Alissa Ranno/Charlie's Water Wagon

You won't find many moms in the school pick up line driving a tanker or dump truck with a car seat strapped in it, but Alissa Ranno has been there many times! She says that trucking was never part of her mother's plans for her and she never thought about a career in trucking while she was growing up. Alissa jokes that her teachers used to yell at her in class for staring out windows, but now she gets paid to do it!

With nobody giving her a chance at a career in construction management, she left the doubters behind and decided to get her CDL and give trucking a go. She says that once she hit 21 there was no stopping her and she cut her teeth in Mack dump trucks paving & hauling salt. Some of her best trucking memories actually came in a 1980 Superliner hauling trash with a live floor.

Fast forward and she was able to get a job with Todd & Beth Roccapriore, owners of Clean Slate Environmental & Charlie's Water Wagon based in Connecticut. Todd has built a number of award-winning show trucks and Alissa has had the privilege of driving several of them -  including the famous Water Wagon you see in our photos.  Lincoln Chrome bumpers, Badass Customs fenders, plenty of Trux lights, and even a lighted "porthole" window in the back of the tanker are just a few of the custom features on this red hot ride that Alissa has delivered pool water in to countless customers.

She wanted to send a big thank you out to her mom Lucy, her sister Katie, and her loving husband Dean for helping her raise her daughter Mia, who is 6 but going on 25!

Just recently, Alissa made the decision to go out trucking on her own and she's starting her next chapter in trucking. Movin Out salutes Alissa Ranno this month, for her drive & determination to succeed in trucking, best of luck on the road ahead!