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Let’s hear it for the self-described “door-swinger,” everybody. …
![Terra Trucking-leased owner-operator Rob Goodwin and Patty, his three-year-old American bulldog, lookout, guard and so much more](https://img.overdriveonline.com/files/base/randallreilly/all/image/2020/02/ovd.Rob-Goodwin-and-Patty-2020-02-12-15-28.png?auto=format%2Ccompress&fit=max&q=70&w=400)
That’d be current reefer hauler and former/still sometime step-decker and flatbedder Rob Goodwin, based up in the Texas panhandle and today running leased to a very small carrier. In this week’s edition of Overdrive Radio, we’ll hear how he got there, following some years running a small fleet with his authority, then a run-in with a bad broker that cost him well north of $10,000, and plenty business recalibration after that all started a chain of events leading back, ultimately, to a one-truck affair. As noted in my Friday post about his use of the Riteload no-broker, shipper-carrier connection engine for a good portion of his self-dispatched business’ freight, the last two years, too, he’s found what might be the greatest ride-along companion a dog lover could ask for in his Patty the Traveling Road Dog. Take a listen:
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![The 2000 Western Star workhorse that undergird’s Goodwin’s business is powered by a Detroit Series 60 and pulls a reefer trailer acquired via a messy bankruptcy of the prior small fleet Goodwin was leased to. The Carrier reefer unit replaced the original in recent times at minimal cost, considering its relatively young age.](https://img.overdriveonline.com/files/base/randallreilly/all/image/2020/02/ovd.Rob-Goodwin-2000-Western-Star-and-reefer-2020-02-12-15-28-e1581543165773.png?auto=format%2Ccompress&fit=max&q=70&w=400)
Also in the podcast: Introducing Overdrive‘s collaboration with PRX’s Radiotopia podcast network — “Over the Road,” debuting Feb. 20. Catch the audio trailer with Long Haul Paul Marhoefer. Visit overtheroad.fm or search “Over the Road” via your favorite podcasting app to subscribe.