The Liquid Trucking Podcast

#36 - From Pounding the Pavement to Pushing Paper: Former Drivers in the Office

When it comes to experience, Liquid Trucking has it in spades.  This week on the Liquid Trucking Podcast, we’re talking with former drivers that took up a seat in the terminal.  First up, we’ll hear from Barto Terminal Manager Chris Baltushis, and Driver Training and Development Leaders Beau Hanke and Cole Brown.  After that, we’ll welcome Safety/Fleet Coordinator Mike Wilson, Load Planner Chris Willenborg and Dispatcher Brian Cahoe.  All 6 of these office staff members spent significant time on the road, and we’ll discuss how that helps them aid Liquid Drivers on the daily.

#35 - School's Out: The Kids and Families of Liquid Trucking

This week on the Liquid Trucking Podcast, it's all about beating the heat in the dog days of summer. We'll welcome driver John Lohan, who will share with us about how his family stays cool in the summer and having his kids on the road with him. We'll also hear from multiple drivers about their plans with their families as summer winds down, and Marcus brings you a list of ideas to help cool off.

#34 - Get Right, Get Lucky, Learn From it

Get right, get lucky, learn from it. Those words are our focus on this week's episode of the Liquid Trucking Podcast. Beau Hanke, driver training and development specialist will join us to talk about the origin of the phrase and how it's put into practice alongside driver trainer Quincy Rich.

Trucking Up History: The Evolution of the CB Radio Part 2

This week on part 2 of our Trucking Up History Evolution of CB Radios, we're talking to Liquid drivers about their CBs. We welcome drivers Nathan Dobrenz, Josh Hunt, Mike Stanfield, Mikal Duncan, and Chris Siebert to the show to tell us about how they got their CB handles, how they utilize their radios, and maybe even give Marcus his own CB handle!

Trucking Up History - The Evolution of the CB Radio

This week on the Liquid Trucking podcast, we’re loading in with another special presentation of Trucking Up History.  We’ll walk you through the evolution of the CB radio from inception to present day, and discuss the various impacts CBs made on trucking and American culture. So keep an eye out for Smokey, and don’t mow down any lollipops, 10-4?

#33 - The Fourth of July Special

This week on the Liquid Trucking Podcast, we’re filling our tanks with red, white and blue!  It’s the Fourth of July special so we’ll hit you with some mind blowing 4th of July facts, read a very special poem about trucker hats, and have a chat with two very patriotic Liquid Drivers.  Tony Brown and Brian McNett will join us to discuss their time in the service, their patriotism, and all things 4th of July! Makes me want a hotdog real bad!

#32 - Sage Advice

This week on the Liquid Trucking Podcast, we're handing out date above from a driver with a lot of miles under his belt. Polar Bear will join the show, along with Liquid drivers Josh Hunt and Ryan Stewart. Josh and Ryan will tee up questions and pick Polar Bear's brain About all things Liquid!

#31 - What's Up Barto?

This week on The Liquid Trucking Podcast, we’ll start off with some industry news and notes, and then we head off to South Sioux City Nebraska to hear from the staff out at Barto.  Chris Baltushis, Angie Reed and Cory Liles will join us for a check in with the Barto Terminal, where we discuss the state of union from their perspective, and get up to date on all things Barto!

#30 - Proper PPE

On this week’s episode of the Liquid Trucking Podcast, we’re discussing proper PPE protocol with Safety Manager Dave Blotzer, and Driver Training and Business Development Specialist Cole Brown.  We’ll cover all the bases and make sure you’re armed with all the info you need to stay safe on the job.  After that, Liquid driver Matt MacKellar joins us to recap his vacation to Scotland that he took with his daughter.  Find all the pictures we discuss in the interview at Liquidtrucking.com!

#29 - Open Enrollment / Recommended by Drivers

This week on the Liquid Trucking podcast, we’ve got some important information about open enrollment for your benefits.  Jason Eisenman joins us to parse through the finer details of making sure you have everything as you want it before open enrollment closes for the year. After that, we’ll welcome Liquid Drivers Alex Shevchuk, Drew Hearn and Jimmy Lindsay for a little segment we like to call “Recommended by Drivers, for Drivers.