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March and April have been a busy time for the SCF Team. We will get caught up on the SCF news, and we'll also get you ready for SCF's Heart & Sole Virtual 5K Fundraiser that the organization will be hosting in early May. SCF Executive Director Courtney Niemann joins the show to recap the SCF Team's success at the Mid-America Trucking Show with over $10,000 in donations coming to SCF during MATS 2026. Courtney also introduces us to Mindy Williams, who recently joined SCF as the organization's Health & Wellness Manager. When we welcome Mindy into the conversation at the 8:38 mark of the episode, you will hear about her career highlights, which includes earning her CDL and time behind the wheel driving in a team setting with her husband, who is a veteran of the trucking industry. As you will hear, Mindy is looking forward to furthering the strong tradition of health and wellness programs that have been established by SCF. Our April episode closes with some notes on the upcoming Heart & Sole Virtual 5K Fundraiser. The event will be running May 3-9. You can join in by signing up by clicking here. The post SCF Welcomes Mindy Williams To Team; Set For May's Virtual 5K Fundraiser appeared first on PodWheels.

“Owner-operators want tools, small fleets want tools, to be able to do these things. And it's not that they're necessarily trying to save money, usually, but they want to save time.” –Tyler Robertson, founder of Diesel Laptops, on the success of his business providing software/hardware to truckers for self-help in the diagnosis-and-repair process Irmo, South Carolina-headquartered Tyler Robertson, head of the Diesel Laptops diagnostic hardware and software provider has striven for an all-makes focus since its early days, in use by untold numbers of owners as well as maintenance pros around the nation since he founded the company in 2015. In this week's podcast, walk through Robertson's history and just what Diesel Laptops offers to truckers and shops to analyze fault codes, providing a diagnostic assist, even getting you to potential parts you might need to fix the problem. As Robertson suggests in the quote off the top -- tools to help service shops help you, as it were, with timely repairs. Robertson and Diesel Laptops make what might be the smallest fault-code scanner in the world, pairing via Bluetooth to a smartphone app that fills out information around diagnostic clues when the dash lights up. That Diesel Laptops "Diesel Decoder" has been around for a couple of years, but recent updates allow for new functionality Roberston details in this episode, including the ability to force regens if needed, likewise to one-tap from a fault code all the way to a part number. At the Mid-America Trucking Show last month, Diesel Laptops was lauded as the latest inductees in the Howes Hall of Fame, where the Howes Products company pays tribute to individuals and organizations truly making a difference in the trucking and farming businesses it serves, the wider industries , too. Even before official founding, Robertson was on something of a mission to democratize truck and equipment diagnosis and repair. It started as a side hustle the engineer built himself, selling tools online and elsewhere. As so many boostrapped companies' stories do, Robertson's starts in the trunk of his car. "I used to go to truck stops and sling tools out of the back of my car," he said. "You've got to go where the customers are." Hear much more about Howes' reasons for honoring Diesel Laptops, and more of Robertson's story, in the episode. More about Diesel Laptops and past Howes Hall of Fame inductees: https://www.overdriveonline.com/15820626 The Howes Hall of Fame official site, where you can browse the virtual gallery of past honorees and suggest a future member yourself: https://howesproducts.com/hof More Overdrive Radio delivered directly to your email inbox: https://bit.ly/overdrivesubscribe

Kevin discusses and covers the following stories: a review of the timeline of the incredible rescue of the two pilots who had ejected from a downed F-15E, 200 miles deep into Iran; while at the Mid-America Trucking Show, Zaheer Igbal, Program and Education Analyst, Pre-Employment Screening Program (PSP) with the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration stopped by to cover the difference, for employers, between MVR and PSP reports, this past Friday, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics released the March Nonfarm Payroll Report and the Unemployment Report; Kevin has the details, digs into the data, puts the information into historical perspective, offers his insights and opinions.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Kevin discusses and covers the following stories: a review of the timeline of the incredible rescue of the two pilots who had ejected from a downed F-15E, 200 miles deep into Iran; while at the Mid-America Trucking Show, Zaheer Igbal, Program and Education Analyst, Pre-Employment Screening Program (PSP) with the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration stopped by to cover the difference, for employers, between MVR and PSP reports, this past Friday, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics released the March Nonfarm Payroll Report and the Unemployment Report; Kevin has the details, digs into the data, puts the information into historical perspective, offers his insights and opinions.

Kevin discusses and covers the following stories: a review of the timeline of the incredible rescue of the two pilots who had ejected from a downed F-15E, 200 miles deep into Iran; while at the Mid-America Trucking Show, Zaheer Igbal, Program and Education Analyst, Pre-Employment Screening Program (PSP) with the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration stopped by to cover the difference, for employers, between MVR and PSP reports, this past Friday, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics released the March Nonfarm Payroll Report and the Unemployment Report; Kevin has the details, digs into the data, puts the information into historical perspective, offers his insights and opinions.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

"Carriers have been vetted to death. ... For 20 years, carriers have been vetted, vetted, vetted. And brokers have not. There's no entry-level audit, no checking in every year like the carrier has to do. The carrier has a responsibility and an ability to start asking questions." --Dale Prax of Freightvalidate Asking questions, that is, to fully "vet the brokers," noted Prax, freight fraud watcher, FMCSA's onetime "worst critic," and proprietor of FreightValidate , a vetting tool offered to both carriers and brokers and unique in that regard. H spoke to the one-sided nature of vetting that's gone on for decades now. In this Overdrive Radio edition, track back through the opening panel discussion at the Mid-America Trucking Show where Prax delivered those words. As was the case last year during the opening, the fraud in freight markets was a big part of the discussion. Our own Alex Lockie detailed the fraud focus in a report last week you can find at this link -- https://overdriveonline.com/15821288 -- featuring Prax and his work alongside so many around trucking to light a fire underneath regulators (and truckers and brokers themselves) on combating the bad actors. It wasn't the only big theme coming out of this year's MATS. Panel moderator Brent Hutto, now working with Truck Parking Club, teed up another topic up at the very start -- the notion of AI, and what quick advancement in various forms could mean for freight relationships for owner-operators and trucking more broadly. Panelists included other voices regular readers will be familiar with, including past Small Fleet Champ Jason Cowan of Silver Creek Transportation on his own growing adoption of automation for parts of his back-office processes. Yet Cowan also underscored the importance of really working personal relationships for any owner-operator looking to grow. "I would go to people and say, 'Hey I want to haul your freight,'" he said of his early efforts to ink shipper contracts. The answer, too often, was a question barked back to him, "Well how many trucks do you have?" In those early days, shippers were looking for fleets larger than his three trucks, yet he never lost an opportunity to offer to be the pressure-release valve for any who would listen. "Hey listen," he might say, "here's my card. When somebody drops the ball, give me a call." Thus was a meager start to long-term business relationships with a myriad customers. Silver Creek's up to around 75 trucks today after a recent acquisition, proof positive the approach at least can work to get you started, if you deliver. More about that acquisition: https://overdriveonline.com/15773179 There's more where that came from, likewise from the other panelists featured in an opening MATS session sponsored by Progressive Insurance and DAT Freight & Analytics: **Lee Klaskow, Senior Analyst, Bloomberg Intelligence **Jamie Hagen, Owner & President, Hell Bent Xpress: https://overdriveonline.com/15819686 **Bill Driegert, Executive Vice President, DAT Carrier Products + Convoy Platform **Sanjay Vyas, General Manager for Commercial Lines Product & Pricing, Progressive **Adam Wingfield, Founder & Managing Director, Innovative Logistics Group Also in the podcast, OOIDA Executive VP on the outlook for the broker transparency rulemaking (still hearing May from the FMCSA) and delay on drafting the next big highway bill in Congress. Partisan arguments over war, over immigration and so much more increase the likelihood Congress might kick the can down the road on the front, Pugh said. But time will tell. More ongoing coverage of news, custom trucks, analysis and more from MATS at this collection: https://overdriveonline.com/tag/mats

Kevin discusses and covers the following stories: the U.S. Labor Department released the Weekly Initial Jobless Claims; during the Mid-America Trucking Show, Nicole Ward, Founder and President of African American Women Trucking Association, stopped by to talk; oil and gas prices continue their volatility as result of the war with Iran; PRICE Futures Group, Senior Market Analyst, Phil Flynn had a few interesting theories regarding why prices are on the rise; Kevin has the details, digs into the data, puts the information into historical perspective, offers his insights and opinions. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Kevin discusses and covers the following stories: the U.S. Labor Department released the Weekly Initial Jobless Claims; during the Mid-America Trucking Show, Nicole Ward, Founder and President of African American Women Trucking Association, stopped by to talk; oil and gas prices continue their volatility as result of the war with Iran; PRICE Futures Group, Senior Market Analyst, Phil Flynn had a few interesting theories regarding why prices are on the rise; Kevin has the details, digs into the data, puts the information into historical perspective, offers his insights and opinions.

Kevin discusses and covers the following stories: the U.S. Labor Department released the Weekly Initial Jobless Claims; during the Mid-America Trucking Show, Nicole Ward, Founder and President of African American Women Trucking Association, stopped by to talk; oil and gas prices continue their volatility as result of the war with Iran; PRICE Futures Group, Senior Market Analyst, Phil Flynn had a few interesting theories regarding why prices are on the rise; Kevin has the details, digs into the data, puts the information into historical perspective, offers his insights and opinions. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Kevin covers and talks about the following stories: payroll processing company ADP reported Private Sector Employment Growth; while at the Mid-America Trucking Show last week Julie Wright, North American Marketing Manager, Shell Rotella stopped by to talk about Shell Rotella SuperRigs June 25 - 27 in Bristol TN., also the Your Truck Your Call Initiative; the U.S. Commerce Department's Census Bureau reported Retail Sales and Core Retail Sales; the Institute for Supply Management released their Survey of Manufacturing Purchasing Managers; Kevin has the details, digs into the data, puts the information into historical perspective, offers his insights and opinion.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Kevin covers and talks about the following stories: payroll processing company ADP reported Private Sector Employment Growth; while at the Mid-America Trucking Show last week Julie Wright, North American Marketing Manager, Shell Rotella stopped by to talk about Shell Rotella SuperRigs June 25 - 27 in Bristol TN., also the Your Truck Your Call Initiative; the U.S. Commerce Department's Census Bureau reported Retail Sales and Core Retail Sales; the Institute for Supply Management released their Survey of Manufacturing Purchasing Managers; Kevin has the details, digs into the data, puts the information into historical perspective, offers his insights and opinion.

Kevin covers and talks about the following stories: payroll processing company ADP reported Private Sector Employment Growth; while at the Mid-America Trucking Show last week Julie Wright, North American Marketing Manager, Shell Rotella stopped by to talk about Shell Rotella SuperRigs June 25 - 27 in Bristol TN., also the Your Truck Your Call Initiative; the U.S. Commerce Department's Census Bureau reported Retail Sales and Core Retail Sales; the Institute for Supply Management released their Survey of Manufacturing Purchasing Managers; Kevin has the details, digs into the data, puts the information into historical perspective, offers his insights and opinion.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Kevin covers the following stories: the U.S. Conference Board released the Consumer Confidence Index; while at the Mid-America Trucking Show, Karin Haumann, Shell's OEM Technical Manager and chairperson of the API team developing the next generation of heavy-duty diesel engine oil standards, stopped by to talk about the rollout set for Jan. 2027; oil and gas prices continue to react to the war in Iran, The Strait of Hormuz threats and mixed diplomatic signals; Kevin has the details, digs through the data, puts the information into historical perspective, offers his insights and opinions.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Kevin covers the following stories: the U.S. Conference Board released the Consumer Confidence Index; while at the Mid-America Trucking Show, Karin Haumann, Shell's OEM Technical Manager and chairperson of the API team developing the next generation of heavy-duty diesel engine oil standards, stopped by to talk about the rollout set for Jan. 2027; oil and gas prices continue to react to the war in Iran, The Strait of Hormuz threats and mixed diplomatic signals; Kevin has the details, digs through the data, puts the information into historical perspective, offers his insights and opinions.

Kevin covers the following stories: the U.S. Conference Board released the Consumer Confidence Index; while at the Mid-America Trucking Show, Karin Haumann, Shell's OEM Technical Manager and chairperson of the API team developing the next generation of heavy-duty diesel engine oil standards, stopped by to talk about the rollout set for Jan. 2027; oil and gas prices continue to react to the war in Iran, The Strait of Hormuz threats and mixed diplomatic signals; Kevin has the details, digs through the data, puts the information into historical perspective, offers his insights and opinions.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Kevin talks about his experience at this past weekend's Mid-America Trucking Show; Derek Barrs, Administrator, Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration stopped by our Booth at MATS to talk about his first 5 months on the job; oil and gas continue their rollercoaster reaction to the geopolitical events in the Middle East, Ukraine and Venezuela; Kevin has the details, sifts through the data, puts the information into historical perspective, offers his insights and opinions. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Kevin talks about his experience at this past weekend's Mid-America Trucking Show; Derek Barrs, Administrator, Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration stopped by our Booth at MATS to talk about his first 5 months on the job; oil and gas continue their rollercoaster reaction to the geopolitical events in the Middle East, Ukraine and Venezuela; Kevin has the details, sifts through the data, puts the information into historical perspective, offers his insights and opinions.

Kevin talks about his experience at this past weekend's Mid-America Trucking Show; Derek Barrs, Administrator, Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration stopped by our Booth at MATS to talk about his first 5 months on the job; oil and gas continue their rollercoaster reaction to the geopolitical events in the Middle East, Ukraine and Venezuela; Kevin has the details, sifts through the data, puts the information into historical perspective, offers his insights and opinions. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

"If you're really concerned about safety numbers, we want zero fatalities, we want all these things to happen ... we have to train people, we have to pay people, and we have to give them a safe place to rest. That's the first three things we should be doing, and until we do that, we're never going to fix highway safety. It's never going to get better." --Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association Executive Vice President Lewie Pugh The good news is that, according to Pugh, FMCSA and the Department of Transportation more broadly are finally listening to truckers and other small-business interests in their push toward safety improvement, leaving behind old notions of a driver shortage. Pugh contends the notion has for decades influenced the credentialing and training system such that drivers are in effect rushed into the business, with too often terrible outcomes. Nowhere was new federal attitudes toward small business truckers in evidence more than at this year's Mid-America Trucking Show, where regulators spent a great deal of time and effort communicating with owner-ops in attendance: https://www.overdriveonline.com/15820771 Also in the podcast, find more emphasis on OOIDA priorities with respect to the administration, and a rundown with Pugh in light of the broader freight markets, particularly after the dramatic escalation of fuel prices of late with the Iran conflict. We all found a measure guarded optimism among owner-operators in attendance, yet plenty of hope the conflict draws down quickly. Plus: We check in with Jorge Rivera Lujan, featured on Overdrive Radio earlier in the year regarding his and other plaintiffs' legal challenge to FMCSA's rule effectively eliminating most non-domiciled CDL issuance for non-citizens. Lewie Pugh got the opportunity to meet the independent owner-operator at MATS, and well knows that if the rule remains intact Rivera Lujan will lose his CDL and the current status of his business late in the year when the CDL expires: https://www.overdriveonline.com/15816105 Rivera Lujan was brought the U.S. as a child, and with another Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals recipient was able to communicate his quandary at MATS to officials as high as Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy. In some ways, there could be hope for folks like him, owner-operators adversely impacted by the non-domiciled CDL rule change in effect since March 16. Plaintiffs in the case against the non-domiciled CDL rule have filed for expedited review by the court as of about a week ago, and time will tell on that front. Meantime, owners like Rivera Lujan and others impacted explore other avenues for their futures, his experience at MATS being an eye-opening one in regard to opportunities all around trucking. Pugh stands by the non-domiciled rule change as written, generally, yet also hoped "this is unfortunately the reality we live in in our country. ... Whatever we do it seems like it goes too far one way or the other, and innocent people who are trying to do the right thing get caught up in it," Pugh said. "People smarter than me write these rules and regs, and they probably have reasons we don't understand. "It's almost impossible to write a catch-all law. It's a shame for [Rivera Lujan]. Hopefully they get something in there to change that or that could help." As for the show itself, Lewie Pugh saw a measure of hopeful positivity among owner-operators there quite in spite of dramatic fuel run-ups, with a glimmer of hope on offer in market conditions after the long drought of the last three and more years. Much more from MATS in this collection: https://overdriveonline.com/tag/mats Sign up for Overdrive's newsletter *https://bit.ly/overdrivesubscribe* for more reporting from all around small-business trucking.

In part two of Red Eye Radio with Gary McNamara and Eric Harley, Gary flies solo tonight as Eric attends the Mid America Trucking Show in Louisville, KY. BREAKING NEWS this hour as Congress is one step closer to ending the Homeland Security shutdown after the Senate advanced a new, last-minute deal, but it came at the price of Republicans ceding ground, temporarily, to Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer. The Senate unanimously advanced a deal to reopen most of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) in the wee hours of Friday morning, 42 days into the shutdown that was spurred by the Trump administration's immigration operations in Minnesota. It was an agreement that largely gave Schumer and Senate Democrats what they wanted — no funding for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and parts of Customs and Border Protection (CBP). But it lacked the stringent reforms they desired, like requiring judicial warrants or requiring agents to unmask. For more talk on the issues that matter to you, listen on radio stations across America Monday-Friday 12am-5am CT (1am-6am ET and 10pm-3am PT), download the RED EYE RADIO SHOW app, asking your smart speaker, or listening at RedEyeRadioShow.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In part one of Red Eye Radio with Gary McNamara and Eric Harley, Gary flies solo tonight as Eric attends the Mid America Trucking Show in Louisville, KY. We begin the show with what is decidedly the audio cut of the week. Stephen A. Smith goes off on his fellow Democrats on the Voter I.D. issue by shouting "SHUT UP"!!! (we couldn't have said it better ourselves) Also what authority does President Trump have on Voter I.D., the President issuies emergency funding order for TSA workers, another "No King's" weekend coming up, audio from Barack Obama on skyrocketing electricity prices, audio from AOC blaming President Trump on utility spikes and politically clueless spring breakers encouraged to have fun and enjoy the end of their youth. For more talk on the issues that matter to you, listen on radio stations across America Monday-Friday 12am-5am CT (1am-6am ET and 10pm-3am PT), download the RED EYE RADIO SHOW app, asking your smart speaker, or listening at RedEyeRadioShow.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Kevin talks about Day 1 of the Mid-America Trucking Show in Louisville, KY; interviews Megan Brown, Sr. Director Product Management and Rishi Arora Head of Product, Geico Truck Insurance about their fist year rolling out truck insurance; various listeners stopping by to talk about the economy is affecting them, their opinion on the state of trucking and what is on their minds; Oil and Gas prices continue their rollercoaster ride reacting to the War with Iran and the negotiations, the Ukraine-Russia war; Kevin has the details, digs into the data, puts the information into historical perspective, offers his insights and opinions.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Kevin talks about Day 1 of the Mid-America Trucking Show in Louisville, KY; interviews Megan Brown, Sr. Director Product Management and Rishi Arora Head of Product, Geico Truck Insurance about their fist year rolling out truck insurance; various listeners stopping by to talk about the economy is affecting them, their opinion on the state of trucking and what is on their minds; Oil and Gas prices continue their rollercoaster ride reacting to the War with Iran and the negotiations, the Ukraine-Russia war; Kevin has the details, digs into the data, puts the information into historical perspective, offers his insights and opinions.

Kevin talks about Day 1 of the Mid-America Trucking Show in Louisville, KY; interviews Megan Brown, Sr. Director Product Management and Rishi Arora Head of Product, Geico Truck Insurance about their fist year rolling out truck insurance; various listeners stopping by to talk about the economy is affecting them, their opinion on the state of trucking and what is on their minds; Oil and Gas prices continue their rollercoaster ride reacting to the War with Iran and the negotiations, the Ukraine-Russia war; Kevin has the details, digs into the data, puts the information into historical perspective, offers his insights and opinions.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In part one of Red Eye Radio with Gary McNamara and Eric Harley, Gary flies solo tonight as Eric attends the Mid America Trucking Show in Louisville KY. We begin by discussing future spending from the Big Beautiful Bill. DHS funding remains at a standstill as Democrats refuse to do their part to approve the department's funding. Also articles supporting the notion that Republican's best asset going into the mid-terms is the Democratic party itself, the success of and the strategy on ending the war with Iran, Democrats continue to play the "clueless" card on Voter I.D., audio from CNN on gas prices, a GOP campaign poll shows the NY Governor race in single digits, a cap on Social Security benefits and a replay of classic audio from Barak Obama on electricity prices. For more talk on the issues that matter to you, listen on radio stations across America Monday-Friday 12am-5am CT (1am-6am ET and 10pm-3am PT), download the RED EYE RADIO SHOW app, asking your smart speaker, or listening at RedEyeRadioShow.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In part two of Red Eye Radio with Gary McNamara and Eric Harley, Gary flies solo tonight as Eric attends the Mid America Trucking Show in Louisville KY. We wrap up the discussion on changes to Social Security benefits. Also audio from Democratic PA State Senator Lindsey Williams on the equality of strength of sexes in women's sports, a mom of ex-Yale swimmers alleges athletic the department 'terrorized' women and 'emasculated' men 'Like North Korea', a 9-0 SCOTUS decision on expanding secondary liability, audio from Whoopi Goldberg on Voter I.D. and audio from John Fetterman on funding ICE. For more talk on the issues that matter to you, listen on radio stations across America Monday-Friday 12am-5am CT (1am-6am ET and 10pm-3am PT), download the RED EYE RADIO SHOW app, asking your smart speaker, or listening at RedEyeRadioShow.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The countdown to the 2026 edition of the Mid-America Trucking Show is in its final days, and the team at the St. Christopher Truckers Relief Fund is ready to make the most of their time onsite, March 26-28. SCF's Director of Philanthropy Diane Hutsell joins the Highway To Hope to talk about the plans that SCF has for MATS 2026. As Diane shares with us, SCF will once again be hosting its Silent Auction event on Thursday, March 26. Diane also gives us a preview of what will be happening at the SCF booth throughout the run of this year's MATS, including the popular spin the wheel game that visitors can play by making a donation onsite. We take this opportunity to ask Diane to look back at her first year in the trucking industry and what she remembers from MATS 2025, a trip Diane made just eight days after joining SCF. To learn more about SCF and you can support their important mission, please visit TruckersFund.org. The post SCF Is Ready For MATS 2026 With Silent Auction And Other Fun Activities appeared first on PodWheels.

It's been some kind of a year and more for Hell Bent Xpress owner Jamie Hagen. The South Dakota and Michigan-headquartered fleet he's built from one truck over many years is back to 10 all-Mack power units after some reduction in the last, difficult year. Hagen was among Overdrive's Small Fleet Championship finalists a couple years back. Along with past Small Fleet Champ Jason Cowan of Silver Creek Transportation in Kentucky, last year Hagen was tapped for the opening panel discussion at the big Mid-America Trucking Show: https://overdriveonline.com/15741773 The pair of champs will run it back in that panel to set the stage for small-business issues at the big show again this year. It's on the MATS schedule for early the morning of March 26 to kick things off, and for this week's edition of Overdrive Radio Hagen delivers a bit of a preview of what we're likely to hear there: https://truckingshow.com/schedule/ Safe to say you can expect discussion of fuel economy and purchasing, given the last couple weeks. It's so bad on the fuel front there's evidence of owners just parking their trucks to wait it out. (A friend of mine here in Nashville took a car to the airport this past week. His driver: an owner-operator in just such a situation, who noted he was going to wait it out and just do the Uber-driving thing meantime. Gasoline, at least, is still a good dollar/gal. and more below diesel, even near $2 less in some cases.) Hell Bent Jamie Hagen's got a not-so-secret weapon in his fuel arsenal in one of the first Mack Pioneers to roll off the assembly line last year. He's got a driver in it at the moment as he himself focuses with his wife and business partner, Hillary, on office duties. "He's been getting after it," Hagen noted of the truck's operator, who's "really good at fuel economy." The Pioneer, spec'd for max efficiency pulling a van, averaged 9.8 mpg for the last month. While that's a whole lot better than 5.8, Hagen noted, the Iran war and the diesel run-up since just wasn't "on the bingo card" looking out at prospects when planning for 2026. Even with excellent efficiency, the fuel-price hike of the last two weeks virtually erased gains in brokered rates he'd seen since the Fall. It's all made him "gun-shy," to an extent, about future investments, given Hell Bent's push to ever-more-efficient equipment with five more Pioneers acquired last year to replace older units. As he put it, "you just never know when the bottom's going to fall out" with cost and revenue volatility as bad as it's been. With good direct freight and rates coming out of the Dakotas, a project this year will be to identity customers for the return trips to further cut the reliance on brokers, Hagen notes in this week's episode, where we touch on the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration's broker transparency and other regulatory efforts, and much more. More upcoming at MATS in this collection: https://overdriveonline.com/tag/mats

Today is the last day to register for FREE to attend the Mid-America Trucking Show! Go to truckingshow.com; the American Transportation Research Institute (ATRI) calls on for-hire motor carriers to participate in its annual Operational Costs of Trucking report. Go to truckingresearch.org; Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance (CVSA) will have their annual International Roadcheck from May 12 -14; Kevin has the details, offers his insights and a few opinions along the way.

Today is the last day to register for FREE to attend the Mid-America Trucking Show! Go to truckingshow.com; the American Transportation Research Institute (ATRI) calls on for-hire motor carriers to participate in its annual Operational Costs of Trucking report. Go to truckingresearch.org; Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance (CVSA) will have their annual International Roadcheck from May 12 -14; Kevin has the details, offers his insights and a few opinions along the way. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Voice Of GO(r)D is delighted to bring you a conversation with one of those personalities you find out on the road (or online) that sticks out by telling things like they are, and pulling no punches in describing the reality we live in. One such personality is Axel, a fellow trucker who goes by the handle ‘Financial Physics' who offers commentary from the cab on the realities of economics, the hypocrisy of ideological partisans and government agents, and much else besides. In our conversation we go from his other career as an electrical generator installer and technician through all of the chicanery that animates our economy and the regulatory environment which obscures it all, and to the tragic (to me) sale of his Peterbilt and hanging up of his keys.You can find Axel on Twitter - https://x.com/FinancialPhysAnd on YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@financialphysics7541My book, End Of The Road - Inside The War on Truckers is less than a month from publication and it has already sold over a thousand copies on pre-order.Secure your copy today, or come and see me in person at the Mid-America Trucking Show in Louisville, Kentucky, March 26-28.In the US you can pre-order direct from my publisher -https://creedandculture.com/books/end-of-the-road-inside-the-war-on-truckers/In Canada at Chapters/Indigo -https://www.indigo.ca/en-ca/end-of-the-road-inside-the-war-on-truckers/9781967613021.htmlAnd if you must -https://www.amazon.com/End-Road-Inside-War-Truckers/dp/1967613028/As always, questions, comments, suggestions, corrections and Hate Mail are welcomed and strongly encouraged - gordilocks@protonmail.com

Today is the last day to register for FREE to attend the Mid-America Trucking Show! Go to truckingshow.com; the American Transportation Research Institute (ATRI) calls on for-hire motor carriers to participate in its annual Operational Costs of Trucking report. Go to truckingresearch.org; Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance (CVSA) will have their annual International Roadcheck from May 12 -14; Kevin has the details, offers his insights and a few opinions along the way. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We're getting ready for big Mid-America Trucking Show next month, March 26-28 at the Louisville Convention Center, and ready to host our Trucker of the Year and cover all manner of the various goings on at the event. It's a big undertaking, from set-up to roll-out of the custom-truck show in the Paul K. Young Memorial competition to federal and state regulatory panels, trucking-business discussions and all the rest happening at the huge event: https://overdriveonline.com/tag/mats Yet we've got help from a bit of a not-so-secret weapon who this year happens to be an integral part of the official MATS programming. He's the player of and songwriter behind much of the music you hear under the voices on Overdrive Radio week-in-week-out, the man we've featured here too many times to count and whom regular readers will also know from his stories and tall tales, interviews, oral histories of OTR drivers of all stripes, and so much more all published under the Overdrive Extra banner at OverdriveOnline.com: https://overdriveonline.com/14865330 That writer, that performer, that veritable sage of the road, Long Haul Paul Marhoefer, will feature with others during the Friday night concert at MATS this year. He's got a couple of records upcoming, too, set for release in the coming weeks: One is archival from 1994, previously unreleased material from an embryonic stage of LHP's evolution as a songwriter he's calling "1994: The Lost Tapes." Then "The After Party Sessions" features live recordings from night shows at various trucking events over the last several years, most held in the custom-outfitted venue trailer of Brandon Carpenter that is the Old Iron Bar. Off the top of the podcast, a bit of taste of that live record via a track that is the very first of Marhoefer's we ever heard at Overdrive, when he competed in Overdrive's Trucker Talent Search music competition more than 10 years ago now: https://overdriveonline.com/14888649 He'd go on to place second that year. And his star rose so quickly among owner-operators and drivers in the aftermath that he never competed again -- no doubt in our minds he'd have won it had he. But he became a real fixture in performances around the competitors after that, alongside copious writing and reporting he's done for Overdrive since, all with a clear desire to tell the stories of others with care, with faith to the their voices and no small sense of empathy for the struggles we all endure. LHP brings all of that to his songwriting as well. He's endured plenty himself in life and trucking, as he memorably chronicled as host of our Over the Road podcast back in 2020, which saw air in partnership with the Radiotopia podcast network: https://www.overdriveonline.com/t/4405867 Don't miss his performance at MATS, yet if that show's just not in the cards for you this year, know that he'll be out at a variety of other events throughout the year, though somewhat limited compared to prior years given his father, near Madison, Wisconsin, has needed home care that he and his siblings and other family members have been coordinating. The "long haul" in LHP remains a reality for Marhoefer, if he does call his trucking career at this stage a kind of semi-retirement. He still hauls for Ohio-headquartered Moeller Trucking and lives with his wife, Denise, in Losantville, Indiana, the pair an undisputed force in trucking music and culture. In the podcast, he talks through tracks from both the new records as well as 2023 and 2024's “Legends of the Lost Highway” and “Floodwaters and Fires” records, respectively. Sit back, relax, and enjoy. Hope to see you at MATS. New records should be available around the time of MATS: https://www.longhaulpaulmusic.com/ Marhoefer's chronicle of his near-death encounter with a set of runaway duals in 2023: https://overdriveonline.com/15304967 More at the head of our Music to Truck By playlist: https://soundcloud.com/overdriveradio/sets/music-to-truck-by-no-1

For the first show of 2026 and the fourth season of the Voice Of GO(r)D podcast project, I am very happy to bring you a discussion with Ike Stephens, the empresario behind the highly successful and very popular YouTube show, Bonehead Truckers.Ike has been documenting the decline of the American trucking industry via his hilarious and well done commentary videos, which highlight what happens when The Powers That Be take a trade which requires high levels of competency and operational acumen, and attempt to deskill it by flooding the market with hapless locals from the unemployment line, or with insourced labor that is likewise clueless. As of late, Ike has been pulling no punches with calling out everyone involved in allowing this sad state of affairs to take place.You can find Mr Stephens all over the place -https://www.youtube.com/@BoneheadTruckershttps://x.com/boneheadtruckrshttps://www.facebook.com/boneheadtruckershttps://www.instagram.com/boneheadtruckers/And if you will be at the Mid-America Trucking Show in Louisville, Kentucky next month, March 26-28, you can come meet Ike in person - and I might even be at his exhibition location with copies of my book for sale.Speaking of the book - we are less than 6 weeks out from release, and my book is already doing numbers in various Amazon book categories. As of right now, End Of The Road was number ONE in Canadian Politics, number 13 in Libertarianism, and number ONE in Transportation Industry.The first two are curious, given that Canadian Politics only figure in the intro and final chapters, and I use the term ‘libertarian' but a small handful of times; the politics that comes through my arguments are all over the place - libertarian, conservative, labor left, populist … I like to think the book's politics defy categorization.And on that note, go ahead and pre-order for delivery to your door on March 24, or come meet me at MATS, where I will sign a copy for you, and you can pay cash for a steep discount. The audiobook will be available by then, and I will have a QR code handy for those who want to download it to their devices instantly.In the US you can order a hardcover copy direct from my publisher -https://creedandculture.com/books/end-of-the-road-inside-the-war-on-truckers/In Canada you can do the same from Chapters/Indigo -https://www.indigo.ca/en-ca/end-of-the-road-inside-the-war-on-truckers/9781967613021.htmlIf you must -https://www.amazon.com/End-Road-Inside-War-Truckers/dp/1967613028/Thanks again for listening and making my podcast what it is, and thanks again for reading my work here. Check out my latest piece, which is now approaching four thousand reads here on Substack -https://autonomoustruckers.substack.com/p/truckers-tikka-masala-part-2-theAs always, questions, comments, suggestions, corrections and Hate Mail are welcomed and strongly encouraged - gordilocks@protonmail.com

Off the top of this week's Overdrive Radio, Kevin Rutherford recalls his first time on a stage speaking to a roomful of owner-operators, back in 1999 at the Mid-America Trucking Show as part of Overdrive's Partners in Business seminar series at the time. The first question he asked the room was for a show of hands among those who had ready access to a detailed accounting of their business performance, such a profit and loss statement or weekly/monthly load-by-load accounting of costs, revenues and profits. Essentially: Who here knows their numbers? He asked the same question back in October to small fleet owners and owner-operators, near 30 years later, and results were similar. "About five to 10 percent of the room" raised their hands in 2025, just as in 1999, he noted. "I set a goal in 1999 ... that every time I asked that I wanted more hands to go up, and I have failed miserably. I haven't even moved the needle" on it. Yet still, as he contends in this podcast excerpting parts of his talk at the annual conference of the National Association of Small Trucking Companies in October, "if I can give you one thing that's going to turn your business around, it's that you have to have those numbers," he said. "It's more and more important all the time." Rutherford at NASTC took attendees through what's been his principal goal for more than two decades now -- helping one-truck businesses optimize every single aspect of their work toward the profit goal. As noted, he's failed to capture the full attention of most owners, yet there's evidence among those he's reached his message is resonating, and it's working for many. In the midst of the last few years' storm of difficulties for trucking businesses of all sizes, it's easy to find news of this or that trucking company's recent bankruptcy, of course. Yet "while we're watching carriers drop like flies, I'm watching carriers I've worked with for years set records," he said. In this "crazy freight recession everybody's talking about, I'm seeing single-truck owner-operators put out records, revenue and profit records, that I've never seen before, that I didn't think would be possible." Achieving such isn't something that's accomplished overnight, and certainly isn't what you would describe as "easy." Yet Rutherford hopes more owner-operators might resolve this new year to take one area of focus – and he talks about plenty in what follows here – and take that area and really resolve to improve execution. Start with one, then move to the next one, and the next one. For the business owner with one truck, when it comes to controlling costs and really beating the competition, Rutherford feels the competitive advantage is real. "Single best model in the industry -- a single-truck owner-operator with really good relationships with good small brokers," he said, "serving customers better than anybody else can." Along the way through his talk, he delivers three points of emphasis for owners who using load boards -- they shouldn't be 100% satisfying freight needs, but rather serving as a strong educational window on the market, and a path to those strong broker relationships on specialized lanes that might carry independents forward toward being that truly Remarkable One Truck Company, or ROTC for short. That's the name he and NASTC have given their partnership to help deliver business insight and education to both Rutherford's network and NASTC members. Kevin Rutherford's network: https://letstrucktribe.com NASTC: https://nastc.com Find Overdrive's own Partners in Business start-to-finish playbook for an owner-operator career, informed by both Rutherford and NASTC's work through the years, via https://overdriveonline.com/pib

Voice Of GO(r)D brings you two trucking industry researchers in discussion on a hot topic today that is now being discussed in the wider media, downstream of a major enforcement action in Oklahoma. Danielle Chaffin returns for her third appearance on the show along with Miranda from the very popular and informative Trucking Made Successful YouTube channel, and we dive in to the question of how random migrants from around the world are showing up in America and various states are issuing them CDLs with very little in the way of any identification, verification, or possibility of accountability should anything go wrong.There is a lot to say about this topic, and more details that won't fit into Spotify's show description character limit, so please head over to my Substack to check out the rest - https://autonomoustruckers.substack.com/p/no-name-given-on-the-fraudulent-issueYou can go follow Danielle on Twitter/X - https://x.com/maybedanielleee and, if you want, NerdIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/maybedanielleee/ and her Substack is great, too - https://www.highwayveritas.com/You can find Miranda's awesome YouTube Channel here - https://www.youtube.com/@TruckingMadeSuccessful and on Twitter/X - https://x.com/TMSuccessfulIn other news - my book is complete! The first round of editing, revisions, and more editing, are all wrapped up, and the manuscript is now in the hands of my publishers at Creed and Culture. They will have a week or two to analyze the manuscript, make any final suggestions or changes, and later this month we should have a final manuscript of the book ready to go. Pre-sales at their website will open in November, and the Hardcover will be delivered to your door in March; or, you can meet me at the Mid-America Trucking Show in Louisville, Kentucky, March 26-28 2026, and I will sign a copy for you in person! An E-reader version will also be available, and I will be narrating an audiobook for all of my Road Warrior colleagues to listen to while you are white-knuckling it along the Interstate Mad Max Wasteland.https://creedandculture.com/books/end-of-the-road-inside-the-war-on-truckers/Thanks for listening, and please pass this discussion along to your favorite trucker, or US DOT investigator, or State DMV official, or anyone else with the power to fix this problem - its time to start cleaning things up, and attain the Highway Hyperborea that is within our capacity to create.Questions, comments, suggestions, corrections and Hate Mail are welcomed and Strongly Encouraged - gordilocks@protonmail.com

This week on the podcast, the voices of two semi-finalists for Overdrive's 2025 Small Fleet Champ award: First, Robbie and Levi Turnage of Mississippi-headquartered tanker fleet Turnage and Sons, LLC. They're respectively fourth- and fifth-generation milk haulers who've made good on a business with a stable of dairymen in the region specializing in organic milk over two decades of so Robbie's grown the fleet from just a single truck, following in the footsteps his father, grandfather and great grandfather before him -- the hands-on nature of each successive generation's training and involvement in the shop, behind the wheel, and everything else that goes along with running a trucking business have no doubt contributed to the family business' longevity, with 19-year-old Levi now fully entrenched as well. In the podcast, you'll hear the Turnages in conversation with Overdrive's own Long Haul Paul Marhoefer in the cab of Levi's 2005 Peterbilt 379 "Big Red" parked up in March at the Mid-America Trucking Show. Marhoefer wrote about the pair in a story published in July you can read here: https://www.overdriveonline.com/overdrive-extra/article/15751311/five-generations-trucking-the-turnage-familys-longevity-secret Catch some pictures there of Big Red, too, which placed second in its class at the MATS show. Stay tuned for more reporting on the Small Fleet Champ contender in the coming weeks. Also in the podcast, fellow semi-finalist MRL Transport owner Mark Ledford, who founded and grew Red Baron Transportation to 35 trucks over 15 years starting in the early part of the decade before selling out and restarting with just one truck in 2019 as MRL. That story aired just last week at https://www.overdriveonline.com/small-fleet-champ/article/15753736/mark-ledfords-mrl-transport-master-class-in-trucking-rightsizing He's up to five trucks now, with four drivers employed, and similarly gets his hands dirty behind the wheel himself, a fact key to both maintaining customer relationships spanning back decades now but also inking new business, as he tells in the podcast. Here, he takes even farther back to his origins in trucking working a dock in the 1980s, then his first OTR driving experience with a team operation. On his first run from North Carolina out to California his co-driver woke him up by turning the rig on its side in the middle of the night, memorably leaving Mark to climb out of a window and onto the cab's side, now upright, unable to find his glasses to sharpen the blurry lights all around him. Needless to say, as he notes in the podcast, he never would run team again. Meet all Overdrive's 2025 Small Fleet Champ semi-finalists and read more about them through this month via https://overdriveonline.com/small-fleet-champ Two Champs will be honored along with two fellow semi-finalists at Championship sponsor NASTC's annual conference October 23-25 in Nashville. More about NASTC: https://nastc.com

The U.S. Labor Department released the weekly Initial Jobless claims Report; the U.S. Commerce Department's Census Bureau reported Housing Starts; the Philadelphia Fed reported average workweek at factories; the National Association of Home Builders released the survey of homebuilders' sentiment; U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development released the Housing Starts report; Kevin has the details, digs into the data and offers his insights. While at the MId-America Trucking Show, Kevin interviewed Jeremy Citron, Founder and Partner, Long Haul law.

We'll discuss what truckers are telling the DOT about cutting regulations. Also, the Small Business Administration held a roundtable on deregulation, and trucking issues were front and center. Then, OOIDA was at the Mid-America Trucking Show to offer some education about operating a successful trucking business. And OOIDA tour truck driver Marty Ellis says people may not manage personal finances the way they used to, but if you want your business to succeed, it's a must. 0:00 – U.S. DOT asks what regulations you want to see go 10:11 – Roundtable focuses on small business, transportation and regulations 24:49 – OOIDA Pro Talk offered tips for business success 39:32 – Managing money a must for your business

Jerome Powell gave a speech at the Economic Club of Chicago; Kevin unpacks the information and offers his insights, correcting the record and offering clarity. While at the MId-America Trucking Show, Kevin interviewed Beth Wilson, Manager of Engine Oil, DEF, After-Market Auditing Program, American Petroleum Institute. The U.S. Commerce Department released the March Retail Sales report; The Federal Reserve released the Manufacturing numbers for March and the Capacity Utilization report: Kevin has all the details and offers his insights.

Kevin offers the theory that some "experts" and "journalists" are trying to manufacture a recession. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics released the Producer Price Index; Kevin has the details and offers his insights. Federal Reserve Governor Christopher Waller offers his views on inflation as a result of President Trump's tariffs. While at the MId-America Trucking Show, Kevin spoke with Kelsea Eckert, Eckert and Associates, DowntimeClaims.com about her services. Kevin digs into a recent survey by Chief Executive, offers his insights and puts the information into perspective. National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett talks tariffs and recession chances in an interview with Fox Business News; Kevin offers his thoughts. Goldman Sachs' CEO David Solomon discusses 1st Quarter earnings and the prospect of a recession; Kevin offers his insights.

I reap my time at the Mid America Trucking Show which was my first time going for "work." Communists have sunk their teeth into FreightXIronman Goals, and my one on one coaching doors are openDrop me a DM if you want to join my free Slack GroupDownload the Truck Parking Club app and use code lombard25 for $25 off a one time bookingFor one on one coaching download the 1stphorm app today @ www.1stphorm.app/lombardtruckingDonate to Project61 today @ https://ironmanfoundation.donordrive.com/participant/lombardtrucking

A massive “thermonuclear verdict” against Wabash trailers has increased the stakes in the rough-and-tumble world of trucking litigation. Also, the 2025 Mid-America Trucking Show wrapped up three days of fun, festivities and more last week. We'll have a report from the event. And for years, we've heard about so-called chameleon carriers. Now, OOIDA tour truck driver Marty Ellis says they're making a comeback – but in a different form. 0:00 – Newscast: Trucking jobs are on the rise 10:12 – “Thermonuclear verdict” makes case for lawsuit reform 24:48 – A quick trip back to the Mid-America Trucking Show 39:32 – Chameleon carriers making a comeback

There are plenty of people who have loomed large in the world of trucking over the past few decades – and any list of names is sure to include radio icon Dave Nemo and OOIDA President Todd Spencer. The two legends in their respective fields met at last week's Mid-America Trucking Show for a reunion of sorts, and we had our microphones rolling. Then, Truckstop's Brent Hutto calls in with positive news about load-posting volumes and one market in particular that's doing very well. 0:00 – Newscast 10:13 – Dave Nemo and Todd Spencer on their early days in trucking 24:50 – Dave Nemo and Todd Spencer on their legacies and more 39:33 – More positive signs in the spot market

On episode 820 of WHAT THE TRUCK?!? Dooner is talking about the Strengthening Supply Chains Through Truck Driver Incentives Act, a new bipartisan bill in Iowa that has the driving community up in arms. We'll take a look at why Iowa is trying to add even more drivers to an over capacity market and the damage the driver shortage myth does to our industry.  Mid-America Trucking Show 2025 may have come to an end but we'll recap the sights and sounds from America's biggest truck show. Travelers' Elizabeth Simpkins talks about the tremendous progress made by women in trucking. Trader Interactive's Charles Bowles shares the latest data on heavy duty truck buying demographics. Ben Tschirgi just founded his own company ScienceOfSales. After a decade of leading sales teams at companies like Cowan Logistics, Tschirgi is now helping other businesses use AI to scale their revenue.  Plus; Trevor Milton pardoned; squats across MATS; monkey truckers and more. Catch new shows live at noon EDT Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays on FreightWaves LinkedIn, Facebook, X or YouTube, or on demand by looking up WHAT THE TRUCK?!? on your favorite podcast player and at 5 p.m. Eastern on SiriusXM's Road Dog Trucking Channel 146. Watch on YouTube Check out the WTT merch store Visit our sponsor Subscribe to the WTT newsletter Apple Podcasts Spotify More FreightWaves Podcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On episode 818 of WHAT THE TRUCK?!? Dooner and special guest co-host Reed Loustalot are coming to you live from the Mid-America Trucking Show in Louisville, Kentucky.  Tune in to get your finger on the pulse of what the driver community is saying their more pressing issues are.  Catch new shows live at noon EDT Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays on FreightWaves LinkedIn, Facebook, X or YouTube, or on demand by looking up WHAT THE TRUCK?!? on your favorite podcast player and at 5 p.m. Eastern on SiriusXM's Road Dog Trucking Channel 146. Watch on YouTube Check out the WTT merch store Visit our sponsor Subscribe to the WTT newsletter Apple Podcasts Spotify More FreightWaves Podcasts #WHATTHETRUCK #FreightNews #supplychain Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

IT'S OFFICIALLY MATS WEEK!!! Kick off the road to Louisville with this weeks episode. I start off with a hard shot of more truck parking issues happening here in Texas, dealing with some haters, and doubling down again on what Truck Parking Club is as a brand. I am joined later in the show by musical artist Rikk Reighn who released his newest single paying homage to the trucking industry, and many of the personalities within it! He will be at MATS taking in all the chrome and experience. You can listen to his new song your entire drive to MATS at the spotify link below.https://open.spotify.com/track/6QrSc3fHau51i6nWoQfmn3?si=179726f7549347f4Semi Truck Restrictions in San Antoniohttps://www.expressnews.com/news/article/san-antonio-limits-tractor-trailer-parking-20231640.phpDownload the Truck Parking Club app today and use code lombard25 for $25 off a one time use bookingDonate to Project61 dedicated to solving the Driver Health Epidemic - https://ironmanfoundation.donordrive.com/Participant/lombardtrucking

OOIDA has some concerns about NHTSA's proposed regulations for autonomous trucks – including that fact that reporting would be voluntary. Also, Andrew King with the OOIDA Foundation explains which trucking issues he'll talk about during the upcoming Mid-America Trucking Show. And how long should a restart of your weekly clock take under the hours-of-service regulations? OOIDA tour truck driver Marty Ellis says some truckers object to the current requirement. 0:00 – Newscast 10:01– Should autonomous vehicle reporting be voluntary? 24:27 – The big issues that will come up at MATS 39:25 – Some truckers say 34 hours is too long for restart

On episode 815 of WHAT THE TRUCK?!? Dooner is talking about Walmart's push to add carriers to their new brokerage network. Although the company says it is still in “stealthish” mode, carriers are already getting onboarded.  Also in headlines, the ‘owner' of a fictitious logistics firm sentenced in $2.8M COVID relief scam.  Truck Parking Club's Michael Lombard stops by to talk about building muscles behind the wheel; the road to Mid-America Trucking Show; and the motive behind an Illinois trucking CEO murder.  TriumphPay's Haley Evans shares the latest in customer-led payment and audit innovation.  3Ts Logistics' Matt Nelson talks about building carrier trust through margin transparency and being a great community partner.  Plus, fed up Amazon delivery driver; how to save a truck in the wind; and more. Catch new shows live at noon EDT Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays on FreightWaves LinkedIn, Facebook, X or YouTube, or on demand by looking up WHAT THE TRUCK?!? on your favorite podcast player and at 5 p.m. Eastern on SiriusXM's Road Dog Trucking Channel 146. Watch on YouTube Check out the WTT merch store Visit our sponsor Subscribe to the WTT newsletter Apple Podcasts Spotify More FreightWaves Podcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The head of the Canadian Trucking Alliance joins us to discuss how carriers are handling the effects of the ongoing trade war. Also, the Mid-America Trucking Show will take place next week in Louisville, Ky. Bryan Martin of Chrome Shop Mafia in Joplin, Mo., talks about what his crew has planned for the big show. And freight and rates are up, according to Truckstop. We speak with Brent Hutto to find out how strength is continuing to build in the market. 0:00 – Newscast 10:01 – Tariff uncertainty causes chaos in Canada 24:27 – Chrome Shop Mafia headed for MATS 39:25 – Truckstop says freight, rates are up