When Karen King rode with her dad in his pumper truck as a kid, she considered it fun quality time to talk while they traveled, to be able to help whenever she could and — her favorite thing — to honk the horn. She never imagined that she, the only girl in the family with three brothers, would be the one to keep Action King Services in Lowell, Massachusetts, in the family. But about 15 years ago, she found herself drifting back into the business because of her desire to spend quality time with her young son.
After a few years
