Bill J. Bernhardt

Bill J. Bernhardt is the founder of the National Association of Trailer Manufacturers and is recognized throughout the state of Oklahoma as a leader in business and industry. Bill lives in Duncan, Oklahoma with his wife of many years, Viola. This is his first book.

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Trailer Ride to Success Experiences in Life and Business Bill J. Bernhardt’s life began in the most modest way possible—on a sharecropper’s farm in Tampa, Kansas. But while shocking wheat and harvesting grain, Bernhardt learned everything he would need to succeed in his personal, family, and business life. After an impressive military career as a fighter pilot, he acquired a small business, Sooner Trailer, for $60,000. When he sold it twenty-five years later, it had 420 employees, forty million dollars in sales, and a worldwide reputation for excellence. Most importantly, he achieved his success by remaining true to his core values: family, reputation, vision, and quality. Bernhardt shares the secrets of his success, the life lessons that could help anyone determined to succeed achieve their goals. Written with down-home charm, modesty, and wit, readers will be enchanted by this American success story and the simple wisdom he found on the farm and carried with him for the rest of his life.