The Lombard Trucking Show Michael Lombard

On Friday April 5th, myself, Gord, and Chris went live to give a little MATS recap, we touch on Gord's recent appearance on Tucker Carlson and go into his recent article published in the American Compass. If it's one thing truckers can do, it's talk, and we just sent it for a couple hours on a Friday night reiterating our narrative on what the problems are in the industry, how to fix them, and beyond. Thank you to all the live viewers who tuned in.



Stay tuned for more live episodes! More to come.



You can find Gord's article here:

https://americancompass.org/crash-and-churn/



And subscribe to his substack at autonomoustruckers.substack.com



Chris Thomas is every where on social media @indietrucker


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Trey Griggs is born and raised in Kansas City, from a little bit of a hard scrabbled background, sports became his escape growing up. Becoming a sort of Jack of All trades, from being a Youth Pastor, Basketball Coach, and Teacher, Trey eventually wound up in door to door sales. Mastering the skill of sales led him to the renowned load board app we know as DAT, and so his journey into logistics has begun.



Listen to Trey's story, why good coaches are important, and the upcoming Broker/Carrier summit in Kansas City going on 4/22-24


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Michael Rodriguez is born and raised in San Antonio. After high school he went to college, but then took a detour into the Marines. Serving on multiple deployments, he eventually crossdecked into the Army, and later the Texas National Guard. We talk about military equipment movement across Europe, and the Texas response to the Covid19 pandemic where he served on the ground when it came to testing and vaccination sites.

Eventually he became disenfranchised by the current Representative from Texas' 35th District, and decided to step into the Political Arena. He joins he show to tell his story, and why he is the best fit to lead Texas' 35th.



You can contact him directly at email@rodriguezforcongress.info

Visit his website at www.rodriguezforcongress.org


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Kary Jablonski is the current CEO of TruckerTools, the first load board to develop an app for smart phones in 2009. Hungry for entrepreneurship, her introduction into transportation and logistics began with Uber, and her drive and passion for solving problems brought her to the helm of TruckerTools.



Listen to her story, how TruckerTools uses their technology to leverage themselves to stay ahead of their competition, why doubling down in a down market has helped them succeed, and what they do in the fight against freight fraud.



For any carrier or driver out there who wants to voice their concerns to someone who truly cares about the industry, down to the one truck owner operator you can email her directly at kjablonski@truckertools.com




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Chief Operating Officer and Co-Founder Patrick Visintainer, along with a piece of his Operations Team, Tucker Been join the show to talk about REPOWR. A FreightTech company founded in 2019 that can only be described as the AirBnB of the freight industries underutilized assets. From the largest fleets in the nation, to single truck Motor Carrier, Repowr is solving problems, and creating opportunities for everyone.

Right from their bio on LinkedIn,

"REPOWR is a community of networks where logistics companies seamlessly share assets to reduce waste & underutilization.

The company connects shippers, carriers, 3PL's, leasing companies, and OEM's to a collaborative platform for interconnected asset-visibility.

REPOWR brings visibility and value to the supply chain's normally inaccessible assets and aggregates that capacity to its Universal Trailer Network."



Want to get your sitting trailers moving? Looking for an empty trailer to keep your units hauling freight? Go to www.repowr.com to get started






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James Year rejoins the show along with Will Cook, the Founder of America Without Drivers, and Scott Douglas, the President of America Without Drivers.

We go back into the details about the dangers of Autonomous, and why this conversation needs to continue to happen. The technology that's coming should not really be stopped, but there has to be a better way to implement it then how it currently is.

Currently Indiana has legislation that would only allow autonomous trucks to be operated if a licensed CDL holder is within the vehicle, this legislation defeats the business models of companies like Aurora who want fully driver out capabilities. We go into details on why voters need to know, and should be more involved.



A correction to the podcast is HB1022 is a House bill in Indiana that is a co bill to SB57 in the Indiana Senate, not federal legislation.



For more information on America Without Drivers go to https://americawithoutdrivers.com/


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