May 4, 2026
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What does it take to run a four-generation family business through cotton, cattle, pipeline restoration, AND a 7-truck hopper fleet — all at the same time?
This week we sat down with Bob Blackwell and his son-in-law Jared Reaves at Blackwell Trucking in Wayne,...
Apr 28, 2026
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In 1950, a teenager who'd dropped out of school to save the family farm bought one truck and started hauling gasoline. Today, Wayne Transports runs 750+ trucks, moves nearly 290,000 loads a year, and posts driver turnover rates a fraction of the...
Apr 21, 2026
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He started with one truck at 18 years old — and went bankrupt within a year. Most people would have quit. Kendal Mast didn't.
Today, KM Wood Products runs 60+ trucks, hauls some of the heaviest freight in the country, and has quietly become one of the...
Apr 7, 2026
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Julie Andrich didn't grow up planning to run a trucking company. But when her father — a city kid who taught himself farming, failed his way into freight, and built Autumn Transport from a single truck in 1980 — passed away in 2015, Julie stepped into the...
Mar 2, 2026
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Eric Glidewell, owner of JP Transport, sits down to share the real story behind building a 45-truck cement hauling operation from scratch — with no trucking background and no blueprint to follow.
In this episode, Eric breaks down: