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Jared Flinn — host of the BulkLoads Podcast

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Jared Flinn — Founder, BulkLoads

Twenty years of bulk-freight operating experience. Jared sits down weekly with the carriers, brokers, and shippers who actually move the freight — not the pundits who write about it. New episode every Monday.

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$10,000 to Replace a $300 Part? The Dealership Trap ExplainedPlay

$10,000 to Replace a $300 Part? The Dealership Trap Explained

Jun 2, 2026
For This Business, Success isn't Measured in TrucksPlay

For This Business, Success isn't Measured in Trucks

May 28, 2026
Why This 31-Year-Old Says Fancy Trucks Are Killing Owner-OperatorsPlay

Why This 31-Year-Old Says Fancy Trucks Are Killing Owner-Operators

May 20, 2026
The $500K Lesson: Inside Blackwell Trucking's Pivot to Hopper FreightPlay

The $500K Lesson: Inside Blackwell Trucking's Pivot to Hopper Freight

May 4, 2026
From a Coin Flip to 750 Trucks: Inside the 75-Year Wayne Transports EmpirePlay

From a Coin Flip to 750 Trucks: Inside the 75-Year Wayne Transports Empire

Apr 28, 2026
The Heavy Haul Operator Riding the AI Data Center WavePlay

The Heavy Haul Operator Riding the AI Data Center Wave

Apr 20, 2026
She Never Planned to Run It — Now She Leads 140 Trucks | Julie Andrich of Autumn TransportPlay

She Never Planned to Run It — Now She Leads 140 Trucks | Julie Andrich of Autumn Transport

Apr 6, 2026
How One Truck Puts $50,000 in Your Pocket Every YearPlay

How One Truck Puts $50,000 in Your Pocket Every Year

Mar 2, 2026
The Most Valuable 30 Minutes for Running a Trucking CompanyPlay

The Most Valuable 30 Minutes for Running a Trucking Company

Feb 23, 2026
Do you actually know what the Department of Ag does?Play

Do you actually know what the Department of Ag does?

Dec 19, 2025
How Iowa 80 Truck Stop Became a Haven for Drivers Across the NationPlay

How Iowa 80 Truck Stop Became a Haven for Drivers Across the Nation

Oct 29, 2025
The Company Fueling Rural America Since World War IIPlay

The Company Fueling Rural America Since World War II

Sep 3, 2025
The Tire Mistake Costing Truckers MILLIONSPlay

The Tire Mistake Costing Truckers MILLIONS

Aug 22, 2025
Why Most Trucking Companies Are Breaking the Law, And Don’t Even Know ItPlay

Why Most Trucking Companies Are Breaking the Law, And Don’t Even Know It

Aug 8, 2025
How She Turned a Small Moving Business Into a Nationwide Dispatch PlatformPlay

How She Turned a Small Moving Business Into a Nationwide Dispatch Platform

Jul 3, 2025
4 Million Miles Accident-Free: Legendary Trucker Roger Zima’s 40-Year StoryPlay

4 Million Miles Accident-Free: Legendary Trucker Roger Zima’s 40-Year Story

Jun 13, 2025
I Watched My Family Lose Everything — Here’s What I Did With ItPlay

I Watched My Family Lose Everything — Here’s What I Did With It

May 30, 2025
How This Southwest Missouri Visionary Took Over His Dad's Bulk Trucking Business and Built a LegacyPlay

How This Southwest Missouri Visionary Took Over His Dad's Bulk Trucking Business and Built a Legacy

Apr 25, 2025
Inside Livestock Hauling and Show Cattle with Jared HolmesPlay

Inside Livestock Hauling and Show Cattle with Jared Holmes

Mar 28, 2025
How Eagle Logistics Grew from a Muffler Shop to a 35+ Truck Operation, Mechanic Shop, and Wash BayPlay

How Eagle Logistics Grew from a Muffler Shop to a 35+ Truck Operation, Mechanic Shop, and Wash Bay

Mar 14, 2025
Embracing Change & Failure as an Owner OperatorPlay

Embracing Change & Failure as an Owner Operator

Mar 14, 2025
Don’t Shoot The Messenger: The Outlook For Bulk Freight in 2025Play

Don’t Shoot The Messenger: The Outlook For Bulk Freight in 2025

Feb 28, 2025
The $14k Problem Costing Owner Ops Big MONEY!Play

The $14k Problem Costing Owner Ops Big MONEY!

Feb 21, 2025
The ‘Little Charlotte’ of the MidwestPlay

The ‘Little Charlotte’ of the Midwest

Feb 14, 2025
AgTech's Broken Promises: How Some Startups Have Hurt Trucking and FarmersPlay

AgTech's Broken Promises: How Some Startups Have Hurt Trucking and Farmers

Feb 7, 2025
Super Bowl Special: A Chiefs Great Talks Football, Business, and Life After the GamePlay

Super Bowl Special: A Chiefs Great Talks Football, Business, and Life After the Game

Jan 31, 2025
How Jesse Bounds 10X'd His Trucking and Hay Business and You Can TooPlay

How Jesse Bounds 10X'd His Trucking and Hay Business and You Can Too

Jan 24, 2025
Why New Semi Trucks Are Breaking DownPlay

Why New Semi Trucks Are Breaking Down

Jan 17, 2025
Don't Sign a Shipper or Broker Agreement Before Looking At ThisPlay

Don't Sign a Shipper or Broker Agreement Before Looking At This

Jan 10, 2025
Truck Designs, Service Process, and Customer ImpactPlay

Truck Designs, Service Process, and Customer Impact

Jan 3, 2025
Hauling Grain to Touring with Alabama: Josh Gentry's JourneyPlay

Hauling Grain to Touring with Alabama: Josh Gentry's Journey

Dec 27, 2024
Inside the World of Walking Floor TrailersPlay

Inside the World of Walking Floor Trailers

Dec 20, 2024
A Must Have for 2025 to Increase Your Trucking Revenue and EfficiencyPlay

A Must Have for 2025 to Increase Your Trucking Revenue and Efficiency

Dec 13, 2024
Navigating U.S. Tariffs and the Impacts on Agriculture, Freight, and the EconomyPlay

Navigating U.S. Tariffs and the Impacts on Agriculture, Freight, and the Economy

Dec 13, 2024
Inside the World of Detailed Truck CollectiblesPlay

Inside the World of Detailed Truck Collectibles

Dec 2, 2024
Are You Prepared For When & Not IF You Are Sued in the Trucking Industry?Play

Are You Prepared For When & Not IF You Are Sued in the Trucking Industry?

Nov 22, 2024
The Organization Standing Up for Trucking in Washington D.C.Play

The Organization Standing Up for Trucking in Washington D.C.

Nov 18, 2024
Buying and Selling Grain CompaniesPlay

Buying and Selling Grain Companies

Nov 8, 2024
Commodity Trading & Logistics Success From Lackawanna Products CompanyPlay

Commodity Trading & Logistics Success From Lackawanna Products Company

Nov 1, 2024
How This Midwest CDL School Can Help Solve Your Bulk Hauler Driver ShortagePlay

How This Midwest CDL School Can Help Solve Your Bulk Hauler Driver Shortage

Oct 25, 2024
This Truck Insurance Company Hasn’t Increased Renewals on Their Clients in 4 YearsPlay

This Truck Insurance Company Hasn’t Increased Renewals on Their Clients in 4 Years

Oct 18, 2024
How to Properly Spec Out Your Truck for Bulk HaulingPlay

How to Properly Spec Out Your Truck for Bulk Hauling

Oct 14, 2024
How Recent Weather and New Laws Are Shaping the Future of Bulk TruckingPlay

How Recent Weather and New Laws Are Shaping the Future of Bulk Trucking

Oct 4, 2024
The Secret This CFO Learned with Prime and Christenson That Led to Explosive Growth in TruckingPlay

The Secret This CFO Learned with Prime and Christenson That Led to Explosive Growth in Trucking

Sep 27, 2024
How Would You Like to Add $7000 in Revenue Per Truck?Play

How Would You Like to Add $7000 in Revenue Per Truck?

Sep 20, 2024
From Bankruptcy to $30 Million in RevenuePlay

From Bankruptcy to $30 Million in Revenue

Sep 13, 2024
How Barn Talk Created a Top Podcast with the End in MindPlay

How Barn Talk Created a Top Podcast with the End in Mind

Sep 9, 2024
Man Up!Play

Man Up!

Sep 3, 2024
The Best Kept Secret to Make A Lot of Money in TruckingPlay

The Best Kept Secret to Make A Lot of Money in Trucking

Aug 23, 2024
Similarities Between Bulk Trucking and Building a Race Team: Insights from NASCAR's Spencer BoydPlay

Similarities Between Bulk Trucking and Building a Race Team: Insights from NASCAR's Spencer Boyd

Aug 16, 2024
What You Need to Start a Trucking CompanyPlay

What You Need to Start a Trucking Company

Aug 9, 2024
Produce to ProfitsPlay

Produce to Profits

Aug 2, 2024
The Surprising Data This Professor Has Found About Bulk Freight TruckingPlay

The Surprising Data This Professor Has Found About Bulk Freight Trucking

Jul 26, 2024
Creating a Successful Lease Purchase Program for Your DriversPlay

Creating a Successful Lease Purchase Program for Your Drivers

Jul 19, 2024
Trading a Billion Gallons of Diesel For This Fuel CompanyPlay

Trading a Billion Gallons of Diesel For This Fuel Company

Jul 18, 2024
An Inside Look Within Dump Trucking, Earning Potential & Industry GrowthPlay

An Inside Look Within Dump Trucking, Earning Potential & Industry Growth

Jul 18, 2024
What One of the Largest Lenders is Saying About the Trucking MarketPlay

What One of the Largest Lenders is Saying About the Trucking Market

Jun 28, 2024
Delivering Hope To Millions Through Trucking & Bulk CommoditiesPlay

Delivering Hope To Millions Through Trucking & Bulk Commodities

Jun 21, 2024
70% of American Grain Goes Through This CompanyPlay

70% of American Grain Goes Through This Company

Jun 14, 2024
The Truth About (Some) Factoring CompaniesPlay

The Truth About (Some) Factoring Companies

May 31, 2024
Maximizing Retirement Savings for Owner OperatorsPlay

Maximizing Retirement Savings for Owner Operators

May 27, 2024
How Tri-State Built Their Bulk Trucking Empire Over 50 Years & 3 GenerationsPlay

How Tri-State Built Their Bulk Trucking Empire Over 50 Years & 3 Generations

May 17, 2024
Should We Be Fearful When Mega Carriers Enter the Bulk Space?Play

Should We Be Fearful When Mega Carriers Enter the Bulk Space?

May 10, 2024
Got A Permit For That??Play

Got A Permit For That??

May 3, 2024
Hammer Down, the Truckers Coffee founded by a BulkLoads MemberPlay

Hammer Down, the Truckers Coffee founded by a BulkLoads Member

Apr 28, 2024
An Owner Operator From A Broker’s ProspectivePlay

An Owner Operator From A Broker’s Prospective

Apr 19, 2024
On Track to Get 50 Trucks by 2025Play

On Track to Get 50 Trucks by 2025

Apr 12, 2024
Fracking, Trucking & the US Oil Fields: An Insider's StoryPlay

Fracking, Trucking & the US Oil Fields: An Insider's Story

Apr 5, 2024
Why the Trucking Industry Should be Paying Attention to this Lawsuit in TexasPlay

Why the Trucking Industry Should be Paying Attention to this Lawsuit in Texas

Mar 29, 2024
LIVE FROM MATS Inside the Cab of a Jaw-Dropping, Best In Class Semi w/ MKC HaulingPlay

LIVE FROM MATS Inside the Cab of a Jaw-Dropping, Best In Class Semi w/ MKC Hauling

Mar 23, 2024
Is AI Changing Trucking? US Cellular Integrates AI Into ELD & Dash Cams!Play

Is AI Changing Trucking? US Cellular Integrates AI Into ELD & Dash Cams!

Mar 15, 2024
Minnesota Roots, Midwest Success: Garlan Dubbels' Journey from Farming to 40 TrucksPlay

Minnesota Roots, Midwest Success: Garlan Dubbels' Journey from Farming to 40 Trucks

Mar 8, 2024
Inside the Logging and Trucking World: Growth, Challenges, and Bourbon BarrelsPlay

Inside the Logging and Trucking World: Growth, Challenges, and Bourbon Barrels

Mar 1, 2024
From 2 Trucks to 60: This Bulk Trucking Company is Buying Out The CompetitionPlay

From 2 Trucks to 60: This Bulk Trucking Company is Buying Out The Competition

Feb 23, 2024
A Conversation With Bill Northey Before His Passing: A Life Devoted to Iowa AgriculturePlay

A Conversation With Bill Northey Before His Passing: A Life Devoted to Iowa Agriculture

Feb 16, 2024
Sapp Bros: Inside Look of a Truck Stop Built on FaithPlay

Sapp Bros: Inside Look of a Truck Stop Built on Faith

Feb 9, 2024
What You Didn't Know About the Grain Industry: This is the Future of AgriculturePlay

What You Didn't Know About the Grain Industry: This is the Future of Agriculture

Feb 5, 2024
BulkLoads Member Grew Annual Revenue by 133%Play

BulkLoads Member Grew Annual Revenue by 133%

Jan 26, 2024
A Complete One-Hour Guide to Quickly Turn Profit in TruckingPlay

A Complete One-Hour Guide to Quickly Turn Profit in Trucking

Jan 19, 2024
This BulkLoads Member is Going to 10X by Adding These 2 Business Units Play

This BulkLoads Member is Going to 10X by Adding These 2 Business Units

Jan 12, 2024
What is Social Inflation? It's Impacting Your Truck Insurance CostPlay

What is Social Inflation? It's Impacting Your Truck Insurance Cost

Jan 5, 2024
Inside Look at the FMCSAPlay

Inside Look at the FMCSA

Dec 29, 2023
Priesthood to Business OwnerPlay

Priesthood to Business Owner

Dec 26, 2023
Generational Bulk Trucking Company Experienced Massive Growth: Here's How w/ RC Trucking Play

Generational Bulk Trucking Company Experienced Massive Growth: Here's How w/ RC Trucking

Dec 15, 2023
These Books Helped us Create a 9-Figure Umbrella of CompaniesPlay

These Books Helped us Create a 9-Figure Umbrella of Companies

Dec 9, 2023
How The Bones Co. Boosts Revenue By Diversifying Its Trucking BusinessPlay

How The Bones Co. Boosts Revenue By Diversifying Its Trucking Business

Dec 4, 2023
Growing A Freight Network With Over 150,000 SubscribersPlay

Growing A Freight Network With Over 150,000 Subscribers

Nov 24, 2023
From Single Hopper Farm to Fleet of 130 TrucksPlay

From Single Hopper Farm to Fleet of 130 Trucks

Nov 17, 2023
From ADM Merchandiser to Global Chocolate CompanyPlay

From ADM Merchandiser to Global Chocolate Company

Nov 10, 2023
Know How to Better Negotiate Rates to Maximize Your ProfitPlay

Know How to Better Negotiate Rates to Maximize Your Profit

Oct 13, 2023
If This Was My Last Podcast...Play

If This Was My Last Podcast...

Nov 3, 2023
The Freight Wizard’s PredictionsPlay

The Freight Wizard’s Predictions

Oct 27, 2023
Don't Bet The FarmPlay

Don't Bet The Farm

Oct 21, 2023
Increase Trucking Revenue with These StepsPlay

Increase Trucking Revenue with These Steps

Oct 9, 2023
What Sets Cornhusker Hoppers Apart From Other TrailersPlay

What Sets Cornhusker Hoppers Apart From Other Trailers

Sep 29, 2023
We Spend More to Tune Up our Trucks Than OurselvesPlay

We Spend More to Tune Up our Trucks Than Ourselves

Sep 22, 2023
We Hated Factoring Companies So We Started Our OwnPlay

We Hated Factoring Companies So We Started Our Own

Sep 15, 2023
Fired From BulkLoads Allowed For a Clear VisionPlay

Fired From BulkLoads Allowed For a Clear Vision

Sep 11, 2023
The History and Future of BulkLoadsPlay

The History and Future of BulkLoads

Sep 1, 2023

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