Russ Mahler

Hard work definitely leads to success in the trucking industry and Russ Mahler has been giving it 110% ever since he started trucking. Russ says that growing up around trucks, he always thought it would be fun to drive a dump truck himself and he started his trucking career at age 18.

Russ is a 3rd generation trucker, following in the footsteps of his grandfather and his uncles. He started hauling scrap locally in CT with dump trailers until he bought his first truck in 2017. He switched over to flatbed work with his own truck up until he landed his first OTR gig and moved out to Ohio. After hauling flatbed & reefer freight for several years, Russ ended up transitioning to cattle hauling, and he says he plans on keeping the cattle & sheep relocated from here on out!

His current ride is this bright blue 2001 KW W-900L with over 1.4 million miles on the odometer. He credits Bill Mahler for always being there for him while growing up & helping him get started on his own. Brett Reed helped Russ get his '01 "looking right" and he gets plenty of thumbs up out on the highway with it.

Russ wanted to send special thanks to his girlfriend Courtney for taking care of the kids and everything else at home while he's on the road. Russ has many miles ahead of him and blue is definitely his color, and his classy Kenworth's as well!

Movin' Out applauds Russ Mahler's efforts by making his K-Dub our December Working Show Truck of the Month.