Trucking for Millennials

This conversation is full personal branding goodness and freight sales mental fortitude!

Gunner Miller is the Vice President of Sales at Twelve Point Logistics, podcaster on CWG Podcast, and pro wrestler.

You'll hear his story abou thow his pro wrestling career and logistics career started at the same time, how to balance and decide between careers, what it means to go "all-in", and he even drops some gems about selling freight.

Connect with him on LinkedIn, where he'll be posting every day for 2023 and be sure to subscribe to his YouTube.

We had a lot of fun getting to know Paul Gibson, co-host of Sense Per Mile podcast, co-founder of Bright Lights Media, former trucking industry driver recruiter and all around cool dude. We also had a short debate about Texas vs Kansas City KS BBQ.

In this episode you'll hear Paul's take on driver recruitment, a candid conversation about driver well being as well as his recent "HOS Experiment" which had him stay in a small storage closet at CDL Life HQ for 48 hours to see what it would be like for an office employee to work the same hours as a truck driver.

This started an excellent conversation about driver compensation and the importance of media, millennials, and the trucking industry working together to make the industry better.

Enjoy this conversation, connect with Paul, and keep up with the great work he's up to!

This episode is honest, transparent and filled with insight! That should be expected when you're speaking with Melanie Patterson of Team Integrity Knowledge Center.

You'll hear Melanie discuss the highs and lows of entrepreneurship as she's worked to make an impact in the trucking industry while making pivots along the way.

This conversation also showcases the risk and rewards in the industry and how think and operate like a business owner that is not only working in the business, but on the business.

If you're building a business and are looking for insights regarding leveraging your strengths, transitioning from one industry to the trucking industry, networking, and government contracting...you should not miss this episode!

Are you curious about cannabis transport? We were!

That's why it was great to get a message from Kyle of Top Shelf Transport on Instagram.

He's got many years of experience in the cannabis market and has recently leveraged that experience AND his experience owning and selling a moving company to start transporting cannabis across California where he's based.

Michael and I had fun getting to learn from Kyle about this growing industry and what his plans are for the future.

We start this episode expressing our thankfulness for the industry, our peers, our guests, listeners, and of course, the truck drivers that keep things running!

That's before we have a super fun interview with co-founder and head of growth at CarrierSource.io, Clara Flaherty.

CarrierSource is a growing platform that is focused on providing carriers a place where they can build trust and be given the kudos they deserve by brokers and shippers alike.

If you haven't checked it out yet, definitely do so!

What are you thankful for? Tell us! www.pdqamerica.com/thanks

This episode is an oversized load of practical wisdom that will help you no matter what role you have in the industry.

Dean Croke is the Principal Data Analyst for one of the largest load boards in the U.S., DAT.com. He's got an incredible mind for data analysis but he also has experience as a truck driver and owner/operator from his time in Australia before coming to the states.

You'll be amazed by his depth of knowledge regarding sleep, and how this subject is largely overlooked by our industry when it is so important to over the road safety.

As Dean says, "You can be 100% compliant with Hours of Service and completely asleep at the wheel at the same time".

In this conversation you'll learn about optimizing your sleep and your business for the road ahead as Dean has several insights about DAT rate data and what he thinks we're facing over the next 3 to 6 months.

We also play Load it or Leave it!

This episode is a superload!

You'll hear Michael and Aaron discuss the rumors of a fuel shortage before diving into the Top 10 Industry Issues from ATRI.

THEN, you'll hear 3 separate micro interviews taken from the floor of TruckNHustle FreightFest 2022!

You'll hear from former guests Mark Manera, Mysherri Rhodes, as well as hot shot owner operator, Craig Pierce of Pierce and Daughters Hotshot Trucking!

In this episode we discuss 2 articles and speak with DJ Flores, National Sales Director for Unishippers.

First we discuss a looming freight recession

Then we talk about the recent lawsuit TQL has entered that has garnered non-stop discussion about non-competes.

Then we chat with DJ Flores about his career, his experience with non-competes, leadership, building relationships, and much more!

In this episode you'll hear from host of the Transportation and Logistics Club and founder of Atlanta Dispatch Jorie Myers.

In this coversation you'll hear how Jorie started in the logistics industry after spending time overseas working on military bases before diving into the details of dispatching and the regulations (or lack thereof) on the dispatching side of the industry.

Nolan Grush, CTB is the Carrier Relationship Manager at PDQ America. It's his second time on the podcast and in this episode we discuss a range of topics including

• Freight Caviar's recent "on the street" interviews with truck drivers who have choice comments about freight brokers
• ATRI's report about truck crashes
• Elon Must updates Tesla Semi delivery to Pepsi
• Fun facts about Nolan
• Football predictions continue
• and more!

Connect with Nolan on Linkedin here!