The Liquid Trucking Podcast

Liquid has a fleet of well experienced drivers that we talk to on the show all the time.  What you may not know, is that some of Liquid’s most knowledgeable drivers are eager and ready to help you get out of any jam you may find yourself in.  Liquid drivers Dan Pijenowski and Polar Bear will join us to discuss their years of service for Liquid, how the company has evolved over those years, and how...

This week on the Liquid Trucking Podcast, we’re bringing you the best from our first nearly 40 episodes!  We’ll replay segments from episode #8 - Driver Hotline: Stories from the Road, Episode #11 - Marijuana Legalization and its Effect on Trucking, Episode #23 - The 500 Year Flood, and Episode #28 - The Teenage Hotline.  It’s a long episode with a bunch of fun segments and a few that make you thi...

When it comes to experience, Liquid Trucking has it in spades.  This week on the Liquid Trucking Podcast, we’re talking with former drivers that took up a seat in the terminal.  First up, we’ll hear from Barto Terminal Manager Chris Baltushis, and Driver Training and Development Leaders Beau Hanke and Cole Brown.  After that, we’ll welcome Safety/Fleet Coordinator Mike Wilson, Load Planner Chris W...

This week on the Liquid Trucking Podcast, it's all about beating the heat in the dog days of summer. We'll welcome driver John Lohan, who will share with us about how his family stays cool in the summer and having his kids on the road with him. We'll also hear from multiple drivers about their plans with their families as summer winds down, and Marcus brings you a list of ideas to help cool off.

Get right, get lucky, learn from it. Those words are our focus on this week's episode of the Liquid Trucking Podcast. Beau Hanke, driver training and development specialist will join us to talk about the origin of the phrase and how it's put into practice alongside driver trainer Quincy Rich.

This week on part 2 of our Trucking Up History Evolution of CB Radios, we're talking to Liquid drivers about their CBs. We welcome drivers Nathan Dobrenz, Josh Hunt, Mike Stanfield, Mikal Duncan, and Chris Siebert to the show to tell us about how they got their CB handles, how they utilize their radios, and maybe even give Marcus his own CB handle!

This week on the Liquid Trucking podcast, we’re loading in with another special presentation of Trucking Up History.  We’ll walk you through the evolution of the CB radio from inception to present day, and discuss the various impacts CBs made on trucking and American culture. So keep an eye out for Smokey, and don’t mow down any lollipops, 10-4?

This week on the Liquid Trucking Podcast, we’re filling our tanks with red, white and blue!  It’s the Fourth of July special so we’ll hit you with some mind blowing 4th of July facts, read a very special poem about trucker hats, and have a chat with two very patriotic Liquid Drivers.  Tony Brown and Brian McNett will join us to discuss their time in the service, their patriotism, and all things 4t...

This week on the Liquid Trucking Podcast, we're handing out date above from a driver with a lot of miles under his belt. Polar Bear will join the show, along with Liquid drivers Josh Hunt and Ryan Stewart. Josh and Ryan will tee up questions and pick Polar Bear's brain About all things Liquid!

This week on The Liquid Trucking Podcast, we’ll start off with some industry news and notes, and then we head off to South Sioux City Nebraska to hear from the staff out at Barto.  Chris Baltushis, Angie Reed and Cory Liles will join us for a check in with the Barto Terminal, where we discuss the state of union from their perspective, and get up to date on all things Barto!

On this week’s episode of the Liquid Trucking Podcast, we’re discussing proper PPE protocol with Safety Manager Dave Blotzer, and Driver Training and Business Development Specialist Cole Brown.  We’ll cover all the bases and make sure you’re armed with all the info you need to stay safe on the job.  After that, Liquid driver Matt MacKellar joins us to recap his vacation to Scotland that he took wi...

This week on the Liquid Trucking podcast, we’ve got some important information about open enrollment for your benefits.  Jason Eisenman joins us to parse through the finer details of making sure you have everything as you want it before open enrollment closes for the year. After that, we’ll welcome Liquid Drivers Alex Shevchuk, Drew Hearn and Jimmy Lindsay for a little segment we like to call “Rec...

This week on the Liquid Trucking Podcast, we’re pulling back the curtain on the Teenage Hotline!  Liquid Drivers Polar Bear, Matt Kleich, Wendell Yoder, Jason Krayenhagen and John Frey will join us all at once, to help us understand why their teenage hotline conversations mean so much to them.  We’ll also bring you the Top 5 Worst Top Ten Lists, according to Marcus.

On this week’s episode of The Liquid Trucking Podcast, we’ll hit some breaking news off the top, and then, we’re talking tanks. Who better to bring in than an industry leader in tank and trailer innovation?  We’ll welcome Wabash Director of Specialty Sales Adam Quinn, and Wabash Regional Sales Director Jordan Kastein, along with Liquid’s Operations Manager Gabe Schmidt, to discuss a full load of t...

We’ve talked to a lot of great Liquid drivers on this podcast, and this week’s episode is no different. Everyone has a unique backstory, and we’ve invited 4 drivers to come on the podcast and share theirs. We welcome Liquid drivers Mike Stanfield, Damon Maravilla, Robert Sanchez, Rob Schroeder and Jason Eisenman to tell their stories about how they ended up with Liquid Trucking.  

On this episode of the Liquid Trucking Podcast, we’re discussing the role immigration has played throughout Liquid Trucing’s history.  President of Liquid Trucking Roger Schmidt will join us to tell his family’s story of immigrating to the states and making their way to building the company that Liquid is today.  After that, we’ll talk to the President of Experienced Associates, Chad Hendricks, wh...

This week on the Liquid Trucking Podcast, we’re talking freight.  The market has been a bit wobbly lately, so we’ll dive into the subject with Jared Flynn from Bulk Loads.com, Nick Meyer from Recruiting and HR and Load Planner Tanner Bowman and hear their thoughts on the market and all the great things BulkLoads.com offers.  We’ll also hit some breaking news and tell you a story about a turkey fly...

Do you remember where you were on March 15th, 2019?  Liquid Trucking remembers, because that was the day the 500 Year Flood wreaked havoc on Plattsmouth Nebraska and the surrounding area.  Roger Schmidt, Josh Schmidt, Gabe Schmidt, Evan Schmidt, Jason Eisenman, Tanner Bowman and Beau Whipple all join us throughout the episode to share their firsthand accounts of a flood so gnarly, we only see it e...

This week on the Liquid Trucking Podcast, we’re kicking up our feet in the garage and talking about what Liquid drivers drive when they’re not driving for Liquid.  Tony Brown joins us first to talk about a bevy of project trucks, and then we welcome Matt Kleich to talk about his various whips over the years.  This is a fun one, and we’ll be back with Part 2 for sure!

This week on the Liquid Trucking Podcast, we’re digging around in the realm of litigation involving trucking companies.  Jason Eisenman and Marcus will first be joined by Dave Mullin from Fraser Stryker, who will bring us some mind-blowing stats about lawsuits involving trucking companies, and we’ll learn a bit about the life cycle of an accident as it works its way through the court system.  Afte...

This week on the Liquid Trucking Podcast, we’re bringing it full circle. We talked about the worst of the worst a couple weeks back, and now we’re discussing what Liquid Drivers think is The Best of the Best.  Liquid Drivers Alex Shevchuk, Tony Brown, Matt MacKellar and Drew Hearn tell us about the best places to drive, take a reset, touch base with nature and more!  Plus, we get a story about a L...

This week on the Liquid Trucking Podcast, we’re going to hear from some people that make the day better at Liquid Trucking.  We welcome Kyle Hales, VP of Sales for EpicVue, to talk about all the awesome products EpicVue offers, and which of those Liquid utilizes.  After that, Polar Bear will join us to discuss his tips and tricks for watching TV using his EpicVue system, and how he NEVER misses a...

This week on The Liquid Trucking Podcast, we’re talking to Liquid drivers about the worst of the worst.  From ignorant 4 wheelers to terrible weather, from long detention to crawling around on pee-stained asphalt, you drivers deal with a lot.  We’re welcoming 5 drivers, Josh Dabrowski, Mike Stanfield, Polar Bear, Drew Hearn and Matt Kleich, to walk us through what they think is the worst of the wo...

This week on the Liquid Trucking Podcast, we’re looking back on all the milestones that shaped trucking.  On this special episode of Trucking Up History presented by Liquid Trucking, we’ll talk about the trucks, the culture, and the iconic roadways that carved their ways into the history books and molded OTR Trucking’s future.

This week on the Liquid Trucking Podcast, we’re diving into the world of dating OTR.  We’ll talk with Recruiting and HR Specialist Nick Meyer and Liquid driver Jimmy Lindsay as they break down the pros and cons of being a driver looking for a date.  Then Marcus brings us the top 8 dating apps geared toward truckers, and a look into the world of Craigslist Missed Connections.