
Fleet Champions
By Whip Around

Fleet Champions Jul 13, 2022

Pt2 Brakes - Jim Park & Steve Keppler
We chat with Jim Park, a stalwart of the industry on brakes. There’s a lot of moving pieces when it comes to this critical part of any vehicle, the stakes are high and the responsibility for having properly functioning brakes sits across your operation. We talk through some great insights and tips on good brake maintenance and compliance.
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Pt1 Wheel Ends - Jim Park & Steve Keppler
In this two-part episode, we speak with Jim Parks about "wheel ends" following this year's focus during CVSA International Roadcheck. Always a wealth of knowledge, Jim highlights some common misunderstandings and how your drivers and mechanics can get ahead of catastrophic failures resulting in full wheel offs - something no one wants to be responsible for.
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Getting drivers home safe - the story of Idelic
We chat with Hayden Cardiff, Co-Founder of Idelic. We hear about how Idelic came about, the problems it solves for the customers, and some of the many lessons learned in starting a technology company in the transport sector. Hayden brings energy, passion, and insights to the world of simplifying compliance for their customers and their mission to bring drivers home safely each night.
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‘Adapt or Die’ - Lessons learned over decades in fleet ownership. Steve Crawford
Steve has been operating his trucking business for decades, his passion for technology and adaption to the changes of the industry over that time makes for an interesting conversation, covering the driver shortage, technology, and sage business advice.
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Sean Garney
Most people we get to speak to on the show do not boast a degree in Transportation Policy and a career launched in Washington at the pointy end of the Trucking Industry. P. Sean Garney brings a career in helping drive change and advise carriers on how to stay safe and compliant, and brings with him a passion for the industry that has carried him through his professional career.

The crash of Rogel Aguilera-Mederos in Colorado
On this episode we bring in Steve Kepler and Sean Garney of Scopelitis Transportation Consulting to discuss what happened in 2019 with the crash of Rogel Aguilera-Mederosand and why it is important to learn from it today.
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Dave Schofield - From the highway patrol to advocating for carrier’s rights (to retirement on the lake!)
Nearly 30 years with the Highway Patrol gives Dave Schofield a very credible starting point to discuss the transport industry. We discuss a career that led him into a leading role with the CVSA, advising big-name companies on their compliance and everything in between that gives us a real view of how to stay on the right side of law.
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Je'Ron Hamm talks building a trucking business.
Former NFL player, Je'Ron Hamm, sits down to tell us his story of going from the NFL to starting Prohaul Logistics. We dive into the driver shortage, the trucking culture at large within the U.S., and what it takes to start your own trucking business in 2021.
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