Get a Load of This
A listening experience, with a load of trucker talk. Designed to keep truckers informed, and entertained, while they support the country, one trip at a time.
Episodes
In this throwback episode of Get a Load of This podcast, Cameron Pechia, Thomas Comstock, and Ryan Young are joined by John Marienau, Managing Director of Origin Transport. John talks about his decade plus of trucking experience and navigating challenges to use them to excel in his company's growth and success.
Episode Highlights:
What is John’s CB handle? (2:43)
John discusses his background and motivation for starting his co...
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In this throwback episode of Get a Load of This podcast, Cameron Pechia, Thomas Comstock, and Ryan Young are joined by Erik Garcia, Certified Financial Planner (CFP®), Owner of Garcia Financial Group and Host of the Stuff About Money They Didn’t Teach You In School podcast, to discuss using a AAA roadmap approach to financial freedom using your trucking revenue.
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Erik introduces himself and explains that he is...
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In this episode of Get a Load of This podcast, Cameron Pechia, and Ryan Young are joined by Abhishek Gupta. Abhishek is a Director of Product at KeepTruckin, leading their Safety, Compliance & Insurance products. KeepTruckin is a leading fleet management provider that recently launched a new AI dashcam, helping fleets reduce accidents by 30%.
Episode Highlights:
Abhishek tells us about KeepTruckin and what they do. (2:27)
Abhis...
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June 14, 2024 • 65 mins
In this throwback episode of Get a Load of This podcast, Cameron Pechia, Thomas Comstock, and Ryan Young are joined by Marketing guru Blythe Brumleve. Blythe provides us valuable insight into the marketing world and what it means to motor carriers today. Join the conversation and learn how to grow your business more effectively.
Episode Highlights:
Blythe shares that if she had a CB handle she would use Jags Apologist. (1:53)
B...
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In this throwback episode of Get a Load of This podcast, Cameron Pechia and Ryan Young are joined by Anthony Petitte, the CEO and Founder of Truck Park. Anthony discusses his company’s growing success in partnering with lot owners to provide safe and secure parking for your equipment and cargo! Anthony also talks about the Truck Park app, intended location growth, and the important necessity he and his company have provided for the...
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May 17, 2024 • 57 mins
In this throwback episode of Get a Load of This podcast, Cameron Pechia, Thomas Comstock, and Ryan Young are joined by Grant Botma - Entrepreneur and Founder of Culture Course, to talk about how to create a company culture that benefits everyone in your organization and the positive impacts that will follow. This is a game changer!
Episode Highlights:
What would Grant's CB handle be if he was a truck driver? (2:26)
Grant talks ...
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In this throwback episode of Get a Load of This podcast, Cameron Pechia and Ryan Young are joined by Eric Youngblood, an entrepreneur who is using trucking as a means to grow his wealth and support his other business interests. They discuss taxes, health, real estate and more.
Episode Highlights:
Eric shares his background story. (3:20)
What is Eric's primary cargo, and what locations, zones, or states does he usually go? (10:1...
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April 19, 2024 • 60 mins
In this throwback episode of Get a Load of This podcast, Cameron Pechia and Ryan Young are joined by Lindsey Trent and Dave Dein of Next Gen Trucking. Lindsey and Dave discuss concerns over driver shortages and their mission to train and empower the next generation of truckers. They also share other concerns for the industry and future highway entrepreneurs, and how you can get involved.
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What would Lindsey and...
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April 5, 2024 • 60 mins
In this throwback episode of Get a Load of This podcast, Cameron Pechia, Thomas Comstock, and Ryan Young are joined by Jason Carroll, Sr. HCM Account Executive of Paylocity. Jason discusses how Paylocity can help companies save time and money by managing all HR operations.
Episode Highlights:
What would Jason's CB handle be? (1:41)
Jason shares his farm and trucking background. (2:33)
Jason explains the concept of Paylocity. ...
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March 22, 2024 • 57 mins
In this throwback episode of Get a Load of This podcast, Cameron Pechia and Ryan Young are joined Sheri Call, Executive Vice President of the Washington Trucking Association. Sheri helps to shed light on current and future concerns for the trucking industry and how you can get involved on a local and national level to promote effective solutions.
Episode Highlights:
What was Sheri’s childhood CB handle? (3:20)
Sheri gives the l...
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February 9, 2024 • 37 mins
In this episode of Get a Load of This podcast, Cameron Pechia had a great conversation with Dr. Mark Manera, Founder and CEO of Offshift. Offshift is a company on a mission to change the health and expand the life expectancy of the Trucking and Blue collar industries!
They went over the benefits of a healthy workforce and driver force. Along with how this new culture can impact the bottom line of trucking companies and save them ...
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January 26, 2024 • 34 mins
In this episode of Get a Load of This podcast, Cameron Pechia-Valley Trucking Insurance and Jim Heide with Loadsure sit down to talk about their new partnership and how Loadsure is disrupting the cargo insurance game.
Valley Trucking Insurance just partnered with Loadsure to offer a quick and new way to cover your cargo insurance.
Cameron and Jim sit down and go over what has led Loadsure to become a solution in the marketplace ...
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January 12, 2024 • 46 mins
In this episode of Get a Load of This podcast, Cameron Pechia sits down with Blythe Brumleve, owner of Digital Dispatch and host of Everything Is Logistics, to discuss marketing for your trucking company and/or freight Brokerage. This discussion involves digital marketing via SEO and your website, social media, utilizing podcasts as an option, and many tactics. This is great for anyone wanting to level up their marketing game or ta...
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In this episode of Get a Load of This podcast, Cameron Pechia, host of Get A Load of This Trucking Podcast also founder of Valley Trucking Insurance and UK's Most Hated Sales Trainer, Benjamin Dennehy, sit down and have a great conversation about sales tactics in the Transportation and Trucking Industry. From cold call lines to sales processes and having a game plan. Easy ways to open doors in calling on Freight and landing new rel...
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Dive into the intricacies of the trucking industry with our latest episode of 'Get A Load Of This Trucking Podcast,' featuring Benjamin Kowalski, the seasoned owner of Freight360. In this insightful conversation, Benjamin unravels the underlying causes of the current market conditions in the freight industry. He offers a deep dive into effective strategies for business owners to not only plan for success but also navigate the inher...
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Join us in this enlightening episode of 'Get A Load Of This Trucking Podcast' as we delve into the evolving landscape of the trucking industry with two industry heavyweights: Richard Glaubitz, the Founder of Origin Transport and OpenHaul Freight Brokerage, and Chris Jolly, also known as 'The Freight Coach.'
In this discussion, we unpack the challenges and transformations the trucking sector has faced in the aftermath of the Covid...
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Cameron Pechia with Valley Trucking Insurance and the host of Get A Load of This Trucking Podcast has a great conversation with Nathaniel Ebel with Freight Validate about the current industry conditions with Double Brokering of freight. They also went over Freight Validate's revolutionary platform and giving an even playing field to Trucking Companies, Freight Brokerages and Shippers to have one platform to verify and validate thei...
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In this episode of Get a Load of This podcast, Cameron Pechia is joined by Roger Whitworth.
Roger currently holds the position of Sr. Transportation Specialist for Travelers Insurance and he is based in the Hartford Field office. He comes to Travelers with over thirty-five years of experience in the transportation field, specializing in regulated fleets.
He started out loading trucks in his early twenties and gradually progresse...
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October 6, 2023 • 35 mins
Cameron Pechia, Founder of Valley Trucking Insurance and Drew Singleton Wilder, Founder & CEO of Vicarious Liability Risk Mgt. LLC and COI Coach and COI Compliance Services sit down and chat about the importance of COI compliance and a proactive approach on protecting your business. Drew is a great asset to any company that is in need of Certificate of Insurance compliance. If you want to learn more: https://vlrmgt.com.
Episode Hi...
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September 22, 2023 • 57 mins
Cameron Pechia, Founder of Valley Trucking Insurance, and Chad Boblett, Founder of Rate Per Mile Masters group sit down and talk about how Chad has not only been able to survive in trucking as an owner-operator and actually thrived in the trucking industry. Chad's story is amazing and how he went from rock bottom to making a great career in trucking.
In his journey he also found that asking the hard questions to other trucking co...
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