Billings truck company tapped to haul national Christmas tree from Montana to Washington, D.C.

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Whitewood Transport, a Billings-based trucking company, will haul the 2017 U.S. Capitol Christmas Tree from the Kootenai National Forest in the northwest corner of the state to Washington, D.C., next month.

"It means so much," said Mike Wilson, Whitewood's owner and president. "It's cool for Montana."

The truck, a Kentworth T680 Advantage, will depart from Kootenai with the tree on Nov. 8 and journey cross-country to Washington, D.C., over the course of a month, making stops in communities along the route.

The journey will take the tree across western Montana and the Hi-Line with stops in 10 different cities, including Whitefish, Missoula, Helena, Great Falls and Glasgow. It will continue to make stops in various towns and cities from North Dakota to Kentucky until it arrives at the Capitol the first week in December.


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Whitewood Transport, a Billings-based trucking company, will haul the 2017 U.S. Capitol Christmas Tree to Washington, D.C., using a donated truck that will feature the phrase "Big Sky. Big Tree. Big Journey."