FreightCasts Mr. Schmitt Goes to Washington EP01 Back The Truck Up
The Back The Truck Up podcast is here, with Justin “SuperTrucker” Martin, MemeLord Extraordinaire, and James “Rooster” Bowen, King of the Freight Kaiju, bringing you the action in the trucking and logistics world. We got a “Recap” of articles Rooster pecked out over on backthetruckup.com and our first guest interview with Leland Schmitt Jr.
There’s been a lot of action in the news up off Packerland Drive in Green Bay. Luckily this time, it’s not involving the “Pumpkin Patch”. A man goes a little nutty wanting to make sure he has his insurance. Local police were not interested, until he threatened violence.
The big time trucker strike in South Korea expands, now affecting steel, semiconductors, coal, cement, and cars. It’s not some lame protest. With over a billion dollars already in losses, the union is making damages felt worldwide. Hope you don’t have a Kia Sophia on reserve…
Fuel prices are so high, fuel pump bandits are investing in homemade tankers to carry fuel across state lines and sell to the California balck market. Is this the “black gold rush” of the 21st Century??
Justin leads an interview with Leland Schmitt Jr. and his wife, talking about the FMCSA request for a personal exemption from the Hours of Service regulations. They said everything they did is right there in the “little green book”. We read some of the public comments from the FMCSA docket, after waiting a week…
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