Julia has been driving a truck for about a year. In her spare time, she works with her horses, trains and competes in the sport, but also has a keen interest in helping out at home with farming and other activities. She believes that the best thing about the transport industry is all the challenges and being able to prove to everyone that even a woman can do the “rough stuff”. One of the best things about the profession is also working with your body and being in your own world.

“I love everything about being a trucker, all the challenges and difficulties, but also how proud you are of yourself when you’ve done what you didn’t think you could do at first”.

Of course, Julia believes that there are some negative aspects of the profession, especially that truck driving is such a male-dominated profession and that many men do not believe that women can do the same. But in Julia’s world, this turns out to be one of the most enjoyable aspects of the job – “it’s really fun to convince them, I can do it too. There are also a lot of people who think it’s great that young girls are venturing into this industry, and I think so too.”

She doesn’t know exactly why Julia became a truck driver, but she radiates enormous satisfaction and enthusiasm for her choice! She believes that the main reason she chose the transport industry is to prove to people that a little girl can handle big things. She is therefore particularly pleased with her employment at Mantum, where she proves today that she can easily drive a 30.5-ton tipping trailer.