Destinations From PodWheels

For this episode of Destinations, we return to Charlotte and ATA’s MCE 2026 event to spend some time with Chase Wolfe, a Market Segment Manager with Peterbilt. Chase took a few minutes to give PodWheels Executive Producer Greg Thompson a guided audio tour of the PACCAR Connect system that will be rolled out with the Peterbilt trucks that will be hitting the highways across the country in 2027. PACCAR Connect is essentially a voice command and touch-screen system that is the size of an Ipad tabl

Our Destination for this episode is the land of reduced fuel costs. With diesel prices hitting historic levels earlier this year, FlowBelow’s debut of the company’s new Trailer AeroSlider Slider System was perfectly timed for the American Trucking Associations’ Management and Exhibition Conference that was held Oct. 17-20 in Charlotte, NC. PodWheels Executive Producer talked with Josh Butler, the President and Chief Technology Officer of FlowBelow. As you’ll hear, Josh provides an audio tour of

In this episode, our Destination is Charlotte, NC, for the ATA’s Management Conference and Exhibition (MCE 2026). PodWheels had our microphones in record mode during the General Session on October 19th when outgoing ATA Chairman Greg Hodgen and incoming ATA Chairman Derek Leathers led the audience through a discussion in the State of the Trucking Industry and the road ahead. As you will hear, Hodgen describes the current moment as a chance for trucking to move from surviving to shaping the next

As part of PodWheels’ collaboration with The Trucker Media Group in covering ATA’s Management Conference and Exhibition, this episode of Destinations takes us to Charlotte, North Carolina. PodWheels had our recording equipment rolling for the American Transportation Research Institute’s annual unveiling of the survey results listing trucking’s top issues. As she has done now for the past 22 years, ATRI President and Chief Operating Officer Rebecca Brewster went through the list of the Top 10 iss

In our first episode following the announcement of the finalists for the 2026 Transition Trucking Driving For Excellence Award, our special series brings you the immediate thoughts of the five professionals behind the wheel who advanced in the search for America’s top rookie military veteran driver. Recorded within the first 30 minutes following the announcement that, for the first time in the program’s history, five of the semifinalists would be moving forward (due to ties in the scoring), Des

Daryus Jones is the lone local driver to be selected for the Elite 11 in the 2026 Transition Trucking: Driving For Excellence Award program. DJ also has the honor of being the final member of the Elite 11 to be featured as part of our special Destinations series that is continuing to cover this year’s Driving For Excellence Award. As you will hear in this episode, DJ’s transition to trucking actually began during his four years of military service in the Army, where he worked in logistics handl