We sat down with Max Fuller, Founder of U.S. Xpress.
At its peak, his company had nearly 10,000 trucks. He has been in trucking for over 50 years and has seen every cycle from regulation to deregulation to today’s market.
In this conversation, he explains how trucking actually worked before deregulation, how companies were growing 70 to 80 percent per year, and how early technology gave certain carriers a real edge.
“The OTR market is almost decimated… brokers have taken over.”
This is a preview of the full interview.
We cut this right before the most important part, where Max explains what happens next in freight and what it means for brokers.
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Kara Smith-Brown, Founder and Chief Revenue Officer at LeadCoverage, discusses why, in freight, the next edge isn’t branding—it’s owning the data. Intent signals, CRM hygiene, and niche market indexes quietly decide who gets the first call.

This week's episode is sponsored by  Levity.ai and Freight Flex.

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Freight tech offers optionality, but leverage comes only when strategy identifies the right problems before buying the tools.

This week's episode is sponsored by Epay Manager, Augment Technologies

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Drivers used to lose an hour a day to parking. Truck Parking Club built an app that made that search unnecessary.
This week's episode is sponsored by CloneOps.ai, CtrlChain, Goodship
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Freight’s AI winners won’t be the flashiest tools but the firms that survive integrations, politics, and trust gaps—most companies will standardize on one or two models.
This week's episode is sponsored by Augment Technologies Inc., Highway, FreightFlex, Goodship
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Pull California’s licensing authority and you don’t solve a driver problem—you scatter it nationwide, disrupting produce lanes and exposing how fragile trucking’s labor pipeline really is.
This week's episode is sponsored by Epay Manager, CtrlChain, FreightFlex, Augment.
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When a motor carrier crashes or tariffs are imposed, who holds the power—and how will the Supreme Court decide? Matthew Leffler, Armchair Attorney, breaks it all down.
This week's episode is sponsored by CloneOps.ai, Rapido Solutions, Goodship, Highway
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From covert ops to open roads, Ryan Joyce, CEO & Founder of GenLogs, walks through how GenLogs uncovers fraud and tracks carriers that vanish from the system.

This week's episode is sponsored by Epay Manager, Levity.ai, and Chain.
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Why Garrett Allen, Founder at SearchCarriers.com, left big teams and crowded freight tech to run a carrier intelligence platform brokers rely on daily.
This week's episode is sponsored by  Epay Manager, CtrlChain, CloneOps.ai.
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David Spencer discusses how markets, contract rates, and AI signals reveal the hidden rhythms of freight cycles this year.

This week's episode is sponsored by Epay Manager, CloneOps.ai, and Rapido Solutions Group.

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