Success In Trucking Podcast Powered By ES

ES Community members Heather and Corey Browning look back how decades of trucking experience helped to prepare them for the opportunity to become business owners once again in the trucking industry through the ES Path To Ownership program. As you will hear in this episode, the Brownings’ story shows how the right support system established through the program with ES can help turn hard-earned experience into a sustainable path to truck ownership. Our discussion highlights Heath and Corey’s fir

There are very few universal truths in trucking, but the fact stands that it is one of the few industries that accepts all paths, backgrounds, and experience. Attitude, aptitude, and the right kind of support can put you on the road to success, regardless of starting point. And for Mike and Becky Tucker, getting into trucking, and eventually becoming business owners, wasn’t exactly a straight line. From Manufacturing to Trucking Coming from the manufacturing industry, the Tuckers decided to tes

For many drivers and aspiring entrepreneurs, building a trucking business begins with a simple but intimidating question: What’s the next step? On a recent episode of the Success in Trucking Podcast, we sat down with Marcellus Serpa to explore what that step looked like for him and how it led from a single truck to a 25-truck fleet. Marcellus didn’t come into trucking the traditional way. Originally from Brazil, he had no CDL, no driving experience, and no family ties to the industry. What he d

For Expediter Services community members Maxwell Belin and Jalyssa Campbell, trucking isn’t just a career, it’s family. Growing up around drivers, both Maxwell and Jalyssa saw firsthand how the industry could provide stability and opportunity. Following in the footsteps of family members they both spent time behind the wheel of buses, but eventually found themselves wanting more control over their time, income, and future. Trucking offered that next step, one they decided to take together. Fro

Making the leap from company driver to owner-operator or fleet owner is one of the most exciting, and demanding, moves in a trucking career. In the latest episode of the Success in Trucking Podcast, Expediter Services sat down with Leah Shaver, President and CEO of the National Transportation Institute (NTI), to talk candidly about what drivers should expect when they decide to take control of their future. Shaver emphasizes that too many drivers focus on the view from the top without mapping t

What does it take to become a successful fleet owner in today’s trucking industry? We asked Andy and Linda Dixon to answer that question in this edition of the podcast. Andy and Linda have been part of the ES Community for several years and they have built their small company into a small fleet of nine trucks. Through this episode, Andy and Linda provide a wealth of sound advice for anyone considering getting started as owner-operators and owning your own fleet. This discussion is highlighted wi