Vehicle maintenance is critical
but most days, it’s pitch black countryside roads. I could navigate the provinces with my eyes closed,” he added with a chuckle.
“When I reach my destination, the person signs it, and I’ve done my duty, and I can go home to my family,” Jake said, adding
“I make it back and they’re either fast asleep, or on their way out the door, but it’s enough for me to see them.”
A rosary hangs on the rear- view mirror and Jake kisses it with a fervent prayer before he goes behind enemy lines again.
Chosen by the bags of cement going into building classrooms in the barrio, chosen by medical supplies going to rural hospitals, chosen by the sacks of rice going to the public market, all these are goods Jake has brought from North Harbor pier to the far corners of Luzon for the building up of communities.
“When I’m in the driver’s seat, and put the truck in gear, I whisper for it to have my back and not get into engine trouble, but I worry less because what matters is inside,” said Jake, patting his chest. Jake relies on his efficiently- running vehicle, without which his crucial role in the economy could not be played. As Jake reveals, the fleet mechanics of the trucks he drives take care of the vehicles well and use first- rate lubricants, such as Shell Rimula engine oil. Shell Rimula’s heavy- duty engine oil keeps Jake’s truck on the right track— to progress. This is what Shell Rimula brings to the table, as the oil that helps keep trucks moving, the oil that helps drive progress.
Logistics is big business, yet the truck drivers, the first ones in, and last ones out, driving the economy by transporting goods, go by unseen, as they go the last mile.
The truth is that Jake, and truck drivers like him are responsible for making our economy - or any economy, for that matter - move. Without them, business would come to a screeching halt and everything would be in chaos. A vital link in the supply chain, truck drivers like Jake are one of the main drivers of our country’s economy, and the key to the Philippines’ progress.