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The Oakley Podcast episodes

January 06, 2021 Re-Air: Continuing a Family Legacy with Justin Oakley
*From time to time we’ll re-air a previous episode of the show that our newer audience may have missed.*
Our pilot episode of the show is an interview with Justin Oakley, one of the leaders of our family business. On this episode, we talk to Justin about his view on the family legacy and what he sees coming in the future for family-owned trucking companies like ours.
Oakley Trucking is a family-owned and operated trucking company headquartered in North Little Rock, Arkansas. For more information, check out our show website: podcast.bruceoakley.com

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39 min
December 23, 2020 40: Wishing You and Yours a Very Merry Christmas
2020 has been one heck of a year. Host Jeremy Kellett encourages our listeners to think back to good holiday memories and make some new ones this year as he wishes a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to all.
The Oakley Podcast will be back in January. Oakley Trucking is a family-owned and operated trucking company headquartered in North Little Rock, Arkansas. For more information, check out our show website: podcast.bruceoakley.com

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4 min
December 16, 202039: The Life of a Wife of an Oakley Driver
On this week’s episode of the Oakley Podcast, host Jeremy Kellett is joined by Sherry Eads and Laura Floyd, wives of Oakley owner-operators to find out what life is like from their perspective as they manage their own jobs, being moms and keeping in touch with their husbands while they’re on the road.
Key points in today’s conversation include:
Need to Know with Vickie Chastain: good driving manners (2:29)
Background on Laura Floyd (4:28)
Background on Sherry Eads (5:52)
Traveling with their husbands on the road (9:40)
What’s it like being the wife of a truck driver? (11:42)
Teamwork in marriage (17:25)
Helping manage the business (24:34)
Stressing the importance of good communication (33:50)
Thank you Laura and Sherry for coming on the show and sharing your side of the story.
Oakley Trucking is a family-owned and operated trucking company headquartered in North Little Rock, Arkansas. For more information, check out our show website: podcast.bruceoakley.com

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38 min
December 09, 202038: Do you know how much money you are making at Oakley?
On this week’s episode of the Oakley Podcast, host Jeremy Kellett is joined by operations manager Nick Dulaney to discuss how much owner-operators can net after calculating base pay, expenses, and bonuses.
Key points in today’s conversation include:
Need to Know with Vickie Chastain: the driver lifestyle (1:39)
Hopper division pay breakdown (6:10)
Explaining the anniversary bonus (11:58)
End-dump division pay breakdown (15:01)
Pneumatics division pay breakdown (20:05)
Getting paid for deadhead miles (24:48)
Samples of settlement summaries (28:51)
Thank you Nick for coming on the show to help explain just how much our owner-operators can make each year.
Oakley Trucking is a family-owned and operated trucking company headquartered in North Little Rock, Arkansas. For more information, check out our show website: podcast.bruceoakley.com

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40 min
December 02, 202037: Meeting Dispatch (Part II)
On this week’s episode of the Oakley Podcast, host Jeremy Kellett sits down with Peyton Clark and Alex Kin, dispatchers from the end-dump division. With 80 drivers between them, Peyton and Alex help make sure their owner-operators are taken care of, getting miles, and getting to spend time at home.
Key points in the conversation:
Need to Know with Vickie Chastain: Submit photos for the Oakley calendar (1:10)
Meeting Peyton Clark (2:49)
Getting to know Alex Kin (6:33)
Day-to-day role of a dispatcher (11:44)
A message to recruits about working at Oakley (15:02)
Driving to Canada (19:50)
Places to recruit from (26:56)
Retaining drivers (31:41)
Positive feedback about owner-operators (37:08)
Thank you Peyton and Alex for all of the work that you’ve done as dispatchers to support our owner-operators.
Oakley Trucking is a family-owned and operated trucking company headquartered in North Little Rock, Arkansas. For more information, check out our show website: podcast.bruceoakley.com

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42 min
November 25, 202036: Meeting Dispatch (Part I)
On this week’s episode of the Oakley Podcast, host Jeremy Kellett sits down with Kell Shenep and Austin Allen, dispatchers from the end-dump division. Kell and Austin are responsible for nearly 100 owner-operators and they share their behind the scenes stories of dispatching.
Key points in the conversation:
Need to Know with Vickie Chastain: Staying healthy mentally and physically (1:22)
Austin’s background with Oakley (3:01)
Kell’s background with the company (7:54)
Their day-to-day work dispatching for nearly 100 combined owner-operators (12:42)
Juggling time for talking with all of their drivers (19:05)
Pre-planning and adjusting to changes in plans (24:30)
Tracking drivers’ miles and making trips worth the drivers’ time (28:13)
Bragging about their owner-operators (33:50)
Thank you, Kell and Austin for all of the work that you’ve done in the office to support our owner-operators.
Oakley Trucking is a family-owned and operated trucking company headquartered in North Little Rock, Arkansas. For more information, check out our show website: podcast.bruceoakley.com

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38 min
November 18, 202035: Announcing Our Oakley Owner/Operators of the Year
On today’s special edition of the podcast, Jeremy and Corey host the Oakley Owner-Operators of the Year award show where dispatchers from each division announce their honorees. Each dispatcher has in the ballpark of 50-60 owner-operators and they have to choose an honoree who has excelled in on-time pickups and deliveries, customer service, safety, having a positive attitude, good communication, and keeping up with paperwork among other positive traits. As Owner-Operator of the Year, the winners receive a plaque and decal, free truck washes for a year, and lots of bragging rights.
The awards were announced by division:
Hopper Division (8:51)
End Dump Division (13:29)
Pneumatic Division (21:34)
Thank you to all of our owner-operators for all of your amazing work and to our dispatchers for announcing these great choices on the show today.
Oakley Trucking is a family-owned and operated trucking company headquartered in North Little Rock, Arkansas. For more information, check out our show website: podcast.bruceoakley.com

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27 min
November 11, 202034: Preventing Contaminations
Jeremy Kellett provides an important update on this additional episode of the Oakley Podcast and is joined by dispatchers Randy Caldwell and Clayton Smith and owner-operators David Carothers and Donnie Williams for the discussion. The announcement highlights the importance of preventing contamination to customer products.
Key points in the conversation:
Introducing this episode’s panel (1:32)
Examples of contamination (6:00)
Owner-operator feedback on the situation (9:27)
Washouts and keeping the trailers clean (12:23)
End dump issues with contamination (25:06)
Our responsibility to get the product to the customer the way they want it (30:50)
Thank you to this group of dispatchers and owner-operators to help shed light on how we can improve our customer service in this area.
Oakley Trucking is a family-owned and operated trucking company headquartered in North Little Rock, Arkansas. For more information, check out our show website: podcast.bruceoakley.com

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37 min
November 04, 202033: What’s it Like Working in the Pneumatics Division?
On today’s Oakley Podcast, host Jeremy Kellett talks with Bradley Simpson and Hunter Horton from the pneumatic division. Bradley and Hunter share inside information about the pneumatic division—freight, customer service, retention, and more.
Highlights from this episode include:
Need to Know with Vickie Chastain: Keeping your paperwork up-to-date (2:11)
Introducing Bradley and Hunter (3:33)
Fostering teamwork in the pneumatic division (13:33)
The state of the pneumatic division, increased busyness and freight hauled (16:20)
Training process for new drivers (20:03)
Ideal living locations for pneumatic drivers (21:05)
Maximizing hours and retaining drivers (27:51)
Freight outlook for the next year (31:54)
Compliments from customers (34:04)
Thank you Bradley and Hunter for joining the podcast to discuss the state of the pneumatics division.
Oakley Trucking is a family-owned and operated trucking company headquartered in North Little Rock, Arkansas. For more information, check out our show website: podcast.bruceoakley.com

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41 min
October 28, 202032: What’s the Outlook on Freight for the Dry Bulk Industry?
In today’s episode of the Oakley Podcast, host Jeremy Kellet is joined by Jared Flinn, co-founder of BulkLoads.com. BulkLoads.com connects shippers, carriers, and brokers together and has a network of more than 10,000 members that moved approximately $7 billion in commodities in 2019. Together they discuss the outlook on the dry bulk industry.
Highlights from the episode include:
Need to Know with Vickie Chastain: Driving tips for winter (2:52)
Jared’s backstory and the history of BulkLoads.com (4:24)
Ins and outs of the dry bulk industry (12:26)
Surges and trends in commodities (19:03)
Discussing the Bulkloads Podcast (28:08)
Thank you Jared for joining the podcast to chat about the state of bulk freight.
Oakley Trucking is a family-owned and operated trucking company headquartered in North Little Rock, Arkansas. For more information, check out our show website: podcast.bruceoakley.com

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33 min

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