Always Pneumatic, Never Static

Lime is one of the oldest materials humans ever figured out how to use, and it is still holding up buildings, roads, and structures all over the world today. In Episode 22 of Trucking Up History, the recurring history series inside Always Pneumantic, Never Static, we trace lime all the way back through architectural history to understand how something this simple became this essential. Quicklime, slaked lime, the role lime plays in...

America turns 250 years old this Fourth of July, and three Bulk Transit drivers showed up ready to celebrate properly. In Episode 21 of Always Pneumantic, Never Static, host Marcus brings back Mark Burleson, Gary Cress, and Josh Hull for a conversation that rarely gets serious and is all the better for it. Fourth of July memories that went exactly as planned and a few that absolutely did not. Fireworks stories that get more dangero...

Racing gets in your blood early and it never really lets go. In Episode 20 of Always Pneumantic, Never Static, host Marcus sits down with two Bulk Transit drivers who know that feeling well. Greg Sigler is a 2019 Late Model Series Champion who has raced multiple cars across multiple classes. Mike Upchurch grew up alongside his dad and uncle repairing, painting, and wrenching race cars into shape, and has watched racing from dirt tr...

Being a truck driver and being a father are two of the hardest jobs a person can carry at the same time, and Episode 19 of Always Pneumatic, Never Static does not look away from that. Host Marcus sits down with four Bulk Transit drivers, Jeff Linne, Mike Upchurch, Paul Francis, and Alex Smith, for a Father's Day conversation that went longer and deeper than anyone expected. This one is not a celebration episode with streamers and p...

Every load that gets hauled, every trip sheet that gets filed, every payroll that goes out on time, none of it happens without the person keeping the back office running. In Episode 18 of Always Pneumatic, Never Static, host Marcus sits down with Laura Holstein, Office Manager at Bulk Transit, for a conversation that shows drivers exactly where their paperwork goes and why getting it right actually matters to their paycheck. Laura ...

Complacency is the enemy of safety, and summer is when it hits hardest. In Episode 17 of Always Pneumatic, Never Static, host Marcus brings back Director of Safety Tim Hamilton alongside AJ Reed, driver and driver trainer with 15 years at Bulk, for a focused and direct conversation about what it takes to stay safe when the seasons change. Daily safety routines, pre-trip inspections, and the habits that experienced drivers build so ...

Drivers and shop techs speak two different languages, and Episode 16 of Always Pneumantic, Never Static is here to fix that. Host Marcus brings five members of Bulk Transit's shop team together for a roundtable that covers everything from what drivers should be watching for on their pre-trips to the repairs that cost the most when they get ignored for too long. Brad DeWolf, Owner and Maintenance Director, joins Jeff Horsley, Jeremy...

Mental health awareness on the road is not a topic most trucking podcasts are willing to touch, and that is exactly why we are going there. In Episode 15 of Always Pneumantic, Never Static, host Marcus sits down with two of Bulk Transit's OTR drivers, Jackie Thomas and Stephanie Evans, for one of the most important conversations this podcast has had. Isolation, loneliness, stress, and the quiet moments on a long haul when the cab c...

Truck driver hobbies are not what most people expect, and Episode 14 of Always Pneumatic, Never Static is here to prove it. We are taking a full break from freight markets, safety protocols, and operations to talk to find out what three Bulk and Spur Transit drivers are actually doing when the wheels stop turning. Gary Cress, Bryan Alexander, and Paul Francis bring a lineup of hobbies that covers everything from Ju-Jitsu competitio...

Being a mom is one of the hardest jobs in the world. Being a mom in the trucking industry is something else entirely. In this Mother's Day special of Always Pneumantic Never Static, we sit down with Andrea McClung, Rachel Dellaposta, and Kelly Turnmire for one of the most real and powerful conversations this podcast has ever had. We break down what motherhood actually looks like inside the walls of Bulk Transit and Spur Transit. Th...

Recruiting great drivers is hard. Keeping them is harder. And doing both at the same time in a freight market that never stops moving is something most companies have not figured out yet. In Episode 12 of Always Pneumantic, Never Static, host Marcus sits down with Rachel Dellaposta, Recruiting and Retention Manager at Bulk and Spur Transit, for a conversation that is as honest as it is practical. Rachel breaks down how recruiting a...

Bulk Transit operations do not run on luck. They run on systems, trust, and the kind of customer relationships that turn one-time accounts into long-term business partners. In Episode 11 of Always Pneumatic, Never Static, host Marcus sits down with Shawn Stephens, Director of Operations at Bulk and Spur Transit, for a conversation that covers what it takes to keep a pneumatic freight company running at a high level. Shawn breaks do...

Trucking safety is not a checkbox. It is the difference between a clean record and a nuclear verdict that changes everything. In Episode 10 of Always Pneumantic, Never Static, host Marcus sits down with Tim Hamilton, Director of Safety at Bulk and Spur Transit, for a conversation that goes deep into the things that actually matter. FMCSA compliance, risk mitigation, critical event recorders, collision prevention technology, and wha...

A day in the life at Bulk Transit sounds straightforward until four people who live it start talking. In Episode 9 of Always Pneumatic, Never Static, host Marcus sits down with OTR driver Mike Upchurch, regional driver Bryan Alexander, office manager Lu Ann Saunders, and dispatcher Sara Litzinger from the Foster, Kentucky, terminal for a conversation that covers both sides of the aisle. What does a typical day look like for an OTR ...

April Fool's Day pranks and truck drivers are two things that were absolutely made for each other. In Episode 8 of Always Pneumatic, Never Static, host Marcus brings in three of the most entertaining drivers at Bulk and Spur Transit, Mark, Dave, and Kevin, for a special episode that throws the rulebook straight out the window. Marcus has a long history of pranks, but these guys showed up ready to prove he's an amateur. We're talkin...

Family-owned and operated means something different when you've grown up around it. In Episode 7 of Always Pneumatic, Never Static, host Marcus steps away from the terminal and gets to know the people running Bulk and Spur Transit: Andrea McClung, Brad, and Bryan DeWolf. Three siblings. One roundtable. Zero filter. This isn't a business episode. No freight rates, no fleet management strategies, no bulk transit shop talk. This one i...

Plastic pellets and bulk freight, it sounds straightforward until it isn't. In Episode 6 of Always Pneumatic, Never Static, we've got three drivers in the room and zero filter. Mark, Jeff, and Kevin have hauled plastics long enough to know exactly what the plants look like, what the yards smell like, and what happens when someone overlooks the details that matter. We're breaking down the different plastic products moving through pn...

Pneumatic freight drivers, this one's for you. In Episode 5 of Always Pneumatic, Never Static, we're getting into the grit and grind of bulk mineral hauling with two guys who live it daily: Rob Shope, Terminal Manager at Fairborn, and Mike Short, a bulk mineral driver with real-world miles behind him. We're talking limestone, talc, sand, cement, concrete aggregate, and pebble lime, what these products are, how they haul differently...

Food-grade bulk freight, it sounds clean, but do you really know what it takes to keep it that way? In Episode 4 of Always Pneumatic, Never Static, we sit down with two bulk drivers who haul food-grade daily and know exactly where the corners get cut and where they absolutely cannot. We're breaking down the sanitation standards, the importance of proper seals, what the Red X really means and why it matters, and the truth about how ...