Join Hirschbach President Dan Wallace as we review the latest news and upcoming initiatives here at Hirschbach Motor Lines!

- Typically, between now an New Years is our busiest time in freight volume and we are starting to see some upticks

- New business with Shaw Flooring and Bimbo

- Lots of additional traffic on the road with the Holiday. Please take the extra precautions to stay safe

- Joe Karberg in Safety recently shared that the highest dollar accident type is a rear-end collision- allow reasonable following distance. Second is broadside accidents, third is rollovers- most often these involve speed- slow down to not put yourself in this situation. Side swipe and lane changes are next- make sure you are clear before you enter or exit a lane. Intersection and run in- slow down at those intersections

- Be Safe- Do Safe

- Cost of Risk is one of our largest costs- The All in to Win Program and your payoff to you and you will profit and benefit for taking these positive actions as will the company.

- Have a great Labor Day Weekend!

Join Hirschbach's Chris Schmitt and Joe Karberg as we review safety and education initiatives here at Hirschbach Motor Lines!

Bringing back some Safety trainings back to the fleet- using the Hirschbach App- Hirschbach University- Resource Library- Safety Training Library

- There will be a regular monthly training that will be 10-15 minutes in length and often include a video and a quiz.

- You will get an email as well as an alert through your tablet that there is a new training

- This is a mandatory training for all drivers

- Safety Team is creating trainings based on what we are struggling at as a Fleet.

- Current learning module- “Preventing a Lane Change Crash”- Next one is Properly Using PC

o There has been an uptick in PC violations- law enforcement has a good understanding of these now and are flagging drivers for violations.

PC Reminders

- It is a privilege

- As a refresher out cannot do anything work related or anything to further the load for the business

- Allowed reasons- going home, getting groceries, doing laundry

- If unsure please call in an ask

Thank you for your participation and we appreciate you!

Join Hirschbach's Chris Schmitt as we review the latest news and upcoming initiatives here at Hirschbach Motor Lines!

Join Hirschbach President Dan Wallace as we meet some of the members of our Driver Advisory Board at Hirschbach Motor Lines's annual BEST OF THE BEST celebration!

Join Hirschbach's Sarah Hammond & Dan McGovern as we review the latest news and upcoming initiatives here at Hirschbach Motor Lines!

Battling the heat - the higher the temps, the harder the reefers need to work!

- Keep in check with your lights, even while driving, to make sure it is working properly.

- Pre-trips are critical to verify that your temps are correct and that the reefer if working properly - easier to fix prior to the trailer getting loaded

- Produce needs to be on the continuous setting at the temperature as advised

- When dropping trailers, makes sure the reefer fuel is full before you drop the trailer - it's incredibly costly to have to call someone to go and bring fuel to those trailers

- If time allows, and you see trailers that need fuel in a drop yard - reach out to road assist to alert them

A special Independence Day 2022 message, from Hirschbach President Dan Wallace and CEO Brad Pinchuk.

Join Hirschbach's Dan Wallace as we review the latest news and upcoming initiatives here at Hirschbach Motor Lines!

Join Hirschbach's Amanda Mulholland and Chris Schmitt as we learn a little more about the new members joining the Driver Advisory Board here at Hirschbach Motor Lines!

DAB- Driver Advisory Board

5 New Members- All 5 Platinum BOB in 2021 have a combined 37 years’ experience at Hirschbach

Michael Lantz – Dedicated driver on Smithfield, With us since 2016, Air Force veteran, 2021 recipient of the Veteran’s day wrap, you can see Michael riding around in his custom Air Force wrapped truck!, 2021 Best of the Best Platinum

Christina Benedetti – Dedicated Team driver on Smithfield with Jeff Choates, With us since 2020 Christina used to be a cake decorator and still bakes and decorates cakes in her free time, 2021 Best of the Best Platinum

Todd Zeutenhorst- Dedicated driver on Demkota, With us since 2019, 2021 Best of the Best Platinum, Todd has had his CDL since he was 21 and has been to 48 states!

John Burman – OTR Driver team with his wife, Debbie, With us since 2020, John previously spent 8 years working in the oil fields, 2021 Best of the Best Platinum

Bobby Ellison – OTR Driver, An active Trainer with the training program, With us since 1998 – 24 years! Bobby is an avid fisher and spends a lot of his down time out on the lake, 2021 Best of the Best Platinum

*Please reach out to any DAB board members if you have any topics, ideas, or considerations that they should bring to the board meeting in July 2022. They are here to help be a voice for the fleet

Newsletter- Communication is key so we have a new Newsletter that can be found on the Announcements tab on the App. “The Hirschbach Herald”- shares birthdays, announcements, anniversaries, recognition for drivers, and helpful or new information for the fleet. Our goal is to push information to drivers in multiple different avenues to reach all.

Survey- In Cab Technology- The latest quarterly survey shows that our in-cab technology is improving but we would like to continue to put our efforts to make this better for our drivers. We can benchmark from 1 year ago and those survey results. Our largest jump was in WiFi- with an improvement from 3.5 to 7/10. Messages on the tablet is the highest scorer and most liked by drivers. We are continuing to work on getting the tablet version to feel as good as the phone version of the app.

Thank you for your feedback and comments on the surveys. They are being read and used to make improvements.

Routers- supply is good and we can install as quickly as we can get you into a terminal. Drop in a Driver Services Ticket to get your name on the list and to get routed into a terminal.

Join Hirschbach's Dan Wallace as we review the latest news and upcoming initiatives here at Hirschbach Motor Lines!

Join Hirschbach's Dan Wallace and Chris Schmitt as we review the latest news and upcoming initiatives here at Hirschbach Motor Lines!

PODCAST SUMMARY:

-Pre-booking numbers have strengthened through May and we are full throughout the system now.

-Continuing to take delivery of equipment- 25 Navistars next week and hoping for 25 Freightliners mid-June. Trailers are also still trickling in.

-2019 Kenworth’s are the next group of trucks to change out.

- Cargo claims over the last week- 3 preventables. Take your time, look at the bills, ask.

Best of the Best:

- 119 BOB Platinum level drivers invited to Dubuque on July 29th and 57 Rising Star Platinum Drivers will be invited to attend

- 10 year Longevity, and Million Mile Rings will also be awarded

- Biggest one yet at the Grand River Center in Dubuque

DAB:

- Nominations are in. HR compiles the list, and the Directors are voting. Results will be out early next week

- 5 people elected and 1 alternate

- The DAB will have a meeting the week of the BOB banquet- last week in July

New App Features/ Tech Updates:

- Planned maintenance this weekend to fix any delays that we had seen previously

- Have rearranged tiles on the app and making it more user friendly

- New- Driver Stories- weekly to bi-weekly profiles on drivers; 14 available right now

- My Miles- running tracker for you YTD on miles or start date to current mileage

- WIFI- 450 new routers installed and positive feedback- go to Drivers Services and request the install to get routed in to get installed, or “opt-in” if you already have it installed in your truck and we will get it turned on in 12-24 hours.