The H&M Trucking Podcast

This week on the H&M Trucking Podcast, we’re diving into a slight issue with our CSA Score.  Eve Essary and Sherry Vogler join us to discuss why the score got to where it is, and of course, we’ll have Eve lay down the law. After that, H&M drivers Tom Woods and Zach Beckman will hop on the line to talk through these issues as the drivers see them, and give other drivers a bit of a pep talk about lowering these scores.

This week on the H&M Trucking Podcast, we’re diving into a predatory towing incident that H&M Driver Bryan Allen fell victim to while sleeping in his truck.  Bryan will join us along with Driver Manager Stacy Trively to walk us through what happened when a barnacle was placed on his windshield by an armed rapscallion.  We’ll take you through the story, and then visit with Claims Specialist Destinee Andrews about how Bryan handled the situation. Spoiler alert, he was perfect!

This week on the H&M Trucking Podcast, Marcus and Denny are working to bridge the gap between old and new drivers.  We’ll get on the horn with Randy Duran, who has been with H&M for 8 years, and welcome in Rico Gibbs, who was just hired in January.  Rico has some questions about how things operate at H&M, and we’ve got two very experienced drivers in Denny and Randy to help answer them. 

This week on the H&M Trucking Podcast, we’ll celebrate an epic milestone of hitting 50 episodes!  All the All-Star Executives will stop by including James Fonda and Dale Cook.  Sherry Vogler joins Marcus and Denny to heap some praise on them, and Eve Essary stops by to Lay Down the Law in celebration!  Thanks to each and every H&M employee for making this episode and every one that came for it special!

This week on the H&M Trucking Podcast, Marcus and Denny will break down all the recent news surrounding hydrogen powered trucks.  The press releases would have you thinking that all is well in paradise, but a deeper dive will uncover a lack of infrastructure, skyrocketing maintenance and fuel costs, and dire financial straits for some of the leading companies in the sector.  After that riveting conversation, we sit down for Story Time with Denny.

How do you pronounce Mackinac?  Well, it's not how you’d think, and that’s just one of the reasons we’re discussing the Mackinac Bridge on this special episode of Trucking Up History, presented by H&M Trucking.  We’ll dive into the controversy, building plans, and some unfortunate mishaps that contributed to the construction of one of trucking’s most hated bridges.

This week on the H&M Trucking Podcast, we're ranking the best trucks on the road.  Marcus has zero driving experience, but he really likes looking at trucks, so he'll focus on the esthetic side of things. Retired H&M driver Denny Stone and current H&M driver Tom Woods walk us through their likes and dislikes about the features of all the best models on the road.

This week on the H&M Trucking Podcast, it's all about the brokerages. Drivers Joe Bargonetti and Zach Beckman jump on the line to share their thoughts and frustrations about brokered loads.  Then we'll dig into the state of brokerages in 2024 with retired H&M driver Denny Stone, and Tim Krueger from JFL Logistics.