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HDT Talks TruckingSeason 9

From Replacing Typewriters to Predictive Pricing [Podcast]

October 31, 2022

HDT Talk Trucking sits down with the founder of McLeod Software at the McLeod Software User Conference in Nashville to talk the progression of his trucking software company from simply printing a freight bill and driver paycheck in 1985 to what it is today.

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Learn more about Tom McLeod, president, CEO and founder of McLeod Software, and his career path. Interview by HDT Editor in Chief Deborah Lockridge.

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McLeod Market Analysis Tool Breaks Down Truckload Capacity, Volume

Blocking & Tackling Helps with Trucking's Unsettling Environment [Commentary]

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Smart Fuel-Buying Tips for Fleets

March 28, 2022

With diesel prices at or near record highs, HDT Talks Trucking shares tips from fuel-buying expert Glen Sokolis about how fleets can save money beyond better fuel mileage.

HDT Leadership Insights featuring Thermo King, Part 2: Standardizing Emerging TRU Technologies

March 17, 2022

Matt Srnec, Thermo King’s lead electrical systems engineer, discusses benefits and barriers to standardizing electric TRU and e-PTO technology, and the efforts underway to standardize to those technologies, in this audio Leadership Insights podcast.

Are ELDs Responsible for Higher Crash Rates and More Risky Driving?

February 23, 2022

A University of Arkansas study suggests electronic logging devices may be responsible for increases in risky driving behavior and crashes among single truck owner-operators and small fleets. Andrew Balthrop of Sam M. Walton College of Business has the details on this episode of HDT Talks Trucking.

How Can We Prevent Another Lakewood Colorado Crash?

February 23, 2022

It would be easy to argue that the Lakewood, Colorado, crash was entirely the fault of the driver. My guest, former fleet manager and safety advocate Brendan Dawson, says the carrier and the broker he was working for at the time should also be culpable for not ensuring the driver was trained in mountain driving.

Leadership Insights feat. Thermo King: The Pathway to TRU Electrification

January 20, 2022

Paul Kroes, the strategic insights leader at Thermo King, describes the challenges industry faces in bringing electric transportation refrigeration units to our highways.