Trucker Life · Virginia · November 9, 2026

Virginia Trucker Runs Family Firm From 1981

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The Virginian-Pilot profile of Rashon Britt describes a third-generation trucker who runs Portsmouth-based Britt Transportation. His grandfather, Clarence Britt, started the business in 1981 and died in 2002. Britt earned a biomedical engineering degree from Virginia Commonwealth University and made the company his full-time work in 2021.

The company serves customers in Virginia and runs north to New York and south to Florida, the profile says. It has seven drivers, three 18-wheelers, four box trucks and 10 passenger vans. Britt says he is still on the road four or five days a week.

Maps, corkboards and a classroom cab

Britt recalls riding with his grandfather and learning routes when the older Britt mapped trips on a corkboard with colored pins and string. Today the work runs on screens, though Britt says he still uses maps from time to time because it keeps him grounded. He called the truck "a classroom on wheels."

Another third-generation profile on Big Rig Daily covers an Illinois trucker and a 2022 Peterbilt 389.