Trucking for Millennials

For part three of our Texas Trucking Show Mini Interview series you'll hear from three individuals covering three different aspects of the industry.

Gio w/ Clark Freightlines manages their Safety and has an awesome story about he transitioned from architecture to a full time gig in the industry he "couldn't get completely out of". This is another story of how family business keeps professionals in the industry and how Trucking Shows like the Texas Trucking Show attracts and retains talent in the industry.

Maria - TaxPro MultiServices is an entrepreneur who listened to her customers needs and pivoted her business to service the trucking industry and help her clients get started. She works close to the port of Houston and has helped many trucking entrepreneurs get their start and help them sustain their success through proper compliance.

Dr. Freddy Romero owns A+ Medical Examiners, which focuses 100% on providing affordable and high quality DOT physicals for the trucking and bus industries. In this conversation you'll hear an example of why it's important to focus on a niche and how to remain healthy over the road or over the course of your work day in the office.

We're back with another excellent mash up of interviews taken at the recent Texas Trucking Show in Houston TX. In this episode you'll hear from...

Allen Yanes of Strike Rock Logistics

He's a military veteran and new Owner Operator based out of Tennessee. We discuss how he's navigating today's trucking market, his message for brokers, and what he's learned so far from charting his own path.

Trucking w/ Dev on TikTok and YouTube

It was great to connect with Dev, a self-proclaimed "tanker yanker" who's trucking experience is primarily from hauling tankers throughout west texas. You'll hear us talk about his experience and why he's passionate about creating content about the industry for the industry as he builds his following on TikTok and YouTube.

Marty Emale of Bidspot

Marty is also an Owner Operator who also doubles as a tech platform founder. In this conversation you'll get to know Marty and hear about Bidspot, the technology platform he developed with a partner to help him stay profitable on every load.

We had an excellent time at the Texas Trucking Show last weekend in Houston! We had the opportunity to connect with many industry professionals and even had some mini-interviews while we are there. Here are two of them!

Brady High

https://www.legendtruckandequipment.net/pages/meet-the-legends

Denis LaRoche

https://www.stratagemlogisticsllc.com/

In this episode we speak with Todd Zeigler, CEO of TruckCoinSwap.com.

In December of last year, TruckCoinSwap successfully transacted the first-ever settlement of a freight invoice utilizing the blockchain and a non-security digital asset: the TCS (Polygon) Token.

In this episode you'll hear exactly what that means and the opportunity Todd and the TruckCoinSwap team sees in settling freight invoices on the blockchain for free, saving drivers from the % that can eat into their bottom line.

If you're into cryptocurrency, saving money by stopping using factoring, the new technology shaping the industry, and how TruckCoinSwap works, give it a listen!

In this episode of the podcast we wanted to feature some of the hottest clips from the show so far this year! You'll hear a range of logistics professionals give their hot takes and insight forged from the trenches to help you become the best freight professional you can be.

It also is tracked to music 🔥

Be sure to scroll through our library of shows featuring these guests in 2023 so far:

Chris Jolly

Brett Ekart

Gretchen Long - Long Money Trucking

Michael Lombard

Roland Balduc

Anne Reinke

Matthew Leffler

Niki Okuk & David Heller

Evan Shelley

Ricky Barnett

In this episode we get to know Justin Martin, Social Media Content Creator for FreightWaves.

Justin joined FreightWaves based on his experience in trucking and has developed the skill and ear to create freight media and pull together insights and people from all around the internet highway and report on what's happening now in the industry.

This is a wide ranging conversation about his career and trucking topics like the driver shortage myth, the freight market today, training (or lack thereof) available for truck drivers, and much more!

Be sure to follow him on Twitter and TikTok!

In this episode you'll hear an absolute FIRE conversation with Michael Lombard of Lombard Trucking. He's Connecticut born and bred, a former Marine, also played some lacrosse, moved to Texas in 2020 to follow a dream of starting a trucking career.

In this episode you'll learn more about the rich history of the Lombard name in the industry.

We start the episode we discus the new bill that just passed in Washington state that allows bathroom access for commercial truck drivers at shippers.

Then we jump into how Michael approaches his career as a truck driver as he works to bring a new energy for what it means to be a modern trucker that works with purpose and pride.

We also discuss...

Business strategy in down market

Fitness over the road

The pursuit of one's purpose

"Personal Excellence is the #1 Rebellion"

The importance of networking

and much more!

Follow Michael on the following platforms and listen to his podcast!

Twitter

YouTube

Instagram

TikTok

Evan K Shelley

Evan Shelley is Co-founder and CEO of Truck Parking Club, a company helping to provide parking for truckers by monetizing vacant properties for landowners. Evan is a truck parking expert with a deep knowledge of the business. Using his experiences in truck parking and real estate he is working to help solve the truck parking shortage and bring awareness to the issue.

TruckParkingClub.com

Truck Parking Club is a network of instantly reservable daily and monthly truck parking locations throughout the US. Truck Parking Club helps connect truckers to truck parking locations throughout the US via truckparkingclub.com. Our network is made up of property owners that have locations adequate for truck parking to list on the platform: this includes trucking companies, storage companies, CDL Schools, trailer leasing companies, real estate investors, truck parking operators and more!

In this episode, you'll hear Aaron, Michael, and Evan discuss the current state of truck parking, how Evan was introduced to the problem of truck parking, the future of truck parking in America, how land owners and trucking companies can get involved, and more!

In this episode we speak with Ricky Barnett, the Senior Talent Advisor at FreightVana!

You could also call her a "professional vibe curator" and "culture ambassador".

When you look at her LinkedIn you'll see how she promotes the FreightVana brand while maintaining her unique identity, which is important to this and future generations when they are choosing where to build a career.

In this converation you'll hear us discuss...

• company culture
• attracting and recruiting talent
• the business case for fun
• how she approaches content creation
• her top tips for smaller trucking companies when marketing
• how you can be more authentically you

and much more!

We're so excited to have had the opportunity to host this conversation between Niki Okuk and David Heller!

David is the VP of Safety and Govt Affairs for the Truckload Carriers Association, and has been on the podcast in the past. Check out that episode here. He's also advocating to the White House what his members think about electric trucking and believes there are many obstacles and issues in the way that must be resolved.

Niki is the Deputy Director of CALSTART, a nonprofit dedicated to accelerating to growth of clean transportation tech - and a veteran trucker herself. She's talking with truckers and fleet managers about why it's crucial for them to get ahead in this transition.

So we decided it would be great to bring these two together so they can help us learn about the subject through a conversation between two opposing sides!

What resulted was an excellent chat about charging infrastructure, the reliability of electric trucks, the affordability of electric trucks, what the point of all the changes are and much, much, more!