The Drive Podcast

Today we talk about some questions from drivers about the upcoming IMO2020 deal. We have special guest driver Freeman Key on the show. Ans Bailey messes up the Florida, Kentucky, Ohio game. Join us today. www.imo.org.

Today M&W's President Carm McKissick joins us. He talks trucking and his long history in the business. We also play our favorite weekly game Kentucky, Ohio or Florida. Join us today on our 13th Podcast.

We talk about Tires and how they are made, we address M&W's tire issues and how the drivers can save them. We play the game Florida, Ohio, California. Join us today.

The most debated topics on Trucking Forums:

 

Tickets vs. Warnings / MVR vs. PSP

·         Drivers do not have a scorecard or a score. Only carriers do.

·         Things can show up on MVR but not PSP, and vice versa.

·         PSP = inspections and crashes

·         MVR = traffic citations, suspensions, etc.

 

Sleep Apnea

·         Doctor’s discretion (just because it’s not in the regs doesn’t mean it can’t affect you)

·         FMCSA guidance

·         Doctor shopping

 

Drug and Alcohol Clearing House

·         How it works

·         What problem does it solve?

·         All drivers will have to give permission to their carriers to query the database

·         What the process will be like

·         January 2019

Podcast 7/22/2019

1.       On this day in history:

·         1983 the first solo helicopter flight around the world was completed

o Australian entrepreneur and adventure, Dick Smith completed the trip after leaving August 5, 1982.

o Started and landed in Hurst, TX (between Dallas and Ft. Worth) and was greeted by his wife, 2 daughters, and 300 supporters.

o It was 320 flight hours, was done on a single engine aircraft, and was 34,200 miles

o Cost $150,000

·         1933 the first solo plane flight was completed

o American Wiley Post landed in NY on this day in 1933 after flying around the world

o Started on July 15 and it took him 7 days, 18 hours, and 49 minutes.

o He flew 15,596 miles

o His planes name was Winnie Mae.

o He died 2 years later, with Will Rogers, when attempting to fly across the North Pole

 

2.       Food

·         Yesterday was National Ice Cream Day (Thursday is hot fudge sundae day)

o What is your favorite ice cream?

·         Yesterday was also National Junk Food Day

This week we talk about Buford Benson, some crazy conspiracy theories, and the heat of summer that made Chis and Zack writhe in pain.

 

Buford O. Benson, Sr. – Age 79 of Nashville, TN. July 11, 2019. Preceded in death by first wife, Carolyn Medlin Benson; sister, Mary Crook; & brother, Edward Benson. Survived by wife, Rita Lanham Benson; daughter, Laney (Mark) McKay; son, Neal (Diana) Benson; grandchildren, Hayden, Baylor, Maycie and Vayle McKay, Jackson and Nathan Benson; sisters, Hazel Vickers, Dorothy Dixon, Betty Bess and Ruby Wood. Funeral services will be conducted Monday, July 15, 2019 at 11:00 a.m. at Woodbine Funeral Home, HICKORY CHAPEL, 5852 Nolensville Road by Andy Connelly. Interment Harpeth Hills Memory Gardens with Military Honors. Family and Friends will serve as Pallbearers. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Jovenes en Camino at www.jovenesencamino.org Visitation will be Sunday from 2 – 5 p.m. Monday 10 - 11 a.m. at Woodbine Funeral Home, HICKORY CHAPEL, 615-331-1952.

Conspiracy Theories

50th Anniversary of the Moon Landing

·         July 16th – Launch Date

·         Neil Armstrong walked on moon on July 20th

·         Theory 1- There are no stars

·         Theory 2- It looks like the flag is moving

·         Theory 3- It just wasn’t possible

·         Theory 4- There is too much radiation in space

 

·         Rebuttals:

o   The camera was focused on the astronauts not the stars

o   The flag was moved when placed

o   There is not a dangerous amount of radiation in space for the amount of time they were there

o    You can still see the footprints there

o   There is leftover space equipment there

o   Moon rocks- we have them

 

Flat Earth Movement

·         Started by Samuel Rowbotham in the 1800s

·         Relaunched by Samuel Shenton 1956, but it died with him

·         Relaunched again by Daniel Shenton (no relation to Samuel) in 2004, with the official formation of the society in 2009.

·         There are 500 members

·         Theory

o   The north pole is in the center and Antarctica is the edge. The ice holds the water in

o   Sun and Moon are 3000 mile above Earth and rotate around the north pole

o   Cosmos are 3100 miles above earth

·         Mike Hughes, a daredevil and flat-Earth conspiracy theorist, used a homebuilt manned-rocket in an attempt to see for himself if the Earth is flat on March 24, 2018.[64] His rocket made of scrap metal was estimated to cost $20,000, and using a mobile home as a custom launchpad managed to climb 1,875 feet with Hughes inside and ended with a hard landing but with parachutes successfully deploying. The amateur rocketeer was not seriously injured and remains firm in his flat Earth beliefs. He claims that real evidence will come with "larger rockets".[65]

·         Space Exploration is fake

·         Gravity is created by the earth accelerating through space at 32 ft/ second

·         Earth is not a planet and is the center of the solar system while the planets, moon, and sun orbit above it and there is nothing below it.

 

https://www.woodbinefuneralhome.com/obituary/buford-o-benson-sr?fbclid=IwAR3s-6WClNXK55Omhf3FiTifd1OwEVu0joy5H9RjTlx-jdmGeTWvl_R6bkk

We talk about the last beetle, and our first cars with thanks to our Grandparents. Moving on to other amazing older people we talk about the United States’ oldest person turning 114. Then the 95-year-old WWII veteran, Ernie Andrus, who is walking across the country on foot to raise money for a restored WWII ship. Go to coast2coastruns.com to donate or learn more. Lastly, Mr. & Mrs. Cook who got married at 100 and 103, respectively.

In this episode we talk about Joeys Pizza and the other great places around Nashville to eat. We also have our special guest Wayne Dorris in to chat about his time in trucking and at M&W. In the last segment we get into the hands free law and our first cell phones.

We talk about Bailey’s blunders and our first jobs. Then move into our special guest Dan Rolfson from Ramsey Solutions joins us to talk about the Smart Dollar Program.

I have an unusual way of looking at the world. My wife, Sharon, says I'm weird, and, truthfully, I am weird. But there's a reason. Starting from nothing, by the time I was 26 I had a net worth of a little over a million dollars. I was making $250,000 a year. That's more than $20,000 a month net taxable income. I was really having fun. But 98% truth is a lie. That 2% can cause big problems, especially with $4 million in real estate. I had a lot of debt—a lot of short-term debt—and I'm the idiot who signed up for the trip.

The short version of the story is that debt caused us, over the course of two and a half years of fighting it, to lose everything. We didn't tell anyone what was going on, but if we had to do it again, we would learn from the wisdom of others who have been through it. We soon learned that we were not the only ones at the bottom. Barbie and Ken (you know, the couple who appear to be perfect—perfect clothes, perfect car, perfect house) are broke, and I don't take financial advice from broke people anymore.

https://www.daveramsey.com/

 

Today we talk start talking about food, what is a falafel and do ranch and pizza go together. We then switch over to our special guest Dave Huneryager and talk all things trucking.

History

Founded in 1930 as the Tennessee Motor Truck Association, TTA was forged out of the belief that a strong, unified industry would be essential in remaining effective and profitable in the future. Tennessee is one of the oldest state trucking associations in the nation. In 1998, the Tennessee Trucking Association, purchased the current headquarters strategically located close to I-24, I-65, I-440 and just minutes from downtown Nashville and the State Capital.

The Tennessee Trucking Association is an affiliate of the American Trucking Associations.

Mission

To serve motor carriers with excellence and integrity while advancing highway safety.

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