his dog Sadie and loves going camping and spending time with the family. Thank you for the hard work Rick.
September 2010 - Ron Ware
Ron Ware has been chosen as the driver of the month for September 2010. Ron hauls numerous commodities such as asphalt, caustic, cement and oil and even still on occasions has helped out with a flat bed load if needed. Ron has been a big help when hauling asphalt loads from Montreal and staying out all week as well as at times laying over and getting a 34-hour restart on the road so he could help cover the weekend asphalt loads from Montreal. Ron has also been a big help at times with weekend caustic deliveries to Woodland, Jay, Atholville, and Nackawic. Ron has been working for the company for 11 years since 1999 and resides in Lincoln with his wife Jackie and has done a great job over the years with HO Bouchard. He maintains his equipment to the best of standards and works well with his peers. Thank you for all your hard work and cooperation Ron.
August 2010 - Roger Cloutier
Roger Cloutier has been chosen as driver of the month for August 2010. Roger has worked for HO Bouchard for 7 years, since 2003 and primarily hauls asphalt and light oil to various customers primarily in southern and central Maine as well as to customers in New Hampshire and Massachusetts. Roger also hauls # 6 oil and waste oil as needed to various customers when it is needed. He has been a big help with the asphalt loads and with the light oil and # 6 oil loads that have come from Southern New England. Roger has also been a big help at times recently with hauling Saturday deliveries. He has been a safe driver for 6 years and has been driving truck for a total of 29 years. Roger resides in Buxton, ME and lives with his wife Jody, daughter Katey, dog Dakota and cat Abbey. On his off time, he enjoys spending time with his family, watching nascar, riding his Harley Davidson, and spending time in the outdoors. Roger keeps a clean and well maintained truck and does his best to work well with both the Dispatch and the Maintenance Departments. We thank you Roger for your hard work and efforts.
July 2010 - Richard Notto
The dispatch team has chosen Richard Notto as the driver of the month for July 2010. Richard has driven for HO Bouchard for 7 years now and has received a safe driver award for 6 of those years. He has driver truck for a total of 20 years now and was employed with JS Construction before coming to work here where he drove truck and operated heavy equipment. He resides in Brewer, Maine with his wife Molly, and children Kerry, Jonathon, Jim, and Tena. Richard enjoys riding his Harley motorcycle and woodworking in his spare time. He hauls numerous commodities throughout the year including, asphalt, oil, light oil, caustic, cement, clay, leachate, aggregate, tire chips, flat bed, dump trailer and baled pulp. Most recently Richard has been a very big help with the asphalt loads coming out of Montreal for Pike Plants throughout New England. Richard also has helped out on weekends recently hauling, asphalt, caustic, oil and clay as needed to help cover weekends. Richard is very easy going and handles whatever he is dispatched to do professionally as he takes great pride in his work. Richard keeps a well maintained truck and is a pleasure to work with for both the dispatch and the maintenance departments. We appreciate your hard work Richard. Keep it up!
June 2010 – Tim Moore
Tim Moore has been selected as the driver of the month for June 2010. Jay, primarily hauls flatbed or step deck loads OTR. Also, when the contract division is extremely busy and in need of some extra help, Tim Moore has been a big help with hauling Asphalt, Clay, or Oil as needed to help out to be sure we make all the deliveries that were requested, including weekend deliveries. Most recently Tim was trained on Asphalt and was a big help in quickly switching to the Night Shift and stayed in Portland for a couple weeks and hauled the Night loads to The Pike Westbrook Plant. This also included having to make Night deliveries from Montreal, which was an extremely big help. Tim is very easy going and handles whatever he is dispatched to do professionally as he takes pride in his work. Tim keeps a well maintained truck and is a pleasure to work with for both the Dispatch and the Maintenance Departments.
May 2010 - Ray Crocker
Raymond Crocker has been chosen as the driver of the month for May 2010. Raymond has been driving for HO Bouchard for 5 years and primarily hauls Asphalt, Caustic, GAC Chemicals, Clay, Leachate & Oil to various mills and other customers throughout Maine. Raymond has also helped out many times by switching his normally scheduled days off to help cover caustic deliveries as needed. Most recently Raymond has been a big help working one of his scheduled days off to help with loads that have been called in last minute to both AVCell in Atholville, N.B. or to AVNackawic in Nackawic, N.B. Raymond is very easy going and a pleasure to work with and hauls whatever commodity he is asked to without any issues. He lives with his wife, mother in law, daughter, son in law, and dog in Corinna, Maine and loves hunting, fishing and going camping. He also enjoys spending time and working on his family farm and is a member of White Tails Unlimited Hunting Club. Raymond maintains clean and well maintained equipment and works well with the shop when services are needed. Thank you for your efforts and hard work.
April 2010 – Aaron Walker
The Dispatch Team has chosen Aaron Walker as the driver of the month for April 2010. Aaron has hauled several different commodities throughout the course of his 15 and a half years of being with HO Bouchard including aggregate, asphalt, clay, leachate, oil and cement. Aaron has been willing to and has helped out on weekends recently, with hauling clay and oil as needed when we have asked him to help cover the weekend work load. Most recently Aaron has helped out with jumping from truck to truck this past month so he would have use of a cement blower, and would then be able to help out with the recent surge as the cement season has started to get. Aaron has also agreed to have a cement blower installed on his truck and once again becomes a primarily a cement hauler for Dragon Products in Thomaston. Aaron resides in Plymouth, ME with his wife Becky, son Cody, and daughter Melissa and enjoys camping and fishing with his family on his time off. He also helps assistant coach the Plymouth little league team. He is also very easy going and a pleasure to work with for both the dispatch and the maintenance departments. Keep up the great work.
March 2010 - Raymond Tucker
The Dispatch Team has chosen Raymond Tucker as the driver of the month for March 2010. Raymond had primarily been a cement hauler for Dragon Cement in Thomaston. However, as the bleach, chemical and caustic business picked up in recent months and Raymond agreed to help out in this area while it was needed. Raymond has been a tremendous help hauling bleach, caustic and other chemicals and has also been a big help when extra loads have been needed for weekend deliveries with many having required him to layover in Canada on the weekend. Raymond also helps out with hauling clay and #6 oil and soon will likely help out hauling asphalt as needed. However, as things drastically slowed in recent months, Raymond was quick to volunteer to haul OTR freight and has been doing so since the flatbed freight work picked up early last month. Ray resides in Northport, ME with his wife of twenty years and two daughters. He is a member of the Northport Volunteer Fire Department and enjoys riding his motorcycle, hunting, fishing and spending time with his family. Thank you Raymond for all your hard work and dedication, it is very much appreciated.
February 2010 - Jay Oakman
Jay Oakman has received the Driver of the Month for February 2010. Jay primarily hauls flatbed, step deck or low bed loads but also helps the contract division with various tanker work when times are busy. Jay has helped out in a pinch with clay or oil deliveries including helping with weekend deliveries when and if needed. Jay is very easy going and handles whatever he is dispatched to do professionally as he takes pride in his work. Jay keeps a well maintained truck and is a pleasure to work with for both the Dispatch and the Maintenance Departments.
January 2010 - Will Ballard
Will primarily is a cement hauler for Dragon Products in Thomaston, hauling to their numerous customers throughout most of New England and portions of Canada. Will also helps out when needed with deliveries of # 6 oil to various destinations as well as hauling clay to Jay or hauling Leachate from Waste Management in Norridgewock. Most recently Will has helped out by hauling over the road with the transport division. In doing so Will has had to deal with swapping amongst a few trucks and using a day cab OTR while # 246 has had work done to it. Will always keeps a well maintained truck and is very easy going and a pleasure to work with for both the Dispatch and the Maintenance Departments. He has been driving for HO Bouchard for 7 years and has driven truck a total of 20 years. He has won a safe driving award for 7 years now and says that thing he loves most about his job is the people he works with. He has a wife Carrie, son Matt, Daughter Sam, and his pup Zippy. Thank you Will for your efforts and hard work. Congratulations.