Trucking for Millennials

If you're in sales or marketing for a freight brokerage this is definitely one you should check out! Lina Acosta is the Chief Marketing Officer for GLT Logistics and also serves as a Chairperson and Member of the Board of Directors for the Transportation Marketing & Sales Association.

In this episode, you'll hear Lina share some excellent insight as a C-Suite executive on her approach to building a marketing department, outsourcing, her top marketing methods, and how the TMSA has impacted her career thus far.

Tandem has created an innovative way for conventional trucks to harness the power of battery power that's as easy as hooking up to an additional axle.

In this conversation you'll hear from Matthew and Paul Sabatini. These brothers are taking a paper napkin idea into real life with working prototypes of their first product, the Centaur.

The Tandem Centaur enables instant hybridization of class 8 trucks, immediately reducing emissions and fuel consumption on diesel fleets on the road now by up to 95% within minutes of connecting.

Hear their story about how they plan to revolutionize the industry and check them out online! www.drivetandem.com

Almost 2 years ago to the day we first connected with Rahmel Wattley, Founder/Host of the Truck N' Hustle podcast and it's been amazing to watch him grow it into one of the most powerful communities in the trucking industry today.

In this episode, Rahmel provides a masterclass of knowledge from his experience building the Truck N' Hustle into a media brand. If you're interested in learning more about social media, the trucking community, building an audience, and what's next with Truck N' Hustle, be sure to listen to this episode!

In this episode Aaron and Michael start with some breaking news happening in the logistics industry, the biggest headline being that the Supreme Court will not hear trucking's AB5 case, making it law for California carriers

Then they dive into a conversation with Kevin Sterling, Senior Market Strategist for XPO Logistics where they learn more about Kevin's role at the publically traded company and ask him about what he believes are the best strategies for small and mid-size carriers and brokers in today's logistics market.

Kevin provides a wealth of insight on the market, so be sure to check it out!

Also, if you're a California trucking carrier or freight brokerage, we'd love to hear from you about the recent AB5 decision. Send us a message on Instagram @pdqamerica or an email to [email protected].

This week is all about Freedom! Released the week of American Independence Day, we're chatting with Andrew Lawton to learn everything that happened with The Freedom Convoy across the border in Canada.

Andrew is a journalist for True North, a broadcaster with his own podcast, The Andrew Lawton Show, and has recently released his first book titled The Freedom Convoy - The Inside Story of Three Weeks that Shocked the World.

In this episode you'll hear how Andrew got involved, what he learned from being on the front lines, how the Canadian public reacted and much more!

Be sure to check out his book for all the details!

Did you know there's an AirBNB or Turo for commercial vehicles and equipment? We didn't! Until we had this conversation with John Matheus and Romas Hicks of Coop.com

Coop is a Ryder company and is providing an innovative way for trucking companies or any commercial equipment owner to leverage their assets when and if they are sitting idle.

In this conversation you'll learn how Coop came to be, the advantages Coop has because they are a Ryder company, stories about investors using the platform to have a rental business on the side, how trucking companies can keep a truck making money while recruiting a driver, the particulars with insurance and maintenance and much more!

Check out Coop.com and be sure to connect with John and Romas on LinkedIn.

This episode comes from the trenches of freight brokerage. Every day, freight brokers send and receive hundreds of emails each week from customers and carriers.

In this episode we have a story of a freight broker, "T" was attempting to help a shipper sending their daily RFQ's to their list of brokers that their rates weren't keeping up with the current market.

So we called him! You'll him retell his experience and explain his perspective as Aaron and Michael share theirs as we all navigate the competitive freight broker market and work to find quality loads for quality carriers.

In this episode Michael and Aaron discuss a few stand out news articles from around the industry:

Record Diesel Price

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/latest-doe-eia-weekly-diesel-price-is-a-record-high

Amazon exec departs to become Flexport CEO

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/clark-to-become-flexports-ceo-in-september

Uber Freight + Waymo Via

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/uber-freight-and-waymo-via-envision-autonomous-trucking-for-all

and more!

Then Aaron has a conversation with Jennifer Smith of JIT truck parts to discuss June being National Safety Month and a few parts that can help truck drivers be more safety over the road. Here are a few links to products referenced in the conversation:

HD Lighting: https://www.jittruckparts.com/electrical/lights-misc-electrical/headlights. Recommended brands: Match Made, Truck Lite, Grote.

CB Radios: https://www.jittruckparts.com/electrical/instrumts-radio/radios-speaker. Recommended brand: Pana-Pacific.

ADAS technologies – Recommended brand: WABCO: https://www.jittruckparts.com/wabco-brand

Mirrors: https://www.jittruckparts.com/cab-chassis/mirrors. Recommended brand: Velvac

Cameras: https://www.jittruckparts.com/electrical/lights-misc-electrical/misc-electrical. Recommended brand: Velvac

Enjoy!

We met Robert Brown, Chief Strategy Officer of Spartan Radar at the recent AUVSI conference where Michael was a panelist about automated vehicles in the commercial space. In this episode you'll hear us discuss many facets of the automated trucking world, and how Spartan Radar and radar technologies fit within it.

If you're interested in learning more about how Radar, Lidar, and other sensor systems work to become a "co-pilot" in service to the driver, this is it! Robert also breaks down the levels of automation (Levels 1-5), we talk about Tesla, the overlap with EV's and AV's, when to expect this technology to hit mass scale, the current number of automated trucks on the road, and much more!

In this episode you'll hear from Guillermo Garcia, founder and CEO of SmartHop, a technology platform that equips carriers with everything they need to run a trucking business.

You'll hear how Guillermo started his logistics career in Venezuela and eventually came to the United States to start a trucking business.

He's now helping small carriers with dispatching, insurance, leasing, fuel, and payments.

Be sure to check out how SmartHop can help you via their website, and let us know what you think of this episode!