Key topics in today’s conversation include:
- Oakley Trucking update: keeping up with expiring physicals, inspections and more (2:40)
- Nick’s been at Oakley for more than 13 years (5:48)
- Manuel’s career at Oakley goes back over seven years (7:54)
- Daily priorities in Oakley operations (9:01)
- Communicating with 52 drivers as a dispatcher (11:37)
- Juggling different needs (14:33)
- Dump freight’s explosion this year (16:05)
- Where drivers live and sending them home loaded (19:11)
- Consistent earnings at Oakley (21:19)
- Avoiding contaminations and paying attention to details (23:30)
- Handling new customers (25:44)
- Where new drivers are needed (29:10)
- Wet granules, trailer issues, and final thoughts (32:01)
Thank you Nick and Manuel for giving us the inside scoop on what happens backstage at Oakley’s end-dump division.
Oakley Trucking is a family-owned and operated trucking company headquartered in North Little Rock, Arkansas. For more information, check out our show website: podcast.bruceoakley.com
