At the 2021 Shell Rotella SuperRigs truck show in the Chicago area last month, Overdrive News Editor Matt Cole asked five owners variations on a couple of central questions:
The responses vary and overlap in significant ways that are illuminating in terms of where small trucking is today – and where it might well one day end up, hopefully with bedrock profitability intact or better. Take a listen:
The owners who participated in this podcast, clockwise from the top left: Gary Jones: Owner, SPB Trucking; Clayton Driskill: Owner, C&C Logistics; J.R. Schleuger: Owner, Lifetime Nut Covers; Dave Marti: Owner, Dave Marti Trucking; and Mike Wilkinson: Owner-operator, leased to Floyd Gibbons Trucking.
