Always Pneumatic, Never Static

Inclement weather does not care about your delivery window. Black ice does not care how many miles you have logged. Blizzards do not move for deadlines. On this episode of Always Pneumatic, Never Static, host Marcus Bridges sits down with Bulk driver and trainer Mike Short and driver Ethan Gleim for one of the most candid and informative conversations we have had on this show. These two have been...

It is Halloween, and Marcus Bridges is turning the lights down low for this one. Pro drivers have seen things out on those dark stretches of highway that most people would never believe, and in this episode, we are putting those stories front and center. Marcus shares spooky road stories with more than a little paranormal flavor, then digs into one of trucking’s most enduring urban legends: the Bl...

Women in trucking are reshaping the industry one load at a time, and Stephanie Evans is proof. On this episode of Always Pneumatic, Never Static, host Marcus Bridges sits down with Bulk Transit driver Stephanie Evans for one of the most honest and inspiring conversations the show has delivered. Stephanie talks about entering a male-dominated industry when the people closest to her didn’t believe s...

The freight market is moving and pro drivers need to know where it stands. In this episode of Always Pneumatic, Never Static, Marcus breaks down current spot rates, diesel fuel costs, freight capacity, and the supply and demand shifts shaping what drivers are hauling and what they are earning right now. If you track the market or run your own operation, this is the breakdown you have been looking...

If you have ever wondered what it actually takes to get hired at Bulk and Spur Transit, what the first few weeks look like, and whether the company is the right fit for where you are in your career right now, Episode 35 of Always Pneumantic, Never Static answers every one of those questions from three different angles. Recruiting and Retention Manager Rachel Dellaposta walks you through the applic...

Every truck on a Bulk and Spur Transit lot was chosen for a reason, and every trailer spec was debated before it was signed off on. In Episode 34 of Always Pneumatic, Never Static, host Marcus sits down with Brad DeWolf, Owner and Maintenance Director, and driver Daryl Robbins for a conversation that gets into the nuts and bolts of what Bulk actually runs out there and why those decisions get made...

Pneumatic hauling did not appear overnight, and the trailer you backed into a loading bay today is the result of more than a century of engineering evolution that most drivers never think about. In Episode 33 of Always Pneumatic, Never Static, host Marcus dives deep into the science and history of pneumatic hauling. Where did the technology come from? How did the pressure and airflow systems that...

Every pro driver knows that the right music can make a ten-hour run feel like five, and the wrong playlist can make it feel like twenty. In Episode 32 of Always Pneumatic, Never Static, host Marcus sits down with driver Greg Sigler, driver Walter Anderson, and Rodney Watts, frontman of Rodney Watts and The Soldiers' Pride and Walter's bandmate, for one of the show's most fun conversations. What de...

Football season and truck drivers are a combination that was always going to make for a great episode, and Episode 31 of Always Pneumatic, Never Static does not disappoint. Host Marcus brings drivers Mike Short, Gary Cress, and Jeff Linne together for a football conversation that runs from start to finish with zero agenda and maximum passion. Plant your flag predictions. Ohio State Buckeyes, Orego...

Back-to-school season is one of the most dangerous times of year on American roads, and every pro driver knows it. In Episode 30 of Always Pneumatic, Never Static, host Marcus sits down with drivers Paul Francis and Walter Anderson to discuss what years behind the wheel of a commercial truck have taught them about sharing the road with school buses, unpredictable teen drivers, and children at play...

Safety technology in a modern truck is not optional, and it is not the enemy. It is the thing that saved Jackie Thomas's bacon, and he is here to tell you exactly how. In Episode 29 of Always Pneumatic, Never Static, host Marcus brings together three perspectives that rarely exist in the same conversation at the same time. Driver Jackie Thomas, Terminal Manager Rodney Underwood from the Sherman, T...

Every load a Bulk driver delivers is a sales call they never had to make. In Episode 28 of Always Pneumantic, Never Static, host Marcus sits down with Account Manager Phil Spring for a conversation that connects the dots between what happens on the road and what happens in the boardroom. Phil breaks down what account management really looks like at a family-owned pneumatic carrier versus a large c...

Every driver makes decisions out there on the road that ripple back to the terminal in ways most people never think about. In Episode 27 of Always Pneumantic, Never Static, host Marcus gets an inside look at how two of Bulk and Spur Transit's terminals actually function from the people running them every single day. Terminal Manager Rob Shope from the Fairview Terminal and Terminal Manager Dale Ce...

New CDL holders have more options than most people tell them about, and pneumatic hauling is one of the best-kept secrets in the industry for drivers who want to build a real career fast. In Episode 26 of Always Pneumatic, Never Static, host Marcus sits down with Recruiting and Retention Manager Rachel Dellaposta and driver trainers Jeff Linne and Greg Sigler to make the case for why newer drivers...

Fifty-four years of rolling down the road, and the people who run Bulk and Spur Transit have something to say about it. In Episode 25, host Marcus brings five of the company's top leaders together for a company anniversary special that is part year-in-review, part state of the union, and entirely for the team who keep this operation moving every single day. Director of Operations Shawn Stephens an...

Eating healthy and staying fit as a truck driver is not impossible. It just requires the right people in your corner showing you how it is actually done. In Episode 24 of Always Pneumantic, Never Static, host Marcus sits down with Rachel Dellaposta, Recruiting and Retention Manager at Bulk and Spur Transit, and driver Greg Sigler for a follow-up conversation that picks up right where the Project 6...

The average truck driver lives to 61 years old. That is not a statistic that should be accepted as normal, and Project 61 is a national nonprofit on a mission to change it. In Episode 23 of Always Pneumantic, Never Static, host Marcus sits down with Lindsey Bryan, Health and Wellness Manager at Project 61, for a conversation that every pro driver, OTR driver, and fleet owner needs to hear. Truck d...

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,...

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. Fire...

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,...

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 celeb...

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 actuall...

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...

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 D...

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 mo...