Where My Truck Girls At?

For the women behind the wheel, under the hood and hauling the West forward.

Some girls learned to drive in a parking lot. Truck girls learned in a pasture, on a dirt road or behind the wheel of something they could barely see over the dashboard of.

Their earliest lessons came from the road. Learning to back a trailer, check the oil, secure a load and find their way home when the journey didn’t go as planned.

The truck girl isn’t one kind of woman.

She drives an eighteen-wheeler across state lines. She pulls a horse trailer before sunrise. She runs hotshot loads, delivers feed, checks cattle, hauls equipment and keeps businesses moving.

She is the barrel racer headed to the next jackpot, the breakaway roper pulling into a rodeo and the horsewoman hauling the animals she has trained, trusted and prayed over. Her cab holds entry confirmations, feed-store receipts, extra reins, dirty boots and enough snacks for another long weekend on the road.

Her truck might be a polished dually, a ranch pickup covered in dust or a working rig with miles of stories beneath its tires.

Yes, she may love chrome, custom wheels and a freshly detailed cab. But what makes her a truck girl is the confidence to climb behind the wheel and handle everything that comes with it.

She knows how to check the hitch, watch the tires and listen when something doesn’t sound right. She knows which gas stations have enough room for a trailer and which roads should never be trusted after rain.

A truck can be more than transportation. It can be an office, a tool, a source of income and a symbol of independence. It carries freight, horses, cattle, equipment, children, dreams and occasionally an entire life packed into the back seat.

Women have always helped move the West forward, even when their work went unnoticed. Today, more women are taking ownership of that story. They are becoming drivers, dispatchers, mechanics, fleet owners, ranchers, rodeo athletes, horse trainers and logistics entrepreneurs.

They are building companies, competing in arenas and creating space in industries where women especially Black, Indigenous and other women of color—have too often been overlooked.

And they are doing it without leaving their femininity behind.

A truck girl can unload hay in the morning and step out in heels that evening. She can know horsepower and high fashion. She can carry a tool kit, makeup bag, spurs and a good pair of boots in the same cab.

There is no contradiction in being capable and beautiful, polished and hardworking.

This story is for the women who know the anxiety of backing a trailer while somebody watches. The ones who climb out to check the hitch one more time. The women driving through the night to make the next rodeo, horse show, trail ride, delivery or job.

It is for the girls who inherited their love of trucks from their fathers, mothers, grandparents or communities. And it is for the women who taught themselves everything.

So, where are our truck girls?

We know you’re out there hauling horses, moving freight, chasing rodeos, checking fences, running businesses and holding down the road.

WESTWARD FOUR wants to hear your story.

Tell us what you drive, what you haul and what being a truck girl means to you. This is your road, too and it’s time the world saw who is behind the wheel.