Trey Griggs is born and raised in Kansas City, from a little bit of a hard scrabbled background, sports became his escape growing up. Becoming a sort of Jack of All trades, from being a Youth Pastor, Basketball Coach, and Teacher, Trey eventually wound up in door to door sales. Mastering the skill of sales led him to the renowned load board app we know as DAT, and so his journey into logistics has begun. Listen to Trey's story, why good coaches are important, and the upcoming Broker/Carrier summit in Kansas City going on 4/22-24 --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/sho ..read more

Michael Rodriguez is born and raised in San Antonio. After high school he went to college, but then took a detour into the Marines. Serving on multiple deployments, he eventually crossdecked into the Army, and later the Texas National Guard. We talk about military equipment movement across Europe, and the Texas response to the Covid19 pandemic where he served on the ground when it came to testing and vaccination sites. Eventually he became disenfranchised by the current Representative from Texas' 35th District, and decided to step into the Political Arena. He joins he show to tell his story, a ..read more

Kary Jablonski is the current CEO of TruckerTools, the first load board to develop an app for smart phones in 2009. Hungry for entrepreneurship, her introduction into transportation and logistics began with Uber, and her drive and passion for solving problems brought her to the helm of TruckerTools. Listen to her story, how TruckerTools uses their technology to leverage themselves to stay ahead of their competition, why doubling down in a down market has helped them succeed, and what they do in the fight against freight fraud. For any carrier or driver out there who wants to voice their conc ..read more

Chief Operating Officer and Co-Founder Patrick Visintainer, along with a piece of his Operations Team, Tucker Been join the show to talk about REPOWR. A FreightTech company founded in 2019 that can only be described as the AirBnB of the freight industries underutilized assets. From the largest fleets in the nation, to single truck Motor Carrier, Repowr is solving problems, and creating opportunities for everyone. Right from their bio on LinkedIn, "REPOWR is a community of networks where logistics companies seamlessly share assets to reduce waste & underutilization. The company connects shi ..read more

James Year rejoins the show along with Will Cook, the Founder of America Without Drivers, and Scott Douglas, the President of America Without Drivers. We go back into the details about the dangers of Autonomous, and why this conversation needs to continue to happen. The technology that's coming should not really be stopped, but there has to be a better way to implement it then how it currently is. Currently Indiana has legislation that would only allow autonomous trucks to be operated if a licensed CDL holder is within the vehicle, this legislation defeats the business models of companies like ..read more

Happy New Year everyone! Wanted to kick off the year to drive home a message regarding health and wellness. The idea of "new year new me" has been meme'd so hard, that people don't even want to try it anymore. No excuses, let's get moving. I'm going to go into detail about the 1stPhorm Transformation Challenge as well as OrangeTheory's challenge. Both are 8 weeks, and in 8 weeks you can accomplish a lot and build a lot of habits. To download the 1sphorm App you can use this link. https://www.1stphorm.app/Lombardtrucking --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lombard ..read more

Interstate Avocado is a driver who came on the show back in August to tell his trucking story. A soft market was getting his miles cut at one company, so he took a risk with going to drive for a carrier based in Florida owned by a Russian man named Igor. The promise of essentially unlimited miles, and a little fooling around with their ELD's was alluring, but eventually it almost broke him. He rejoins the show to tell all on the problems he has had the last few months. For anyone listening to this, just know that if a trucking opportunity looks too good to be true, most of the time it is beca ..read more

On today's episode I went live from the bedroom I grew up in to touch on Vivek Ramaswamy's summit that happened at Iowa 80 on 12/21. A Historic event that is driving many of the conversations we have on this show to the forefront of national politics. Listen until the end for a positive Christmas message on how to control what we can control, and spread light and love heading into 2024 Merry Christmas to all! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lombardtrucking/support ..read more

Anthony Hudson is an owner/operator of a small trucking company outside Detroit. Like many in trucking, especially within these last few years, he's become discouraged by the current state of American politics. Instead of sitting and complaining, Anthony Hudson decided to take action. In the summer of 2022, he launched his campaign to run as a non-partisan candidate for President of the United States. He joins the show to tell his story, and about his campaign. His campaign is run just like an owner/operator would run it, the most minimalist way possible. He still continues to work and haul fr ..read more

Jake Hoffman is the Chief Technology Officer of Gnosis Freight based in Charleston, SC. Gnosis is an industry leader in providing what they call Container Lifecycle Management. Jake joins the show to tell his story as well as Gnosis. Unlike America's highways, Earth's oceans are a lawless frontier, and a deep dive into the absolute magic of how we get products across such vast areas is something I think everyone takes for granted. We go into detail about how Gnosis is on the forefront of solving problems within the supply chain like reducing demurrage and detention costs. Their technology has ..read more