The H&M Trucking Podcast

Episode 56 of the H&M Trucking Podcast is all about communication.  If we don’t communicate effectively, we can’t effectively do our jobs.  Tim Gray, Brenda Hampton, and drivers Tony Bertholf and Arvin Knox Jr will join us for a roundtable concerning communicating properly.  After that, Denny and Marcus will cover some breaking industry news and read a passage from a driver on a cross-country road trip.

This week on the H&M Trucking Podcast, we’re diving into a slight issue with our CSA Score.  Eve Essary and Sherry Vogler join us to discuss why the score got to where it is, and of course, we’ll have Eve lay down the law. After that, H&M drivers Tom Woods and Zach Beckman will hop on the line to talk through these issues as the drivers see them, and give other drivers a bit of a pep talk about lowering these scores.

This week on the H&M Trucking Podcast, Marcus and Denny are working to bridge the gap between old and new drivers.  We’ll get on the horn with Randy Duran, who has been with H&M for 8 years, and welcome in Rico Gibbs, who was just hired in January.  Rico has some questions about how things operate at H&M, and we’ve got two very experienced drivers in Denny and Randy to help answer them. 

This week on the H&M Trucking Podcast, we’ll celebrate an epic milestone of hitting 50 episodes!  All the All-Star Executives will stop by including James Fonda and Dale Cook.  Sherry Vogler joins Marcus and Denny to heap some praise on them, and Eve Essary stops by to Lay Down the Law in celebration!  Thanks to each and every H&M employee for making this episode and every one that came for it special!

How do you pronounce Mackinac?  Well, it's not how you’d think, and that’s just one of the reasons we’re discussing the Mackinac Bridge on this special episode of Trucking Up History, presented by H&M Trucking.  We’ll dive into the controversy, building plans, and some unfortunate mishaps that contributed to the construction of one of trucking’s most hated bridges.

This week on the H&M Trucking Podcast, we're ranking the best trucks on the road.  Marcus has zero driving experience, but he really likes looking at trucks, so he'll focus on the esthetic side of things. Retired H&M driver Denny Stone and current H&M driver Tom Woods walk us through their likes and dislikes about the features of all the best models on the road.

This week on the H&M Trucking Podcast, it's all about the brokerages. Drivers Joe Bargonetti and Zach Beckman jump on the line to share their thoughts and frustrations about brokered loads.  Then we'll dig into the state of brokerages in 2024 with retired H&M driver Denny Stone, and Tim Krueger from JFL Logistics.

This week on the H&M Trucking Podcast, we are talking about the new legislation that the FMCSA is proposing surrounding speed limiters. We will talk with executive Vice President of H&M Dale Cook alongside our new co-host Denny Stone about the legislation. And then we will hear from drivers Tom Woods and Justin Shearer and get their thoughts on the potential changes.

This week on the H&M Trucking Podcast, we're covering some breaking industry news with our new guest host, retired H&M driver Denny Stone.  After that, we'll sink our teeth into the debate around autonomous trucks. Are self-driving trucks a real possibility?  We'll find out when we talk to two seasoned H&M drivers, Dave Olerich and Lorus Axt.

This week on the H&M Trucking Podcast, we dive into how H&M Trucking came to be.  We’ll visit with founder Randy Mueller to hear about how the company started from the ground up.  Vice President Dale Cook will join us to talk about how the company grew and changed over the years, and President James Fonda stops by to share his vision and outlook for the company going forward.

This week on the pod we welcome Eve Essary back to the show with some very important announcements, including 4 drivers who have reached 1 million safe miles. We'll shout them out, then Eve will lay down the law. We'll also hear from driver ambassador Lisa Bisese, and welcome our new drivers aboard.