Red Eye's Extra Mile with Eric Harley Podcast

Red Eye's Extra Mile with Eric Harley Podcast

Red Eye Radio is going the EXTRA MILE with host Eric Harley. Eric and guests will be diving deeper into the most popular issues surrounding the trucking industry today. Eric Harley will be going the “extra mile” to extend some of our on air topics and expand on the key issues/topics/legislation to our truck drivers, owner operators and fleet owners. This exclusive content is called Red Eye’s Extra Mile and it’s episodes will be “all things trucking”; from taking care of your rig and taking care of your health, to new products and technology, new regulations, and new ways to stay focused on the road ahead. We’ll tell stories, bring in experts, talk about current industry issues, and discuss the things that matter to you. You can listen while you’re driving…you can listen while you’re not.

Episodes

May 28, 2025 40 mins

Eric and Brian Helton with Mercer Transportation discuss the current trucking climate, their commitment to the industry, the incredible fortitude of drivers and more.  Listen now!

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Eric and Truckstop's Sean Dehan discuss getting your own authority and strategies for booking loads. Listen in to learn important information about navigating unpredictable market pressures and ensuring financial flexibility. 

 

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Eric talks with OOIDA Executive Vice President Lewie Pugh about the top issues drivers face today.  From the disfunctional regulatory environment to the awareness of the general public and safety. It's all here.  Join the discussion. 

 

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"A WEALTH of information is right here in this Partners In Business Roundtable with Eric Harley, Overdrive's Chief Editor Todd Dills, Mike Hosted from ATBS, and retired Owner-Operator and business coach Gary Buchs from The Mid-America Trucking Show"

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September 20, 2023 32 mins

Eric talks with Dr. Mike Fuljenz, President of Universal Coin and Bullion about investments, valuable coins you may already own, what election year means for the markets and more!

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 I-80 Group and Howes Products used the backdrop of the 44th Iowa 80 Truckers Jamboree in Walcott to announce its ninth member to be inducted into the Howes Hall of Fame. Representing restored trucks everywhere, “Cherry Pie,” a 1973 Kenworth, along with owner and restoration enthusiast Kate Whiting joined a distinguished list of inductees made up of people, places, and things that make the trucking industry so vibrant including our...

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Eric Harley hosts a Roundtable with our friends from Mercer Transportation.  Amanda, Brian and Anthony at Mercertown talk about the state of the industry, freight rates and most importantly how to handle downturns in the economy.

Don’t miss this episode and learn more about Mercer Transportation and their own family of owner operators at www.mercer-trans.com  

 

 

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Overdrive's Partners In Business, ATBS and Red Eye Radio go back to the basics to discuss self help resources in training drivers to become better business owners/owner operators.  Todd Dills and team talk through the updated P.I.B.  manual and guide giving great tools to decrease your downtime and  cost per mile.  Go to www.overdriveonline.com for the new materials discussed here at MATS.  

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Eric talks with Brent Hutto of Truckstop about freight rates, fuel prices, cost per mile, and what it all means for today's owner operators.  Listen now and go to www.truckstop.com.  

 

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Mark Singleton of Southern Recipe Pork Rinds comes into the Red Eye Radio studio to talk about everything from healthy eating on the road to legislation and safety.  You won't want to miss this annual visit from Southern Recipe...a company that  recognizes the importance of the trucking industry and truck drivers. 

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Listen in on Eric and Elisabeth talking about the importance of truckers, #ThankATrucker, educating motorists,  American Trucking Association and more.

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August 12, 2022 38 mins

Eric has a Trucking Industry "Town Hall" with our friends at Mercer Transportation

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Eric Harley interviewed Julie Dillon, Health and Wellness Manager for the St. Christopher Truckers Development and Relief Fund. She is promoting this year's Diabetes Prevention Program

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Eric talks to Greg Peterson as well as the Howes Family of the Peterson Brother's Hall of Fame Induction with Howes Products.  Howes Celebrates the Farm/Ag Community and talks about it's importance in our economy.  Brian Helton and Anthony Starks of Mercer Transportation fill us in all that is Mercertown, our favorite carrier and driver community.  

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Another episode of updates from the recent American Trucking Association's MCE Annual Conference.  Eric Harley talks to Daimler Trucks North America, Roehl Transport, Pre Pass, and Pilot Flying J.  A lot of Industry Forecasting for 2022 as well as current 2021 updates.  

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On site at the ATA's Annual Convention, Eric Harley talks to ATA's President Chris Spear as well as many industry leaders.  He visits with USA Truck's President James Reed; TA's CEO Jon Pertchik and Bridgestone's Brian Cunningham.  

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Erika and Rob Howes announce their first 2021 Howes Hall of Fame inductee. Truckers Against Trafficking's, Kylla Lanier accepts this prestigious award and talks to Eric Harley about Truckers Against Trafficking and what drivers can do to help and remain alert to this issue.

Eric also talks to Howes about what drivers need to know about pro active maintenance on your engine using Howes Products.

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Mark Singleton with Southern Recipe Pork Rinds stops by to catch up with Eric Harley.  They talk Healthy Eating on the Road, Truck Driver Appreciation Week, St. Christopher's Truckers Fund and much more.

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Host Eric Harley talks with Jami Jones, Managing Editor of Landline Magazine and fellow, long-time Shell Rotella SuperRigs judge about the top issues for owner-operators today.  Get your Shell SuperRigs update as it is live July 29-31 at the Love's Travel Stop in Hampshire Illinois.

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Julie talks to Eric about the Rigs with Cigs program.  They also discuss the diabetes prevention program and health challenge.  Catch up on the St. Christopher Fund's driver and fleet facing campaigns and all that this organization provides to the trucking industry.

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