Bulkloads Podcast

BLP:372 He Bought One Dump Truck Out of High School, Now He Runs 40 Trucks Across Kansas

Watch on YouTube  Jesse Knight bought a four-axle dump truck the fall after he graduated high school in 1992, because there wasn't enough family farm ground left for a

BLP 371: His Dad's Dying Words: "You're Not Welcome At Page" | So He Earned It Back

On his deathbed, Keith Titus told his son: "You're not welcome at Page. I have a plan, and you're not part of it." Three years later, the plan had failed. The company w

BLP 370: Rolling Coal, an $18M Fine, and Redemption: The PDI Story

They fined him $18 million. He built a diesel empire anyway. Jerad Wittwer grew up the son of a St. George milkman and rancher, overhauled his first engine at 13, and tur

BLP 369: 1 Gas Station to 1,400 Employees: How Wallis Built a Fuel Empire

Bill Wallis went to work at 13 to help his family. He served in the 101st Airborne, came home, and bought a single gas station in Cuba, Missouri in 1968. Today Wallis Com

BLP 368: We Doubled Our Trucking Company, Then 2025 Hit

Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/qF-YbIEGZJM Rob and Kate have been together since high school. Years ago they took over the family farm and trucking operation, doubl

BLP 367: The $1 Million Bet That Built a Trucking Dynasty

Tom Keller spec'd his first truck at 20 years old to haul watermelons off his family's farm. He'd drive a load to Indianapolis, not like the price, keep driving to Detroi

BLP 366: $10,000 to Replace a $300 Part? The Dealership Trap Explained

Watch this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/vMtf0ZtSbbA   Fleet maintenance isn't sexy — but it's one of the highest expenses in trucking, the most controllable,

BLP 365: For This Business, Success isn't Measured in Trucks

Watch this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/OUVacbL2k7g   For Matt and Sharon Kill, the goal was never to have the biggest fleet. But it took growing to 21 trucks

BLP 364: Why This 31-Year-Old Says Fancy Trucks Are Killing Owner-Operators

Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/n2-i0RKCoWs Craig Broerman left a corporate mechanical engineering career, sold the money meant for his grandparents' farm, and bough

BLP 363: The $500K Lesson: Inside Blackwell Trucking's Pivot to Hopper Freight

Watch it on YouTube: https://youtu.be/xnLyii6krVg   What does it take to run a four-generation family business through cotton, cattle, pipeline restoration, AND a 7-t

BLP 362: From a Coin Flip to 750 Trucks: Inside the 75-Year Wayne Transports Empire

Check this episode out on our YouTube: https://youtu.be/hc33VvhAS_I   In 1950, a teenager who'd dropped out of school to save the family farm bought one truck and sta

The Heavy Haul Operator Riding the AI Data Center Wave

Watch episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/QILNrGk8Sfs He started with one truck at 18 years old — and went bankrupt within a year. Most people would have quit. Kendal

BLP 361: She Never Planned to Run It — Now She Leads 140 Trucks | Julie Andrich of Autumn Transport

Watch the YouTube Video Here: https://youtu.be/t4i4jJeppwM Julie Andrich didn't grow up planning to run a trucking company. But when her father — a city kid who taught

BLP 360: How One Truck Puts $50,000 in Your Pocket Every Year

Check out the episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/Ow6f_ZQ813I   Eric Glidewell, owner of JP Transport, sits down to share the real story behind building a 45-truck

BLP 359: The Most Valuable 30 Minutes for Running a Trucking Company

Watch the video on our YouTube: https://youtu.be/Iv9GTvypqdc 109,000 new trucking companies entered the market in 12 months.  That's 300 new competitors per day. So

BLP 358: Do you actually know what the Department of Ag does?

Missouri Director of Agriculture Chris Chinn joins Jared for a deep dive into the realities of modern farming, livestock operations, rural policy, and how government prog

BLP 357: How Iowa 80 Truck Stop Became a Haven for Drivers Across the Nation

In this episode, Jared Flinn sits down with Ben Huston from the Iowa 80 Group — home of the World's Largest Truck Stop — to talk about the incredible history behind Iowa

BLP 356: The Company Fueling Rural America Since World War II

The Company Powering Rural America | BulkLoads Podcast What does it take to keep America's farmers, truckers, and rural communities moving? In this episode of the BulkLoa

BLP 355: The Tire Mistake Costing Truckers MILLIONS

Think you're saving money with cheap truck tires? Think again. In this episode, we sit down with Matt Gibbs from Ozarko Tire to reveal the real costs of poor tire choices

BLP 354: Why Most Trucking Companies Are Breaking the Law, And Don't Even Know It

Most trucking companies are running unsafe—and they don't even know it. In this episode, Jared Flinn sits down with safety expert Sam Watts to uncover the hidden risks, l